[filmscanners] Re: CMS and color space on Nikon 4000ED

2003-12-14 Thread Alex Z
Yeah, that's right, it is Nikon Adobe 1998 (I used to assume it is similar to just plain Adobe 1998 RGB). For an archival purposes I just keep the original format (i.e. Nikon Adobe 1998) and do not bother of converting one to a regular Adobe 1998. If I'll reveal later the need for such, I can do it

[filmscanners] Re: CMS and color space on Nikon 4000ED

2003-12-14 Thread Ed Verkaik
From: "Alex Z" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Once begining my scanning experience I set scanner's output format as Adobe 98 RGB, do all the necessary editing in PS7, and save for an archive as Adobe 98 RGB either. > Ok, but the files are tagged "Nikon Adobe 1998" out of the scanner. Do you leave that as is

[filmscanners] Re: CMS and color space on Nikon 4000ED

2003-12-14 Thread Alex Z
Yeah, a whiel ago I was also wondering people recommedning swithcing off Nikon CMS and lamenting about poor defualt Nikon's profiles. I was never suffered from this with my LS-40. Scans come out in good colors, contrast, I was nothing to complain about (I use NikonScan 3.1.2). I never apply NikonSc

[filmscanners] Re: CMS and color space on Nikon 4000ED

2003-12-13 Thread Ed Verkaik
From: "Ellis Vener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > it might make more sense to scan them as NEF (Nikon RAW) files and archive those original scans. > Here's my reasoning... the scan itself is not very hard to repeat since I have all originals and don't do that much to tweak the scans. Redoing a NEF would b

[filmscanners] Re: CMS and color space on Nikon 4000ED

2003-12-13 Thread Ellis Vener
On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 06:51 PM, Ed Verkaik wrote: > If these files are destined for agencies or > clients, is there any problem leaving the profile as "Nikon Adobe > 1998"? This might be considered non-standard. You should convert to just Adobe RGB(1998). Evidently there are some m