Agreed Winsor. She doesn't have the best colour in any of the scans. It
does seem strange that Kodak would sell a slide for colour calibration
which doesn't have accurate skin tones on it, and apparently charge 40
pounds for it. No wonder they've decided to get out of film. I have yet
to properly look at the whole site on the link you sent, but will do
so.
James
On 10 Jun 2004, at 15:33, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>
> All I am saying is that your scan does not look much different than the
> scans on Tony Sleep's site in which almost all have an unnatural color
> cast to the portrait part. I would guess that if you projected the
> slide the woman's face would not look natural either. Apparently from
> the site the color bands are effective in judging differences in
> response between scanners. He apparently uses the face for evaluating
> fine detail.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California
> USA
> On Jun 10, 2004, at 3:02 AM, James Royall wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> From: James Royall <royalljames@xxxxxxx>
>> Date: 10 June 2004 09:30:40 BST
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Re: [OT} Scanning was Re: My first portrait with E1
>>
>> It's funny, I thought that choosing the scan target would be the
>> perfect test, but Winsor thinks it not worthwhile for checking colour
>> balance and you doubt its sharpness. ;)
>>
>> As for a microscope, I think the highest magnification I have is
>> either
>> a loupe or a linen counter.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>> On 10 Jun 2004, at 05:02, Moose wrote:
>>
>>> To evaluate sharpness, I think you need to use something other than a
>>> mass produced slide designed for color control. It is entirely likely
>>> that the original slide isn't all that sharp. Kodak isn't spending a
>>> lot
>>> of extra effort and cost on something that isn't part of the product.
>>> They have other products for that. If you have a decent microscope,
>>> you
>>> could check the slide itself.
>>>
>>> Moose
>>
>>
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