Moose, your experiment with the IT8 from Wolf Faust is very interesting. I
had consider the "camera" target from them too but I seldom shoot negative
these years so I have not buy one yet. Recently I consider to go back to use
more negative as Neat Image can solve my concern on the film grain and
negative has much wider latude.
I have no experience on the IT8 workflow but it seems that the film will no
longer affect the color accuracy, it means no matter you use Fuji Superia
400 or Kodak 160NC since it will be corrected anyway (at least under
daylight), is that true?
For the slide copy from E-1 it is not an option, I got very high contrast
result, you need very heavy adjustment and the resolution is of course not
as good as the one from film scanner.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> After a recent experiment, I am convinced that one excellent way of
> getting scans from VueScan that require minimal post processing is to
> make or get film profiles. I previously posted about my first effort:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Now I didn't do anything careful, controlled and scientific. I just put
> an IT8 target down on a flat surface in the sun and took a shot if it in
> the middle of a roll of Portra 160NC. When I got the roll back, I
> started scanning it as usual until I hit the target shot. I then did the
> profiling. When I took the shot, I was having trouble with reflections
> in the glossy target, which was also curling a bit, so the shot of the
> target wasn't square and perfect, as you can see. The profiling worked
> well anyway, and I was quite impressed with the results on subsequent
> frames. I then went back and rescanned the first frames. The differences
> are quite remarkable and greatly reduce any PS adjustment needed. I
> don't know about those with great color sense like C.H., but to me the
> colors are exceptionally accurate. Of course, I have the target and one
> of the other subjects right at hand to compare. Anyway, here are some
> examples. Luckily, the roll is mostly of shots taken out on a wander, so
> I was able to select a lot of different subjects, lighting, etc.
> Examples are just as they came from the scanner, no other processing
> except for downsizing <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/VuesProf/>.
>
> With a film profile, about all there is to do is watch for the white
> point on shots with strong reflections. You can see 2 different WPs in
> the 2 scans of the car, I actually like the effect on the lower one
> better, even though more of the sun reflection is blown out.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Well, you have posed the million dollar questions which I haven't yet
> seen answered by empirical testing. First, will the results be sharp
> enough to better your film scanner? Second, how bad will dust be? My
> suspicion is that the answers are going to be unfavorable for the slide
> copier, but that's just a guess.
>
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