John, I think Tina's suggestion of multiple passes is a good one. In my film
days I shot quite a bit of Agfa Scala. I loved the slides in the projector, but
I totally hated scanning them.
Cheers,
Nathan
On 29 Apr 2014, at 14:24, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a sizeable number of black and white 35mm slides to scan. They all
> date to the 1960s and are either from original Gevaert reversal film or from
> negative film converted to reversal film at the time of development. All of
> the slides are in focus, are properly exposed and have lost none of their
> grey tones.
>
> I have both VueScan and Nikon scan ware but have yet to discover the settings
> with either software to produce a satisfactory on-screen image. The
> on-screen images to date have both burned out highlights and extra dark
> shadows or some combination of more of one and less of the other.
>
> Can anyone please suggest the settings in Vue Scan and Nikon scan ware which
> will generate a saveable on-screen image as close as possible to the image on
> the slide.
>
> jh
>
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