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Re: [OM] Scanning with camera--revisited.

Subject: Re: [OM] Scanning with camera--revisited.
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 11:44:06 +0000
Searching for the correct spelling of colour helps...
But not a lot...
Jez

On 9 December 2014 at 09:45, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 12/8/2014 4:44 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
>
>> I don't know if this has been posted yet, but spotted this. Even with
>> APS-c sensor cam scanning can at least equal some well regarded dedicated
>> scanners.
>>
>> To quote LL "They invested considerable time and effort (and some money)
>> exploring fresh approaches, and as a result have achieved their objective
>> of developing two workflows that produce truly good results with little
>> work."
>>
>> "Little work" appears to be a vast understatement and the lack of
>> automated work flow a non-starter for many. Still it is interesting. AG had
>> mentioned the camera technique was perhaps equal for slides (IIRC)---they
>> seem to get very good results with standard color negs, but experience
>> tweaking the results is the wild card, and I suspect a tough learning curve
>> as with other forms of scanning.
>>
>
> I searched the PDF for "ICC" and "color profile", neither of which was to
> be found. To me, that makes the whole color part for later films very
> suspect.
>
> As to mechanical design, it seems to me that CH's small, elegant set-up
> with flash has already shown an excellent way.
>
> I can't see reading the whole thing closely, as they have missed the
> quick, easy way to do color and contrast right for so many films and I have
> fully functional film scanners that, in my work flow, appeal to me more
> than the camera approach. If I wanted to do a lot of slides in a hurry, I'd
> be looking at CH's setup to build a flash box for my VST-1 (thanks, Bill)
>
> I'm sure a camera scanning approach can yield excellent results.
>
> Scanning ... Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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