icc profiles for Minolta DSE5400 in vuescan

[Ralf Hartings]

Hi,

There are 3 different icc profiles for the Minolta DSE5400:
mltf5400.icc, MLTF5400n.icc and MLTF5400f.icc. I run Vuescan and wonder
which icc profile should be used when.
Is there any significant difference between these profiles and the
built-in profiles in Vuescan?

Thanks for any help/comments

Ralf Hartings
Sweden

 

[Mendel Leisk]

Hi,

There are 3 different icc profiles for the Minolta DSE5400:
mltf5400.icc, MLTF5400n.icc and MLTF5400f.icc. I run Vuescan and wonder
which icc profile should be used when.
Is there any significant difference between these profiles and the
built-in profiles in Vuescan?

Thanks for any help/comments

Ralf Hartings
Sweden

I'm definitely not an authority on the subject, but I heard someone
quoting Ed Hamrick when similar subject was raised, with another
Minolta scanner, saying that these profiles are not for use with
Vuescan. I have tried those that came with my Scan Dual II with
Vuescan, I seemed to be getting greenish cast, so gave it up.

Are you sure the "5400f" you mention is not "5400p"(for positive?)?
That's the naming structure with my Scan Dual II, one has suffix "n"
(neg?) and one has "p" (pos?). You can see these as profiles in
Photoshop, with more descriptive names. Also, if you view the file's
properties, in Windows Explorer (or?), you will see the more
descriptive names, I think.

On photo.net there has been some discussion on the subject:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=005V1d

I've experimented with applying the "posi" profile for my Scan Dual II
to Vuescan raw files, to bring them to close to normal gamma (usually
a little too bright), then applying levels and curves to bring them
back down a bit and raise contrast. Here's a photo.net posting I did,
on this subject:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=006rqd

Still, I like Vuescan better, for now. I just use the built in
profile, all the time.

I emailed Minolta once to ask what these profiles were, when and how
to use them, etcetera. I got a response but not any real explanation.

Best wishes,

Mendel Leisk
Canada

 

[Ralf Hartings]

Menkel,

Are you sure the "5400f" you mention is not "5400p"(for positive?)?
That's the naming structure with my Scan Dual II, one has suffix "n"
(neg?) and one has "p" (pos?).

Yes, I mean the 5400p of course.

You can see these as profiles in

Photoshop, with more descriptive names. Also, if you view the file's
properties, in Windows Explorer (or?), you will see the more
descriptive names, I think.

Yes, N stands for "nega" input, p for "posi" input

On photo.net there has been some discussion on the subject:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=005V1d

I've experimented with applying the "posi" profile for my Scan Dual II
to Vuescan raw files, to bring them to close to normal gamma (usually
a little too bright), then applying levels and curves to bring them
back down a bit and raise contrast. Here's a photo.net posting I did,
on this subject:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=006rqd

Still, I like Vuescan better, for now. I just use the built in
profile, all the time.

I have done this so far too, I just wondered if there was something to
gain with the Minolta ones, but appearently not.

Thanks again,

Ralf