LS-50: Initial impressions

[ThomasH]

You asked for help and hints, you got them.

You are welcome! And are perfectly free to have a strongly
differing opinion. You sort it out, I will do some photography!

Goodbye.

Thomas

 

[Kennedy McEwen]

It is *inconsistent*, every each is different. If you do not do
that, your raw files will cut off parts of the image and store
a black strip on one of the sides.
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Not here it isn't. Even on NikonScan 3.0 supplied with the scanner it
was only ever the first and last couple of frames, usually just the
first or last ones, that was ever out of position relative to the
others. Since NS4.02 was installed recently, I have not found *any*
frames out of position in any roll.

I have completely no idea what are you talking about. Could
you refer to "The Gate" in the NikonScan Manual?

An old term from the days of good old analogue enlargers and projectors.
The gate is the image capture area. On the Nikon scanner this is 38mm
wide on the SA-21 and SA-30 adapters - a clear millimetre either side of
the nominal frame size.

 

[Don]

It is certainly a programming difference that means that ICE
on your LS-50 is better than ICE on the LS-30 (or the LS-2000 for that
matter). However it can still be fooled by certain film aspects, to
which Kodachrome is particularly prone.

You're absolutely right, as usual! I just came accross a batch of
Kodachromes (1982 vintage) with same problems as before. In
particular, very pronounced "halos" around high contrast transition
areas as well as random "solarization" of some dark areas where, I
guess, there's still some leftover silver. For example, a white book
cover with clearly defined thick black stripes when ICEd makes stripes
almost disappear and look like dirty, gray smudges...

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted but the ICE4/Kodachrome honeymoon
is over. Back to reality... :-(

Don.