Vuescan (7.81) Question with Fuji NPH and LS40

[Rick]

I mostly use my LS40 with Vuescan for BW negs, usually t400CN and Portra BW.
I notice there is no setting for Fuji NPH, which I use a lot for color. I
keep getting a strong pink/magenta cast when I scan NPH negs, as if Vuescan
cannot take into accout the film base. I tried many different film type
settings and auto balance, white balance, neutral, manual, etc. settings with
all of them looking really bad. Some look grossly cyan, etc.

What type of setting are people using for Fuji NPH, Vuescan and a Nikon LS40?

thanks

Rick Schiller

 

[Douglas MacDonald]

I pulled my hair out over this problem. After 7 hours of trying to create a
unique colour profile, I gave up. I don't know what you can do with the
Nikon but I found my Epsonscan software absolutely spot on for this film.
The author of vuescan suggested to me I should try Kodak Gold settings as a
starting point. I did and it didn't help.

I think he mentioned too, that he was only one person and not likely to fix
the issue... It might have been another issue he said that about but you'll
get my drift, no doubt. After purchasing vuescan and trying for several
weeks to make it work as well as the stuff which came with the
(Epson)scanner, I deleted it from my PC. More money than sense comes to mind
here.

I decided vuescan was unworkable on the films I use most. It may well be
used by many professional labs and pro photographers but I'll bet if it is,
they must be working with film types known to vuescan. I sure as hell am not
interested in changing my choice of film just to accommodate vuescan. Maybe
you'll reach the same conclusion... Eventually.

Douglas

 

[Erik Krause]

Hello, Douglas MacDonald
you wrote...

I pulled my hair out over this problem. After 7 hours of trying to create a
unique colour profile, I gave up. I don't know what you can do with the
Nikon but I found my Epsonscan software absolutely spot on for this film.
The author of vuescan suggested to me I should try Kodak Gold settings as a
starting point. I did and it didn't help.

I don't know why Ed still gives this recommendation. The best starting
point in my view is generic negative. Sooh your gray card together with
a white piece of paper in bright afternoon sunlight.

Follow advanced workflow. Scan (preview) your gray card image and set
white point by right click on the paper and adjust blue and red
brightness in order to get the gray card neutral gray again (look at
RGB display in the status line). Scan your film with these settings.

I've written a tutorial about this, which unfortunately is still in
draft state (no images, no formatting) but contains more information
how to color correct for any color negative film:
http://www.erik-krause.de/tutorial/part1.htm
http://www.erik-krause.de/tutorial/part2.htm
http://www.erik-krause.de/tutorial/part3.htm

regards