On 30 Jul 2004 10:22:32 -0700, (Anoni Moose) wrote:

(GD) wrote in message . com...
I'am encountering problems scanning Kodachrome slides with an Elite
5400 scan.
The pictures are rather dark and sometimes the colors saturated
In fact, the scan is of poor quality vs what I can see on the slide
I'm very surprised as I had no problem with negative films where I had
only to use automatic correction in Photoshop; With the slides I have
to change the gamma to high levels and I am never really satisfied
with the result ...

Who had encountered this kind of problem? Thank you for help!

There is always a problem with Kodachrome, whatever scanner you use.
Kodachromes are far denser and have a different colour balance to
other slide films.

What you have to do is scan and adjust manually until you get the
right setting. Then save the settings as a job. Use that job each
time, but make sure you check each slide before committing a save. I
love Kodachrome as a film (especially the reds which come out as
almost 3D) but I've switched to Velvia for this very reason.

One of the generic answers for this kind of question is to ask
if you've tried to use VueScan with it (hamrick.com). It's good
software for a very reasonable price (esp for those of us who bought
it a zillion years ago and still using the "forever upgrades for free"
policy. Also works with most scanners, not a one-scanner software like
silverfast.

So... if you haven't tried it (think its got a Kodachrome as one of its
listed film modes), give it a try -- trying is free, or used to be anyway. :-)

No, don't try it with a Minolta. Vuescan just doesn't work with the
Scan Elite.

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