Re: Scanning Slides with Nikon Coolscan V ED


"Richard Karash" <Richard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:150920061011088512%Richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
There have been a lot of threads about scanning, so this is one more.

I'm looking for the best way to easily get good slide scans from the
Nikon Coolscan V ED.

Here's what seems to work best with Nikon Scan 4.02:

- Set the film type (Slides vs. Kodachrome vs. Negatives)
- Generally, I turn off Curves, Color Bal, Unsharp Mask, and LCH.
- Digital ICE = Normal, except OFF for Kodachrome
- ROC = OFF
- GEM = 0-1 and later remove noise with Noise Ninja. Else 2-3.
- DEE is a STRONG control. It saves shadow detail in chromes by
reducing contrast. I have some images that were greatly improved by
using DEE=30-50, and others that are killed by DEE more than 10. I work
with the preview, adjust DEE and click "Redraw."
- Analog gain -- I don't touch it.
- Scan Image Enhancer = OFF. (This is like "Auto Levels" right?)
- I scan at 14 bits color, 4000 ppi; that is a BIG file.

Then to Photoshop, crop, apply Noise Ninja where required, make
adjustments, reduce to 8bit color, and call this my archival file.

For print or screen, I start with the archival file
- Change resolution and crop as needed
- Smart Sharpen
- Save as jpeg

Any comments? Anybody else have a good formula for the Coolscan with
Nikon Scan?

-=- Rick

P.S. I've seen complaints about Nikon Scan here, but so far, I find it
easy to get good scans.

--
Richard Karash <Richard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Richard "at" Karash "dot" com
I own the Coolscan IV which as near as I can tell works quite a bit like the
Coolscan V.

I always do a preview before I determine which, if any, of those things that
the image needs. I tend not to use curves and the like because I do that
kind of adjustment in Photoshop.

In all likelihood, there is no single best way to do this task.

Jim


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