Re:LS-2000 color problems

[Peter Calvin <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

rafe wrote:
>
> And I'll bet you scan slides mostly (rather than negatives?)

Slides, B&W negs and then C-41(Fuji Press 400 or NHG usually)...in 
descending order of volume
>
> I've yet to see any company offer a profiling package that
> would help with the scanning of color negatives.

And they won't. Calibration is possible because you are working with a 
positive image (trans or reflective). The variables are too great, too 
many unknowns, when you put a color neg in the scanner. Ask the person 
who is in charge of a (good, well run) minilab. They have "channels" on 
their Noritsu  machine for nearly every type of film they print. Look at 
the many choices Hamrick gives you with Vuescan for C-41 films. If you 
go to a custom lab where they make enlarged dupe trans, they have but 
two filter packs...one for all E-6 films and one for Kodachrome.

> I must admit my "process" has suffered a bit of a setback
> since moving to Win2000 and purchasing a new 19" monitor.

Have you calibrated your monitor with a device (Photocal, Ezcolor, etc. 
and their sensors/spyders) and not Adobe Gamma?
>
> As usual (for me) the issue has much more to do with
> matching gammas than with color balance.

As I said earlier, I have far fewer corrections in Photoshop since 
building input profiles for my scanners, and that includes levels and 
curves. (gamma?)
>
> I've heard even hard-core CM advocates say that the
> scanner is the least-important link in the chain, as far
> as CM goes; they would argue that monitor and printer
> profiles are more important.

I agree. However, when it comes to getting the screen (and in turn, the 
print) to look like the original, I have a far easier time doing it with 
the use of profiles. This has been particularly true with Kodachrome 
slides, many that I have never gotten a satisfactory scan from on my 
desktop. Now, I just scan them, assign the profile and, if needed, make 
a couple minor adjustments in curves and I am there.

And, hey rafe, if you are a C-41 kind of guy, profiling your scanner is 
irrelevant, but calibrating your monitor and then your printer for your 
various paper and ink combinations might help.

Regards,

Peter A. Calvin
www.petercalvin.com

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