RE: LS-2000 color problems (XP process issues)

["Larry Becker" <ldbecker@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rafe,
Now that I've got my LS-2000 working under XP Pro--many thanks to you and
many others on the scan list!--I'm trying to deal with some of the color
issues and find that my balance, which was ok before, is now not really
usable.

My system is this: Photoshop 6.02, Epson 1270 w/XP drivers, LS-2000 with
latest Silverfast and Nikon Software, original weenie graphics card on my
Dell pc, ANCIENT Viewsonic 20" monitor (9 yrs old! But I paid over $2k for
it!!!).

When I loaded XP I had some difficulty with my monitor/graphics card. I
finally was able to get it to reluctantly take my usual settings. So now,
when stuff is working, I tried to run Adobe Gamma and my monitor goes
totally monochrome gray and I have to reboot.

I'm thinking a new monitor and graphics card, but a quick look at COMPUSA
tells me that nothing on the shelf speaks XP yet and I'm not buying ANYTHING
that doesn't tout XP compatibility. I should get a profiling system, but
nothing I've seen lists XP yet either. Any clues or ideas?

But while I was at COMPUSA I saw the Epson 2460 photo scanner. For $399 it
didn't look too bad. XP software on Epson's site. Not that I have a firewire
port on my pc, or have even seen USB2 hardware/software yet...

BTW, the "Negafix" software that Silverfast has is interesting. It is
basically profiles of common film types designed to remove the orange mask.
I like the color balance better with it than without it. I had been using
Silverfast w/ IT-8 calibration for slides, and the Nikon software for print
film (mostly Kodak Porta 160 NC and VC, Fuji NPS and some Fuji Reala).
Silverfast really is on to something here I think.

Larry Becker
LA, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-scan@leben.com [mailto:owner-scan@leben.com]On Behalf Of
rafeb@adelphia.net
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 2:04 AM
To: scan@leben.com
Subject: Re: LS-2000 color problems


On 26 Dec 2001 at 19:53, Peter Calvin wrote:

> Well, rafe, all I can say is that profiling my scanners has been a great
> help. My scans are much more faithful to the original and I have little to
> do as far as corrections are concerned in Photoshop. I tried for a long
time
> to work around things without profiles and Colorsync, but I don't know
what
> I'd do without color management now.


And I'll bet you scan slides mostly (rather than negatives?)

I've yet to see any company offer a profiling package that
would help with the scanning of color negatives.

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

As usual (for me) the issue has much more to do with
matching gammas than with color balance.

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.


rafe b.

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