RE: Source for IT8 targets?

["gary" <gsellani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I really don't follow this logic.

Is the IT8 image done with a camera, light, and physical target, i.e. you
photograph a standard of some sort? Then it makes sense to me that you could
need such a target for each variant of film. If the IT8 by itself represents
a standard for the scanner to scan, then the film shouldn't matter, i.e. the
manufacturer of the target should compensate for the film.

I'll be the first to admit I don't understand film profiling, so don't be
afraid to write replies as in "Profiling for Dummies".


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scan@leben.com [mailto:owner-scan@leben.com]On Behalf Of
> Bill Fernandez
> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:53 PM
> To: scan@leben.com
> Cc: scan@leben.com
> Subject: RE: Source for IT8 targets?
>
>
> The dyes in different film families have different spectral
> characteristics from each other, and the sensors in a scanner have
> different spectral sensitivities from these films, and the sensors in
> a human eye have spectral sensitivities that are different than a
> scanner's.  Thus you can create slides from different film families
> that all look the same to a human eye, but they will look different
> to a scanner.
>
> --Bill
>
>
> At 11:36 AM -0800 16-3-02, Jim Allen wrote:
> >You really need a different IT8 for each type of film?????
> >Could someone please expand on this.
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >From: "Bill Fernandez" <bill_sub@billfernandez.com>
> >  >
> >>  Bear in mind that you need a different IT8 target for each dye family
> >>  (Kodachrome, Etkachrome/color, Agfachrome, etc.) you scan, and that
> >>  profiling to an IT8 target won't necessarily give you better color
> >>  fidelity when scanning non-photographic materials (which is a common
> >>  misperception).
> >>
> >>  About the ScanMaker 8700: I've had one for a couple of months and
> >>  would be interested in comparing notes.  You can probably find my
> >>  reports on my testing of this scanner in the archives, which used to
> >>  be at http://www.findmail.com/list/scan/.  You might also be able to
> >  > find archives on Yahoo in the Groups area.
> >  >
>
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