I have scanned a few Kodachrome slides using ICE. Each time I did so, I
considered it a mistake, not because of anything I saw, or didn't see, but
because of this paragraph on pg. 24 of the manual that came with my Minolta
5400, which caused me to think it was just a waste of time:
"Digital ICE cannot be used with Kodak Kodachrome film or traditional
silver-halide black and white films. Special black and white films that are
designed to be developed in a C-41 or equivalent color process, Kodak Select
Black & White 400, Kodak T400CN, or Ilford XP2 Super, can be processed with the
Digital ICE function. These films should be scanned with the color-negative
film-type setting. Results cannot be guarantied [sic.] with other types of
black and white film."
I'm not disputing what any of you report as your experiences using ICE with
Kodachrome, so maybe I should conduct some hands-on experiments to see if for
myself. I do, however, agree with Moose that it sometimes seems to take a bit
of the edge off.
I will confess that I probably know far less about the subject than a lot of
you, because I do a lot less scanning than many of you seem to do. I
occasionally read a post where someone mentions scanning a whole roll of film,
or some other ghastly quantity that the mere thought of doing makes my eyes
glaze over. I scan only what I intend to print, send to someone via the
internet, or post to annoy list readers. I've had the Minolta now for just
over three months, and I probably haven't scanned 30 pix yet. So, please
consider my inexperience and be gentle.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message from Chris Barker : --------------
>
> I agree Piers. I have many of my grandfather's slides from the 50s,
> and ICE seems to work to some extent with them.
>
> Chris
>
> On 6 Aug 2004, at 0:24, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> >
> > I have had some stunning success scanning pre-1960 Kodachromes *with
> > ICE* in
> > that the fungus and scratches simply vanish without obvious harm to
> > the rest
> > of the image. But there have been some frames where the use of IC has
> > introduced a colour shift which is not pleasant.
> > http://www.hemy.me.uk/Scales/Image10.jpg
> > http://www.hemy.me.uk/Scales/Image11.jpg
> >
> > On balance (and greatly to my surprise), ICE was better than nothing
> > on many
> > of the Kodachromes - and of course on non-Kodachrome, no question.
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