There are a lot of scanner ICC profiles on the web. See
http://www.google.ca/search?q=icc.profiles+scanners+download
Got/need any ICC profiles? Load them to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icc-profiles/
(kinda empty now...)
tOM
On 25 Jun 2005 at 0:00,
Moose <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Andrew Dacey wrote:
...
> >My former scanner was an FS2710 as well. I tried the demo of
> >Vuescan and with one test I was convined that I had to buy the full
> >version. I've heard of some issues with Vuescan and the 9950F so
> >I'm a little put off by that but I'm running a mac and the issues
> >I've heard of were on PC's so that may or may not affect me.
> >
> >
> I think those were all resolved some time ago. I helped Ed a bit
> with some issues with the Can*n 5000F and he is almost umbelieveably
> responsive in keeping at it until an issue is resolved.
>
> >I'm curious as to what the process is for creating icc profiles for
> >different films? I'm guessing that shooting a colour target is
> >involved?
> >
> Yes.
>
> >Could you supply details? I think this was a feature that's
> >been added in more recent versions of vuescan as when I started
> >with it there was only a very limited selection of film profiles,
> >which weren't icc profiles.
> >
> >
> Same here. Ed does so many revisions that I also didn't notice when
> it appeared. The process is pretty straightforward. You shoot an IT8
> target and scan the film with Profile=>Profile film, and it
> generates an icc profile. It's all explained, in Ed's terse manner,
> in the Help/User's Guide under"Film Profiling with IT8 Targets". The
> source for target he recommends, Wolf Faust, is the best, as far as
> I can determine. Quick and easy. You pay with PayPal and he ships
> them right away.
>
> >>So why don't you just buy one, do all the testing and pass the
> >>results on to us? :-)
> >
> >I may have to go that route. Obviously I can't go for the scanner
> >comparisons that I'm asking for because then I'd have to own them
> >all and that defeats the purpose of wanting to know which one to
> >get. So if I do get one I could only compare it with the FS2710 and
> >that would be on different systems with different monitors so not
> >really a valid test. So I suspect any review I'd do would simply be
> >along the "pleased" or "displeased" line.
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