At 2:25 PM -0500 10/12/06, Gonz wrote: >I have alot of Kodachrome slides taken with my trusty ME-Super all the >way up to my PZ-1. I have been attempting to scan these with my Epson >4990, which is a pretty decent scanner from what I've read. But the >slides always seem to scan very dark, even though I can put them on a >light table and see them just fine, and they project beautifully. Do >any of these scanners have provisions for upping the brightness of the >lamp, or changing the ISO (sensitivity) of the scanner sensor? It seems >that doing this during scanning would be more effective than me trying >to stretch out the underexposed scan afterwards with levels.
You can adjust the brightness right in the scanning software. > >The other problem I have is that apparently because of the mount, the >slides seem slightly out of focus. I suppose to get them to scan >perfectly in focus I would have to take them off the mount so they can >lay flat on the scanner bed. That just seems drastic however. I notice that the previews always look soft but the actual scans come out nice and sharp. And don't forget to turn off digital ice for Kodachromes! Sometimes that can make the final scans look very strange. -- Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
