OT: Scanning B/W Slides

[lmishkar]

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone on the forum knows how to scan Scala b/w

slide film. I'm using a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000. It appears that

this film is very much like Kodachrome, with the heavy layers of

emulsions. My normal way of scanning does not give me usable results

with this film. I like the results I get with Leica glass and this

film, but need to take the next step equally well. Thanks. Larry.

[kirk_teetzel]

I really had to play with the unsharp mask for this one. It took me a while and I still don't really get it, but I like the end result. I've never had any luck scanning Kodachrome.

 

I used a Epson 3170 Scanner.<div></div>

[stuart_richardson]

If it keeps coming out really dark, you might try to either pump up the exposure in the

scanner (a good option) or create a duplicate layer in photoshop (control/command-j) and

apply the "screen" blending option. That will fix underexposure pretty well. You can keep

creating these copies until it looks about the right brightness...adjusting the opacity of the

layer will allow you to tweak it more precisely. <P>Scanned scala: <P><img src="http://

www.stuartrichardson.com/dad-trail.jpg">

[furcafe]

I don't use Scala, but have used & scanned slides from Foma Fomapan R100, a reversal B&W film, that were developed via the dr5 process. Per Stuart Richardson's suggestion, when I get overly dark slides I increase the brightness setting in Vuescan (my scanner is a Minolta Dimage Scan Multi Pro).

[john_brewton]

Larry, this was covered in a thread about two weeks ago. Where were you? Anyway, the thread demonstrated quite superbly that many of us scan Scala with terrific results.

[lmishkar]

John,

 

Er, not paying attention? I'll check it out. Thanks for mentioning it and to all the other members for their input. Thanks. Larry.

[e_b7]

Kirk,

 

My Minolta 5400 does a good job scanning Kodachrome. I do nothing special, but do not use ICE. Anyway, current or 40 year-old slides all look good. For some of the old ones, I had to use Photoshop to remove the dust at the edges.