Nikon coolscan 5000 scanned slides, sharpening settings

[marco_landini]

<p>Hi guys.<br />I' m going to receive a lot of 48 bit tiff files, from my 35mm slides scanned by a Nikon Coolscan 5000 from a local lab. I' m here to ask you suggestions about capture sharpening to add to the scanned slides. The lab did only "ICE fine " to the frames, no sharpening at all , nor via scanner , nor via software.<br />Can you please tell me a general setting to restore the capture sharpening to my scanned slides ? I can use smart sharpen on PS, or Photokit Sharpener. Thanks</p>

[anthony_r.1]

<p>I'm by no means an expert, but I don't think you should need capture sharpening for scanned images. Capture sharpening is for RAW conversion. Someone else may have a better answer?</p>

[mattb1]

All digital capture needs some sharpening.

 

Can not give you any settings, have not scanned for a while. But, the initial sharpening should be minimal. Restoring the images natural

local contrast will help a lot with the perceived sharpness. Most sharpening is done at output time and will vary with the output medium.

[Robin Smith]

<p>Just add some until it looks sharp enough for you at 100%.</p>

[ellis_vener_photography]

Photokit Sharpener has capture sharpening settings for various film format size scanned images. These must be 35mm

so start there.