Audi R8 ALMS Mosport 2004

My extremely sharp Kodachrome 25 slides leave me wanting a more

current slide/film scanner. This scan has lost much of the shadow

and highlight detail, although the colours have survived reasonably

well. One of the sharpest auto racing images I have. On the slide

the website on the front of the helmet is clearly legible.

 

 

Let me know what you think anyway!

Yes, the loss of detail is unfortunate - it seems a touch overexposed, but I guess this is, as you say, an artefact of the scanning.

Does your scanner have a setting for Kodachrome? The Nikon Coolscan IV does and it makes a significant difference in the quality of scanned slides if it's not set to Kodachrome.

Hi Fred!

 

No my antique (5 years old) scanner is pretty bare bones. Does okay with Velvia and E100VS and negative films. I'll keep my eye out for a used upgrade. In the mean time it provides an effective way to communicate here and I am slowly learning the ins and outs of digital imaging principles and PS techniques. Take care.

This is a great shot, too bad the scanner could not pull out the detail. It just looks too overexsposed now.