Scanner advice (first film)

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 23:53:32 -0700, Father Kodak wrote:

> I just got a roll of C-41 processed and i got the Photo CD as an
> experiment. Cost me all of $4 more.
>
> Scan produces a 1536 x 1024 pixel image. Enough for a 4" x 6" at good
> quality, but I'm sure an 8"x10" would not make you happy.

Sounds like you got a Picture CD, which contains JPG files that
are 1536x1024 pixels (from 35mm) and 1536x864 pixels (from Advanced
Photo System film). Each Picture CD can hold images from only one
roll of film, partly because each CD also contains imaging software.

Photo CDs on the other hand can hold images from many rolls of
film, basically limited only by what fits on the CD. This is
usually over 100 images, or about 5 rolls of film. Each PhotoCD
contain PCD files which have five copies of each image at
resolutions ranging from 192x128 to 3072x2048 pixels. If you use
IrfanView to view PCD images, it defaults to showing the 768 x 512
pixel version.

To show either of the largest two image sizes (1536x1024 or
3072x2048) you have to download and install the PhotoCD plugin.
There's also a Pro Photo CD designed that's really designed for
images from MF roll film and 4x5 sheets which adds a sixth
resolution image of 6144x4096 pixels. IrfanView doesn't have an
option to display these 24mp images.

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 23:55:14 -0700, Father Kodak
<dont_bother.TakeThisOut@IDontCare.COM> wrote:

>On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:38:31 +0100, John Bean <waterfoot.TakeThisOut@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Smarter software. Vuescan for instance seems to be
>>surprisingly effective in "ignoring" the problems associated
>>with Kodachrome yet still providing very effective dust
>>removal. It tends to slow down the scanning quite a lot, but
>>that's got to be better than spotting by hand.
>
>Does VueScan or other software have a setting for black and white film
>(or even multiple settings for different kinds of b&w?)

It does indeen. You can adjust anything by eye, but profiles
are built-in for a number of common (mainly Kodak) films.

I've been using Vuescan since 1999 and I've yet to find
anything better. Unlike most of the competition it doesn't
look pretty but it does the job.

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Regards

John Bean