Agfa Scala and Vuescan - Tips?

[joe]

I have my first roll of Scala out being processsed. For those who are
unaware of what Scala is, its a B&W Slide Film (positive - not
negative). Heres the question, any body ever use Vuescan to scan this
film and can they suggest any settings?

Image vs Slide?
Scan to color (and turn into B&W in PS) or Scan to B&W

Any help or experience appreciated. Thanks.

Joe

 

[Joe Cash]

I would start with Media:Slide Film, Bits per pixels:16 bits Gray,
Output:Tiff file type, 16 bits gray.

 

[tglahn17]

Hi, Joe,

I've been trying to get decent scans of Scala with VueScan for a few
years now. I'm still having problems. I have a Nikon Coolscan
LS-2000. I just downloaded the latest VueScan 8.0.12. I've tried
both slide and image settings, and the scans aren't very smooth. The
tones look like contour maps. I'm scanning at 16-bit grayscale with
16 samples. How do your scans look? Thanks,



Hidong

 

[Ed Hamrick]

I've been trying to get decent scans of Scala with VueScan for a few
years now. I'm still having problems. I have a Nikon Coolscan
LS-2000. I just downloaded the latest VueScan 8.0.12. I've tried
both slide and image settings, and the scans aren't very smooth. The
tones look like contour maps. I'm scanning at 16-bit grayscale with
16 samples. How do your scans look? Thanks,

Make sure your display is set to 24 or 32 bits per pixel. If it's
set to 16 bits per pixel, you'll get 5 bits per color, which causes
this "contour map" effect.

Regards,
Ed Hamrick

 

[Wilfred]

Make sure your display is set to 24 or 32 bits per pixel. If it's
set to 16 bits per pixel, you'll get 5 bits per color, which causes
this "contour map" effect.

.... and for certain notebook computers even 24 or 32 bits per pixel
won't help because the LCD display doesn't process all of the bits. In
that case you'd have to hook up a CRT monitor to your notebook.

 

[joe]

Still waiting for the roll of Scala to come back. (Sent it to dr5.) I
have a Canoscan 4000 scanner (I am very pleased with it, the only
drawback is the scan times). I use Vuescan (thanks Ed!) as my capture
SW.

I have an LaCie monitor so I'll test what I see....should be any day
now.

Joe

 

[joe]

Just got back my 1st roll. I used Vuescan with a Canoscan 4000 and the
results are "pretty" good. The Scala is very contrasty so you need to
work curves to get it to lighten up. It is just like slide film in
that there isn't a lot of exposure latitude to the film.

Joe