Scanning Ektachrome

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Should Ektachrome be scanned as Positive or Kodachrome? What about ICE?
On or Off?

Thanks!

Joe
 
Joe said:
Should Ektachrome be scanned as Positive or Kodachrome? What about ICE?
On or Off?

Thanks!

Joe
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It shoud be scanned as Ektachrome. However, I believe that "Positive" means
Ekatachrome. Kodachrome is a very different beast.
Use ICE if and only if it is needed.
Jim
 
You can try using ICE and see if it works for you. Only the "Pro" version
of ICE (found on some scanners like the Nikon 9000) is rated to work with
Kodachrome. If you get a look similare to stained glass under moderate or
higher magnification, you are seeing ICE not working well with Kodachrome.
With that said, you will find posts on the net from various users who say
that non-Pro ICE works for their needs/expectations. It is pretty easy to
do a quick set of comparison scans and decide for yourself.

Doug
 
ICE should work fine to clean up dirt on your Ektachrome slides. Try a
sample scan or two with it enabled and disabled and compare them in
your photo editor to see if it softens the image at all. If the
results are okay, keep it on as you scan your slides.

Good luck.
 
I know ICE is officially not recommended for use with Kodachromes which
is why I wondered about exact Ektachrome classification.

Joe
 
Roger said:
ICE should work fine to clean up dirt on your Ektachrome slides. Try a
sample scan or two with it enabled and disabled and compare them in
your photo editor to see if it softens the image at all. If the
results are okay, keep it on as you scan your slides.
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My concern was not so much with softening but more with regard to
distortions which occur when ICE is used with Kodachromes. The only
problems I see with Ektachromes are around the outer edges of the
frame. The smooth transition between film and frame before ICE turns
into a hard edge cutoff after ICE, but the image itself seems fine. I
just wanted to make sure. Thanks for the confirmation.
Good luck.
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Thanks.

Joe
 
Jim said:
It shoud be scanned as Ektachrome. However, I believe that "Positive" means
Ekatachrome. Kodachrome is a very different beast.
Use ICE if and only if it is needed.
Jim
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I read the instructions to mean Ektachrome = Positive but I wasn't
sure.
If Ektachrome falls under Positive then at least in theory ICE could be
used, but only if it's needed of course.

Joe
 
Okay, I see where the confusion is.

In today's market there is E6-process "positive" transparency film and
then there is Kodachrome positive film and also Agfa Scala B&W positive
film.
Fuji Sensia, Astia, Velvia, Fortia, the Kodak Ektachrome/Elitechrome
family and the like are all regular old E6-process positive film.
Kodachrome (K-14 process) has a different structure and any given
Kodachrome slide may or may not work with ICE. I believe Scala does
not work with ICE at all. All of the E6 positive films work fine with
ICE and shouldn't give you any problems. Good luck!
 
Roger said:
Fuji Sensia, Astia, Velvia, Fortia, the Kodak Ektachrome/Elitechrome
family and the like are all regular old E6-process positive film.
Kodachrome (K-14 process) has a different structure and any given
Kodachrome slide may or may not work with ICE. I believe Scala does
not work with ICE at all. All of the E6 positive films work fine with
ICE and shouldn't give you any problems. Good luck!
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Thank you for the detailed explanation. That answers my questions in
full: Positive is the correct setting for Ektachrome and ICE works with
it.

Joe
 
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