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With great excitement, I'm starting to scan, Coolscan 5000 ED, for the first time. I have a roll of TriX and some C41 XP2. I am loving what I'm seeing, and can play with these options, but sage words never hurt. The questions are about color profile and mono/color options.

 

For the TriX, clearly it's negative "mono", but do you use grayscale or RGB? I'm preferring the look of grayscale, and it makes more sense to me, but....?

 

For the chromogenic, do you use negative "color" as it's "color film"? And do you use grayscale or RGB? Much thanks.....Peter

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For the TriX, clearly it's negative "mono", but do you use grayscale or RGB? I'm preferring the look of grayscale, and it makes more sense to me, but....?

 

For the chromogenic, do you use negative "color" as it's "color film"? And do you use grayscale or RGB? Much thanks.....Peter

 

I would assume that you are using the OEM Nikon Scanning software.

For me...

 

B&W = Grayscale, Scan For Print, Tiff 32 bit. Scan 8x or 16x

Color Neg = SRGB, Scan For Print, Tiff 32 bit. Scan 8x or 16x

 

You will pull more depth with Scan For Print.

 

Best,

-Ron

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Hi,

That is the scanner that I ownand use. The Nikon software is quite good, after you read the manual! I find that using VueScan is preferable in most instances. VuesScan is quite inexpensive (US $80 for the professional edition), check the developer's site at Hamrick.com

Jean-Michel

Thanks for the tip Jean-Michel, I'll look into it. I had heard of "Silverfast" but not VueScan. Does it have a version of Digital Ice which works so well in the Nikon software? best....Peter

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Hi,

Yes, VueScan has settings to allow or disallow Digital Ice (it call it 'infrared cleaning'), it also has settings for restoring colours, etc. I originally purchased VueScan so that I could connect my Arcus II flatbed to a new Mac, as Agfa no longer supported their scanners; VueScan supports an extensive list of scanners, and Hamrick deserves monetary support just for that!

VueScan gives you a better choice of B&W films, and allows you to pick a contrast index for them. I happen to prefer using VueScan to the Nikon software, but in the end, it is a matter of which software you are willing to spend time learning to use.

Jean-Michel

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Hi- I did get Vue Scan and I like it very much. In particular, I like the ability to save Raw scan files to rescan and set parameters later. This is very familiar to me coming from digital workflow. Get the Raw "negative", and work it later. For one, it means that as I learn what I'm doing I can repeat the scan with the film safely packed away and in a fraction of the time. Thanks for the tip Jean-Michel. best...Peter

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