IT8 35mm Transparency Target

[tuanvo1982]

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Hi all,

 

I have a plustek 7600i SE. I would like to get a IT8 35mm Transparency Target and try it on my scanner. There are some types : Fuji, Kodak ...

1. What kind of Target should I use?

2. For each type of film do we need to use different kind of Target? Or One Target uses for all film. I only use negative film.

3. Where can I buy it with a reasonable cost? Even If someone has it then I may rent it and pay fee for shipping and rental fee.

4. Do we need anything else to calibrate the scanner? (I have Vuescan pro I think it supports IT8 )

 

Thanks

[stunsworth]

For each type of film do we need to use different kind of Target?

 

I've never used one, but I believe the answer to your question is yes.

 

The professional version of Vuescan supports such targets. Remember they're not available for print film - or weren't the last time I looked.

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[lewis44]

The IT8 Target is only for slide film and each one is specific to the film it was shot on. If you don't shoot slide film, then you don't need it.

Negafix in Silverfast is the correction for negative film and is specific to type also.

Choose the film type you are scanning and go from there. It's not perfect, but it gets you real close.

 

When I use Vuescan, I just scan the image with no corrections and save as a DNG file. I then post process in Photoshop.

 

People spend too much time trying to get the scan right in the scanning software. It usually needs adjustment in an editing program anyway, so why do it twice.

If you scan it Raw or DNG, you then have a file you can archive and work it over and over again, like a negative or slide. Just remember to "Save As" when you make the corrections

Edited June 16, 2011 by lewis44

[cbretteville]

I bought a set (I beleive "S1") from Wolf Faust. Great value for money Affordable IT 8.7 (ISO 12641) Scanner Color Calibration Targets

 

Carl

[tuanvo1982]

The IT8 Target is only for slide film and each one is specific to the film it was shot on. If you don't shoot slide film, then you don't need it.

Negafix in Silverfast is the correction for negative film and is specific to type also.

Choose the film type you are scanning and go from there. It's not perfect, but it gets you real close.

 

When I use Vuescan, I just scan the image with no corrections and save as a DNG file. I then post process in Photoshop.

 

People spend too much time trying to get the scan right in the scanning software. It usually needs adjustment in an editing program anyway, so why do it twice.

If you scan it Raw or DNG, you then have a file you can archive and work it over and over again, like a negative or slide. Just remember to "Save As" when you make the corrections

 

This is the way which I am doing.

 

I thought IT8 makes something better. so I ignore it now

 

Thanks

[mnsh]

I bought a set (I beleive "S1") from Wolf Faust. Great value for money Affordable IT 8.7 (ISO 12641) Scanner Color Calibration Targets

 

Carl

I also have a Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and a lot of Kodachrome slides to scan taken by my father (and later myself).  Some are more than 60 years old and beginning to decay.  A Kodachrome slide film IT8 target is no longer made and I could not find any on the internet second hand, but Wolf Faust do a Fuji one, how much of a difference will that make and would it still be worth buying please?

Thanks

Matthew

[gwpics]

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Hi all,

 

I have a plustek 7600i SE. I would like to get a IT8 35mm Transparency Target and try it on my scanner. There are some types : Fuji, Kodak ...

1. What kind of Target should I use?

2. For each type of film do we need to use different kind of Target? Or One Target uses for all film. I only use negative film.

3. Where can I buy it with a reasonable cost? Even If someone has it then I may rent it and pay fee for shipping and rental fee.

4. Do we need anything else to calibrate the scanner? (I have Vuescan pro I think it supports IT8 )

 

Thanks

 

 

I have a Plustek 8200i scanner which came supplied with Silverfast software and an IT8 target slide which states it was "Printed on Fuji Provia Professional Film" by Silverfast. I just wonder if Plustek could supply you with one. I don't think I have ever used mine, although the packet is open. I normal use Vuescan now, but use Silverfast occasionally.

 

Gerry

[chris_livsey]

LaserSoft Imaging supply the IT8 targets for their Silverfast software used with the Epson flatbeds as well, available to purchase in varies sizes and types:

 

https://www.silverfast.com/buyonline/en.html?type=&productline=scanner&special=it8order_no_sf&filter=it8

 

Both Fuji and Kodak are listed under transparency.

 

I scanned on my V850 some 120 E6 a while ago, I thought marginally the colour accuracy was improved after calibration, this was shot in the early 80's.

 

 

120 Fuji Velvia

500c/m 80mm

 

This on Kodachrome 35mm

 

 

On an Alpa 6 with the 50mm Switar after calibration i didn't keep the "befores".

Edited September 25, 2016 by chris_livsey

[mnsh]

LaserSoft Imaging supply the IT8 targets for their Silverfast software used with the Epson flatbeds as well, available to purchase in varies sizes and types:

 

https://www.silverfast.com/buyonline/en.html?type=&productline=scanner&special=it8order_no_sf&filter=it8

 

Both Fuji and Kodak are listed under transparency.

 

I scanned on my V850 some 120 E6 a while ago, I thought marginally the colour accuracy was improved after calibration, this was shot in the early 80's.

 

120 Fuji Velvia

500c/m 80mm

 

This on Kodachrome 35mm

 

On an Alpa 6 with the 50mm Switar after calibration i didn't keep the "befores".

 

Thank you and lovely pictures, something to aspire to, but unfortunately the Kodak target is larger than 35mm.  I am using VueScan so thinking about the DNG option mentioned here.

Matthew

[mnsh]

I have a Plustek 8200i scanner which came supplied with Silverfast software and an IT8 target slide which states it was "Printed on Fuji Provia Professional Film" by Silverfast. I just wonder if Plustek could supply you with one. I don't think I have ever used mine, although the packet is open. I normal use Vuescan now, but use Silverfast occasionally.

 

Gerry

Thanks Gerry I have emailed to ask PlusTek.  I use VueScan and am reading The Vue Scan Bible which is how I heard about targets.  I use X-rite with my M8 sometimes.  I was interested to read here you can do without a target and scan the slide as DNG then process in LightRoom.  My aim isn't a professional output but family memory conservation.

Matthew

[chris_livsey]

  My aim isn't a professional output but family memory conservation.

Matthew

 

On conservation: I hope any digital storage regime you choose proves as robust as the proven archival qualities of Kodachrome.

 

Kodachrome films have the best dark fading stability of any conventional color film, either negative or transparency. Kodachrome is also the only chromogenic color film that remains completely free of yellow stain formation during extended dark storage. 

 

http://www.wilhelm-research.com/pdf/HW_Book_18_of_20_HiRes_v1c.pdf

[mnsh]

On conservation: I hope any digital storage regime you choose proves as robust as the proven archival qualities of Kodachrome.

 

Kodachrome films have the best dark fading stability of any conventional color film, either negative or transparency. Kodachrome is also the only chromogenic color film that remains completely free of yellow stain formation during extended dark storage. 

 

http://www.wilhelm-research.com/pdf/HW_Book_18_of_20_HiRes_v1c.pdf

Good point, at the moment they are in hard Leica slide boxes inside cardboard sleeves at the top of bookshelves with no direct sunlight coming into the room.  But I shall think about if there is anywhere in the house with lower humidity.  The loft is airy and dry but subject to great changes in temperature.  Thank you for the interesting chapter and illustrations - you dont see beards like that now!  It also said

>>Unfortunately, Kodachrome has the worst projector-fading stability of any currently available slide film....do not exceed total projection time of one hour for Kodachrome

 

(I may already have done, long time since we had a slide show (Leica Pradovit) but would be on screen about a minute or more perhaps, some longer than others).  And I suppose being in a film scanner's bright light won't be too good for them either.  That's why I'm anxious to get it right first time.  No reply from PlusTek yet.  I'm halfway through The VueScan Bible.

Matthew

[chris_livsey]

- you dont see beards like that now!