ICE and dirt

I've scanned hundreds of very old slides with a Nikon 4000 with ICE and Vuescan.

Unless the slide is just totally beat up and only the Heavy setting will remove enough scratches to make the image reasonable, I find the degradation to be very, very slight and most of the time hardly noticeable.

Great technology that can only get better.





Hi all, me being a first-timer and all that.

Just wondering how people get over dust problems with 35mm slide scanning. I
have a Minolta Scan Dual III. All the software processing seems to soften
the image somewhat. Is there an alternative to my current method of using
the Photoshop clone-stamp? I think my slides are as clean as possible but
even so there is always a little re-touching to be done.

I would also be interested to hear of people's experiences with digital ICE
scanners.

Roger




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I would also be interested to hear of people's experiences with digital ICE
scanners.


Roger,

I have a Minolta Scan Elite II with digital ICE. I love it. I didn't realize
how spoiled I was until I scanned some BW negs (which ICE does not work on). I
was quite irritated to have to do so much spotting. I am quite happy that I
spent the extra dollars to get a scanner with ICE. I do not notice any
degradation in images after it has been applied (unlike software solutions).

John

John

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Roger,

I have a Minolta Scan Elite II with digital ICE. I love it. I didn't
realize
how spoiled I was until I scanned some BW negs (which ICE does not work
on). I
was quite irritated to have to do so much spotting. I am quite happy that
I
spent the extra dollars to get a scanner with ICE. I do not notice any
degradation in images after it has been applied (unlike software
solutions).

John

Hi John

Thanks for your post. I would have loved to be able to afford the Scan Elite
II but .....well not yet anyway. Actually, my current work is all b+w anyway
so ICE wouldn't help - it would have saved me some time when scanning my
trannies from the past, though! Enjoy it.

Roger