Slide film scan does not look as great as the original

[markbarendt]

the images were most likely scanned by a very competent scanner operator... this is the most important feature,

Yep.

 

[Kino]

There is. Understand the film's characteristics and expose the scene correctly. It does not need a PhD written about it.

http://www.americansuburbx.com/2013/05/interview-fred-herzog-in-his-own-words-excerpts.html

"“I have not had a holiday in the last four years, because I have worked 10 hours a day on this show. It’s a lot of work, an unbelievable amount of work to make those scans, to approve the proofs, to print them, to reprint them if they’re not right. And to learn how to do it." Fred Herzog

 

[MattKing]

That Fred Herzog interview is good, but the actual prints themselves are much better than they appear in the illustrations to the article.

 

[Kino]

That Fred Herzog interview is good, but the actual prints themselves are much better than they appear in the illustrations to the article.

Well, the tortured path to your monitor is largely to thank for that! Who knows how many look-up-tables and profiles these images pass through before being unceremoniously plopped down on your desktop.

 

[MattKing]

Well, the tortured path to your monitor is largely to thank for that! Who knows how many look-up-tables and profiles these images pass through before being unceremoniously plopped down on your desktop.

Very true.
But also, those prints are really wonderful prints! IMHO, even the best computer displayed image is different in character and quality(ies) than a good print.

 

[Kino]

Very true.
But also, those prints are really wonderful prints! IMHO, even the best computer displayed image is different in character and quality(ies) than a good print.

True that...

 

[Loren Sattler]

I scanned some family slides (Kodachrome) from the 1970's on my Epson V600 without making any adjustments. I was very please with the results, nice colors and very sharp results. I had some 4 x 6 prints made at Meijer and they looked as good as digital snapshots from my iPhone. Do not recall the DPI setting used. Here is a link to the scans on Imgur.com: https://imgur.com/a/sDaI3

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

I scanned some family slides (Kodachrome) from the 1970's on my Epson V600 without making any adjustments. I was very please with the results, nice colors and very sharp results. I had some 4 x 6 prints made at Meijer and they looked as good as digital snapshots from my iPhone. Do not recall the DPI setting used. Here is a link to the scans on Imgur.com: https://imgur.com/a/sDaI3

Very nice. Yours came out better than mine using the V600 also.