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Thank you for this explanation. Right - for archiving, one archives the unedited, non-corrected, completely unaltered scan. Apologies if it seemed I implied the opposite. Because my goal is to create archive images. But from those archived-masters, derive the following. 1. A proper ICC profile that ...

"Gamma-correction does nothing to the quality of the data." I would like to take your word on this, but I can't seem to find literature or other reference to this point online. Let's say I create a scan in VueScan and output to 48-Bit RAW format. The scan will be linear. Creating archival...

"SilverFast requires ICC profiles created from the gamma-corrected scans. HDR formats are not suitable for this. So you save in TIF without any image editing or color management turned off." Hermann Josef, hey again. I'm circling back from earlier this month. Been talking with Franz Herbe...

Hermann-Josef, Thank you. You say: "Leave at defaults and/or reset the software and then run the auto-calibration." I'm to understand that you don't know for certain, either? Seems like nobody knows the answer to this, and LSI doesn't want to elaborate. You say: "Export the scan in sR...

Hermann-Josef, Thank you for your reply. I think this *finally* explains what I was doing wrong - and why I kept receiving super dark results, even after applying the ICC profile I created in SilverFast. The following is a long post. And I suspect you are based in Germany - I am in the North East, U...

Hey all, I've been using FilmScanner.info for a long time. The site has been a goldmine of information for scanning. I have one question that still persists and perhaps one of you can help. I am using the following for only scanning of reflective materials: Hardware: Epson v850 Flatbed Scanner OS: W...