negafix profile for kodak supra 100 is... terrible. help!

[harry shin]

1. i've been using kodak royal gold 100 for many years; great results using negafix. however, kodak has discontinued making this great film.
2. i recently tried kodak supra 100, however the profile in negafix 5.5 gives overly saturated scans; i mean completely off. can the folks who work at silverfast develop a more accurate profile for this film?
3. question II: there was a related post, but what other NEGATIVE films out there scan well? i've already heard from folks who scan slides and thus don't need to hear again that provia scans well.


thanks. harry shin

[President_LSI]

NegaFix and Kodak Supra 100

Dear Harry,

please let us know which scanner you are using and what version of SilverFast and what Operating System.

We will then check and if required correct this profile.

regards

Karl-H. Zahorsky, CEO

[harry shin]

1. Thanks for the quick reply
2. Scanner: Sprintscan 120.
3. Operating system: Mac 9.x
4. Software: Silverfast 5.5
5. I don't think there's any problematic interaction with the scanner, software and OS simply because I've been getting great results using Kodak Royal Gold 100 and using the Negafix profile for Royal Gold. It's just when I use Kodak Supra 100--> way too saturated scans; I actually get a better scan using the Royal Gold profile.

Thanks for the help. Harry Shin

[spearhead]

This is an old post, but I just used Supra 100 for the first time and had exactly the same result, unusable scans with Silverfast. I used Insight and they were acceptable, but I would have preferred to get good scans out of SF.

Configuration: XP, SS120, SF5.5r14

[harry shin]

1. I just wanted to follow up with my original post.
2. I called up Kodak--they stated that the supra 100 basically has the same emulsion as the royal gold 100, however that there are tighter quality controls etc... obviously this is a summary statement. Pragmatically, the Kodak rep assured me that supra=royal gold and thus recommended that I just use the Royal Gold 100 profile. Bottomline--> I didn't like the idea of using the Royal Gold 100 profile in negafix for supra, but it really has given me good results. I did complain and I think silverfast emailed me a new supra profile--> it's basically very very similar to the royal gold 100 profile; I just now use either one, depending on the particular negative. Oh yea, be sure to click on the autoadjust button after you choose the profile--> that makes a difference (or manually adjust the histogram).


Thanks. Harry Shin (Overall, I love silverfast & negafix)

[harry shin]

1. I just wanted to follow up with my original post.
2. I called up Kodak--they stated that the supra 100 basically has the same emulsion as the royal gold 100, however that there are tighter quality controls etc... obviously this is a summary statement. Pragmatically, the Kodak rep assured me that supra=royal gold and thus recommended that I just use the Royal Gold 100 profile. Bottomline--> I didn't like the idea of using the Royal Gold 100 profile in negafix for supra, but it really has given me good results. I did complain and I think silverfast emailed me a new supra profile--> it's basically very very similar to the royal gold 100 profile; I just now use either one, depending on the particular negative. Oh yea, be sure to click on the autoadjust button after you choose the profile--> that makes a difference (or manually adjust the histogram).


Thanks. Harry Shin (Overall, I love silverfast & negafix)