Silverfast AI vs HDR for colour neg + film scanner

[RZS]

Hi,

I have a registered copy of HDR that I use with an Epson 2450. I use v**s**n to produce high bit raw files. I bought HDR instead of AI because I want to rent film scanners to archive work and thought it would be easier to do the raw scans, return the scanner, then work on the files at home. I only scan colour negatives.

I've read recently on the internet that film scanners (not flatbeds) expose the red green and blue differently to compensate for the negative mask. Is there a difference in quality, when using a film scanner with colour negs, when doing the negative conversion *during the scan* (eg using silverfast AI) versus doing the conversion *after the scan* (eg using HDR)? Is there going to be a noticable improvement in colour balance, noise, tonal gradation, etc, when using silverfast AI over HDR?

Thanks

RZS

[LSI_Support]

Given that you use raw data files (HDR) there is no difference between what Ai does and what HDR does. Both programms use the same data.