ICC profile for Nikon Super Coolscan 5000

[beo]

Hi,

I?m currently evaluating SilverFast Ai together with the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED.

Unfortunately I cannot find the ICC profile for this scanner in the Option -> CMS menu. I can see the NKLS4000LS40.icm and NKLS8000.icm but no profile for the Coolscan 5000. What should I do to make the ICC profile available?

Thanks for any Help!

Ottmar

[John MacLean]

Ottmar,

If you really want to scan optimal color, you should calibrate with IT-8 target slides www.silverfast.com/show/highlights-it8/en.html.

PS - is (F a u s t) a bad word in German? The message preview replaced it *****

[beo]

Dear John,

Thank you for your response. I fully agree with your advice. As I'm in the evaluation phase of this product, of course I have no means for calibrations. Therefore I wondered if there is a better color profile than the LS4000 color profile available for this scanner . The LaserSoft support explained to me in the mean time that the LS4000 color profile could be used for the LS4000 and the LS5000 scanner.

Kind regards,

Ottmar

PS.: "*****" means fist, which is not a bad word in German. One of Wolfgang Goethe's (famous German poet) masterpieces is called "*****" (part 1 and part 2).

[John MacLean]

It appears my post must have been edited by the moderator to remove my mention of another brand of IT-8 targets. Why, I don't know? That's just silly!

[beo]

Dear John,

Again, thank you for your hint!

Kind regards,

Ottmar

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