What do the dashed vertical lines in Histogram mean?

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hassiman
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What do the dashed vertical lines in Histogram mean?

Postby hassiman » Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:58 am

Hi,

Please look at the screenshot attached showing the pre-scan histogram of a Kodachrome slide scanned at 4000 dpi with the software set for Kodachrome and the scanner profiled using tha SilverFast IT8 calibration taget slide. What does this mean and how do I correct the problem if one exists?

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Re: What do the dashed vertical lines in Histogram mean?

Postby LSI_Morales » Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:30 pm

Dear Hassiman,

As you can see by yourself we did not get any image. Without an illustration is hard to tell.

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Re: What do the dashed vertical lines in Histogram mean?

Postby hassiman » Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:34 pm

Here you go....

What does this indicate and how is it corrected?
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This is a screenshot showing white dahed vertical line in Histogram
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Re: What do the dashed vertical lines in Histogram mean?

Postby hassiman » Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:50 pm

LSI_Morales wrote:Dear Hassiman,

As you can see by yourself we did not get any image. Without an illustration is hard to tell.

Cheers


Image scanned from 35mm Kodachrome slide3. Sliverfast set for SCREEN 4000 - DPI 4000 - 48 Bit color - Kodachrome - IT8 Calibrated with SF IT8 Kodachrome IT8 35mm target

Another example:

Histo_01re-sized.jpg
Another example of dashed lines in histogram
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Re: What do the dashed vertical lines in Histogram mean?

Postby LSI_Morales » Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:01 pm

Dear hassiman,

Those lines appear in the histogram when using a fixed point for the densitometer. I guess you might have placed a fixed point which is showing you those lines, if you close the extra window (deleting the point) you will see how the lines disappear.

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