In particular, the scanned raw images with the new IT-8 profile have less color casts that need correction, and the overall color correction of the raw preview scan makes it even easier to obtain an ideal image adjustment and resulting image file. Comparing this new LaserSoft Kodachrome IT-8 to the Kodak K3 Kodachrome IT-8 of ’99, there are differences that show up in an analysis of and use of the profile. My scan results were even more consistently advantageous over scanning Kodachrome with an Ektachrome based profile. Test scans of Kodachrome slides followed very shortly. I stopped everything I was doing and immediately profiled my two dedicated 35mm scanners with this new LaserSoft Kodachrome IT-8 target slide. Soon after, I received one for my use and evaluation. In this monochromatic study it is essential to maintain both color and tone separation from highlights to shadows, and this digital representation captured everything in the original Kodachrome slide accurately and faithfully. One of my favorite images of a favorite model shot in my daylight studio by window light on Kodachrome was ideally reproduced in a digital file using my LaserSoft Kodachrome IT-8 profiled Plustek OpticFilm 7500i scanner running SilverFast.
