[Leica] Canon scanner software

[DouglasMSharp at netscape.net (Douglas M. Sharp)]

I have the 9900F flatbed, a brilliant piece of equipment. I agree the
scanning software is nothing to write home about, seems to work best when I
switch off all the defaults and play with the curves and stuff. For
24x36mm the scanner is virtually useless, at least until I've found out
if I'm maybe
doing something wrong.
For 6x6cm  colour and BW negs everything looks ok, slides are a
different matter altogether, a dark dense, underexposed slide is virtually
impossible to work on. I put up a few examples of my first attempts at
the Rollei Gallery, nothing special just testing the machine and its'
software.
regards
Douglas

http://www.rollei-gallery.net/douglas/image-67631.html     Scanned from
Agfa colour negative
http://www.rollei-gallery.net/douglas/image-67647.html     Fuji colour
slide (original very dark)
http://www.rollei-gallery.net/douglas/image-67791.html     Kodak colour
slide (original very dark)
http://www.rollei-gallery.net/douglas/image-67792.html     Scanned from
Agfa colour negative
http://www.rollei-gallery.net/douglas/image-67793.html     T400CN
http://www.rollei-gallery.net/douglas/image-67794.html     T400CN



Peter Klein schrieb:

> At 06:29 AM 6/6/04 -0700, Greg Locke wrote:
>
>> The software that came with a friends Canon professional digital cameras
>> SUCK!!!  Totally useless!
>> The same is true for the interface software that came with my otherwise
>> WONDERFUL Canon film scanner.
>
>
> Greg:  Do you by any chance have the Canon FS-4000 scanner?   I also 
> have it, and have to agree.  The scanner is great.  But the software 
> seems to drop big chunk off of both the highlights and shadows, 
> leaving you with a high-contrast scan that is useless for much except 
> a print that looks like it came off the automatic machine at your 
> local drugstore.  I've tried all sorts of things, but never got a scan 
> with sufficient dynamic range.
>
> So I use VueScan with the FS-4000.  VueScan gives me all of the 
> dynamic range in the negative or slide. Then I can mess with curves in 
> Picture Window Pro to get what I want.
>
> But, the CanonScan software is easier to use, and the native FARE (IR 
> dust/scratch removal) is a bit better.  Have you had any luck with 
> getting CanonScan to retain highlight and shadow detail, or is it 
> truly hopeless?
>
>
> --Peter Klein
> Seattle, WA
>