Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Just to add to my previous e-mail, I want make a try, did you test the same on color slides?. I have an Epson 3170, I've tried Vuescan and not encountered advantages to the Epson software... Saludos cordiales Lluis El 25/10/2008, a las 19:43, Nathan Wajsman escribi?: > I just scanned my first roll of film since this spring, and it was > also the first time I used my V700 with my new iMac. So I had to > download the latest version of the Epson software, and it kicks ass! > The quality seems better than before, and it is much more user > friendly. The best bit: after placing the two film strips in the > film holder (i.e. 8 images, half of a roll of 120 shot with 6x4.5), > the preview screen automatically showed all 8 images in the correct > sequence. I could adjust the cropping and the exposure for each > image, and then let it rip while doing something else. > > The other change I made was to use the maximum optical resolution of > the scanner, 6400 ppi. Before, being constrained by my desktop PC > and its 2 GB of RAM, I used to scan at 3200 to keep the file size > down. But no more. Even though the images are mainly destined for > the web, the improvement is clearly visible when I work on the > images in Photoshop. > > I used to be a big fan of Vuescan, but this new Epson software means > that I will not need to install Vuescan on my iMac. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information