[Leica] Scanner software question

Tina Manley tmanley at gmail.com
Mon Sep 22 06:53:33 PDT 2014


Nathan -

I have both Silverfast and Vuescan.   I use Vuescan.  Once you set up your
preferences and save them, it is not clunky at all.  Silverfast is much
harder to use and much more expensive.  Vuescan gives you free upgrades
every time they come up with something new.  Silverfast charges an arm and
a leg every time they upgrade.  As far as results go, I am able to get
better results easier with Vuescan than with Silverfast.

Hope this helps.

Tina

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> I actually bought a 35mm film scanner and started using it this weekend.
> Even though this is not a top-end model (Reflecta RPS 7200), the quality is
> still far superior to my Epson flatbed, and at 450 EUR, the investment was
> manageable.
>
> The scanner came with its scanner software, CyberView, which is passable,
> but I read in some review that Silverfast is better. I also tried Vuescan
> last night, remembering that I used it back in the old days, but it is
> horribly clunky and the user interface has not improved since 10 years ago,
> so I will not be using it.
>
> What do people use to scan out there—Tina, Jim Shulman?
>
> TIA,
> Nathan
>
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