[Leica] Let me sing the praise of Silverfast

[Gerry Walden]

I must agree with you Richard. I have just bought a new Plustek scanner which came with the full version of Silverfast (dedicated to Plustek) and now I am getting used to it I am getting some really good results off old negatives. Given the price of Silverfast (which I agree is too high) and the Plustek, it was also a case of buy one get one free as the price of each is virtually identical. This makes the Plustek a really good deal through Amazon.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
023 8046 3076

> On 17 Jul 2015, at 23:02, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
> 
> I have used Vuescan for over 10+ years. Love it.
> 
> However, my recent bouts with scanning Portra 160 4x5 with the Epson V700
> leaves something to be desired. Part of the problem is that in one batch
> when I switched to Kodak Flexicolor chemical, I did not notice that I need
> much more solution than the Tentanal. Oops. But even the better processed
> negs they always have some issues with Vuescan.
> 
> Finally I have a couple days to look at the issues. I tried the latest
> Vuescan (9.16) and tweaked and... almost OK, but still. Tried EpsonScan and
> it's better but still....
> 
> The V700 comes with a stripped down copy of SilverFast 6.6. It's OK but the
> negafix profile is only for Portra 160-NV/VC, not the latest generation.
> Then I found out that the latest release, as of Jan 2015, they finally
> released the Negafix profile for Portra 160 and 400, and... it's pretty
> darn good. It took some additional tweaking, but Silverfast does give you
> lots of control.
> 
> Silverfast pricing is out-of-whack (per scanner license), but at least the
> freebie bundle actually qualifies for an upgrade price. I will almost
> certainly purchase another license for the LS-9000 also.
> 
> Sample can be seen from my other message on Mr. Joe Haldeman
> -- 
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