[Leica] Scanner advice sought - Thanks and resume

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

It will 100% work with your current scanner, I use it with an Epson 2450
for document scanning. Another advantage with Vuescan is lifetime updates
are free (i.e. included in the purchase price).
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 1:58 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for all the advice. So I think that the consensus has to be to
> install
> Vuescan somewhere in the chain, possibly get hold of a Coolscan at some
> point too.
>
> I like the idea that Vuescan might be able to handle my current scanner as
> well
> under W10. The current Epson stuff (the last update of which is years old)
> just
> doesn't seem to recognise it properly under W10.
>
> So I will try Vuescan and then think about a new scanner!
>
> Thanks for all your suggestions and offers of updates on how YOUR plans
> work
> out. Look forward to hearing them!
>
> Peter
>
> On 06/02/2017 23:43, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> > Richard's comments about his scanner is timely.
> >
> > I am trying to scan old negs as a prelude to doing some film work. I had
> - and
> > used to use successfully - an EPSON Perfection 2400. However not having
> used it
> > for several years it failed to work properly when I tried it under W10,
> so I am
> > looking round for a new scanner to handle B&W 35mm film.
> >
> > Anyone any suggestions?
> >
> > Criteria: High quality and high resolution; able to handle strips as
> well as
> > rolls; accurate; must produce TIFFs as well as other formats such as
> JPEGs; good
> > tools desirable but not absolutely necessary given the present state of
> PS etc.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Peter
> >
>
> --
>
> ===========================================================
> Dr Peter Dzwig
>
>
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