Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Chandos, I am curious--what were the problems you had in scanning Tri-X negatives on the Nikon? I just scanned a couple of Delta 400 negatives on my newly acquired LS2000 and the results are very good. However, the most dramatic improvement over the HP scanner that I used before came when I scanned a slide--incredible. Does the VueScan 1.4 replace the Nikon Scan software, and does it provide the same functionality (i.e. preview, thumbnails and all the controls)? Nathan Chandos Michael Brown wrote: > I followed with considerable interest the discussion a week or so ago > regarding the merit of SilverFast's image scanning software for the Nikon > LS 30/2000. I've not had very great success in scanning Tri-X with the > Nikon scan package and, until I read the comments of actual users, was > prepared to plump for the SilverFast. I'd used the demo program, which > seemed to offer a substantial margin of improvement in scanning b&w > emulsions. I decided against it. > > I picked up a reference to Hamrick's VueScan 1.4 in one of the > nerwsgroups. He's written a new set of drivers for the Nikon and offers a > demo on his website (http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html). I've used it for a > day or so, have been very impressed by its capabilities, and decided that > for the whopping sum of $40 US, I'm not going to kvetch about a somewhat > clumsy interface with PhotoShop, though I'm not certain that I've figured > out whether this is some fault of my configuration. > > In the event, I've done some amazing things with a couple TriX negs I shot > in Italy over twenty years ago. The combination of the Nikon LS 2000, > VueScan, PhotoShop and a PhotoStylus 700 is now producing b&w stuff that I > don't believe I could achieve with 35mm negs in a chemical darkroom: ever. > > I highly recommend VueScan on the basis of its b&w performance. I've been > having so much fun that I haven't yet scanned a transparency with it. > > As always, these images will find their way to my website. > > Chandos > > Chandos Michael Brown > Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies > College of William and Mary > > http:www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/index.html Belgium photo page: http://member.xoom.com/wajsman/index.htm Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html