Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/13

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Subject: Re. [Leica] PETERKLEIN: Canon scanner software (was: Digital M)
From: pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein)
Date: Sun Jun 13 18:52:12 2004

Greg:  I scan mostly negatives--mostly B&W, but some color, too.  I 
sometimes scan slides--my old Kodachromes, and Provia these these days.
--Peter


At 09:21 AM 6/13/04 -0700, Greg Locke wrote:
>Yes a FS4000... My first Canon product. I've always had Nikon and Agfa
>scanners in the past but a local dealer and good friend said he could get me
>one at cost so what can you do?  That said, it makes great scans of my
>slides.
>
>But after using Nikon and Agfa scanner software and interface that seems to
>have been designed by real photographers instead of computer geeks.
>
>I spent a lot of time messing with the settings and loading up custom
>profiles but in hindsight I'd have been better off with Vuescan.  I have a
>copy on my linux machine with my old coolscan and it works great.
>
>I'l have a look at the default profile I've set up and forward it to you.
>
>Do you scan most slides or negs?
>
>Greg Locke
>St. John's, Newfoundland