Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So my best bet (for B&W) is to start with Vuescan and try Nikonscan for my color slides and negatives? Jim On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com> wrote: > On Apr 28, 2010 at 09:14 PM -0500, James Laird wrote: >> >> I saw the updates for Nikonscan on their webite and downloaded them. >> What's the difference between Vuescan and Nikonscan? (Mind you I don't >> even have the scanner yet, I'm just trying to get ahead of the >> learning curve;) > > Nikonscan lets you use digital ICE for one, which is nice for color neg and > slides. ?It removes dust and scratches for you. ?It doesn't work on silver > B&W however. ?Nikonscan also does some interpretation of the color for you. > I've been happy with Nikonscan's color for the most part, so I just scan in > there for color and tweak in Photoshop. > > I've tried doing B&W with it, but it seems harder for me to get a flat > scan. > Vuescan also lets you select the channel you use to make B&W, which can > make > a difference in sharpness. > > Since I do my own B&W, if I want small scans for flickr and such, I have to > do them myself. ?Vuescan is pretty quick if you set it to 1333 dpi; much > quicker than Nikonscan in my experience. ?That's enough for a 4x6 print at > 300dpi. ?I don't dev my own color. ?I always get scans done at the time of > dev, so I only scan the files I want at 4000dpi and I don't need this > faster > small scan functionality for color. > > It's easy to get a flat scan of B&W negs in Vuescan. > > So the long and short of it is that I find Vuescan faster for low res scans > and easy to get flat B&W scans, while Nikonscan gives good color for me and > lets me use ICE, so I use that for color. > > I don't know how well Vuescan works with the 9000 or the batch feeders on > the 5000. ?You might get more functionality out of those scanners with > Nikonscan. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >