> > Hi all > just got a FS4000 scanner: > - Im' very pleased about the first results: colours, grain, sharpness are > very good. > - it is a little slow (very long when scanning a 120 MB picture > with FARE on > but this depends a lot on the PC processor. I own only a 450 PIII). > - FARE is incredible. I'm starting to backup old slides of my children on > CDR and they often have small dust and scratches. FARE really works and > removes everything without apparently affecting the picture quality. There > was a slide with a scratch in the middle of the face of a > portrait from the > hair to the neck: very difficult and time consuming to eliminate by hand. > FARE did it without any problem. > - Filmget 1.01 controls are very poor but this doesn't bother me because I > wouls anyway pass through photoshop for adjusting levels and > curves. My work > flow is getting 4 frames at the time without any manipolation in > FILMGET and > then copping, leveling, balancing and converting directly in Photoshop. > - Filmget doesn't allow you to scan in background, pity. > - Slides are scanned well, but require nearly always a retouch, negatives > are scanned very well and look nearly perfect in balances (I haven't done > many yet). > - Noise in dark areas of the slides is really very low. If the > contrast, in > the slide, is too high, dark areas remain dark but they are actually black > and not spread of red or green pixels. > > Very pleased with final results. > > Does someone on the list know if there are some web sites where > one can join > a photo gallery and create it's own (without paying of course). > > Thanks > Giampi > Piemonte, Italy > >
Hi Giampi, Welcome to the digital imaging world! Regards, Chip Louie * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
