I had an HP Photosmart until October 1999 and replaced it with a Minolta
Scan Dual at that time. About two weeks ago I bought a Minolta Scan Elite
-- mainly for the infrared channel clean-up feature. Vuescan had a problem
with the Clean, Scrub and Scour filters until version 6.3.19 and now they
work great in combination with the Elite.
I have found that I have more trouble with dust spots and scratches with
negatives than with slides, so high resolution scanning of negatives had
become such a chore and now it is a snap. The old way of spending an hour
(or sometimes even longer) spotting a scan was no fun at all. Scratches
were even more of a problem because sometimes a scratch goes through an
important part of the image and it is difficult to fix with the clone tool.
Henry
http://www.bigfoot.com/~hrich
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From: "Dale & Gail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: filmscanners: Which one?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:13:25 -0500
I've narrowed my choices down to three scanners. The Nikon LS2000, Minolta
Scan Elite and the Polaroid 4000. My first two choices are based on the
IR/ICE feature and the Polaroid because (according to their web site) has a
dust/scratch removal feature in the software that comes with it. I will
initially be using the scanner to scan approximately 1000 old slides which
were taken between 1960 and 1972.
Any recommendations on my three choices would be appreciated.
Thank you
Dale from Petawawa.
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