----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:07 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS40ED - first impressions
> Hiya Mark, > > well first of all if you want they have a bug fix version of Nikon Scan > Version 3.1 on their website.. I think the address is www.nikon-imaging.com > > I got my Nikon Coolscan LS-IV yesterday but have not installed it yet since > I have a small problem with my video card or something... > Funny, everybody´s got his LS- 40 yesterday or today: we got ours at work yesterday, I have it at home for the first days to check if everything´s allright. I agree that its a nice machine, a very capable midrange film scanner, and very fast: scanning single slides is a joy, very easy and reliable. Unfortunately film grain seems to show up quite strong, as far as I understand this is due to the LED light source, compared to the ..???... one of Minolta and Polaroid. The LED makes that the Nikons are basically capable, but have very small depth of field sharpness and accentuate grain and dust more that the more diffuse light sources of the other scanners. This makes ICE on Nikon more necessary than on Pola or Minolta.. My first 20 or 30 scans seem to affirm this. Bernhard P.S.: The LS- 40 is a bit noisy while scanning!