The Pacific Image models do "whole strip" scanning, and I do NOT recommend this option, at least on PIE units, for two reasons: a) dust collects on that large part of the roll left dangling out of the unit for a long time while the scans are made. b) I've not seen my unit deal with a roll keeping the images centered. It inevitably drifts so that after about 10 scans you're seeing a third of one frame and two-thirds of the next.
Bruce Dayton wrote: > > Steve, > > One big thing to look for when doing negatives is the ability to batch > scan. Saves alot of time. Use Vuescan, lock in the settings and scan > a whole strip or roll unattended. Some of the Minolta scanners do > that. I'm not sure on the Nikons or Canons. > > Bruce > > Wednesday, December 18, 2002, 3:59:27 PM, you wrote: > > SP> Good advice Mishka, > > SP> Now, how about a scanner for the negatives? Any > SP> suggestions out there for a good scanner in the $500 > SP> range, that produces good results for prints up to > SP> 8x10, from negatives? > > SP> Thanks again > > SP> --- Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It is quite normal to have prints completely screwed > >> up by the lab. Even a > >> pretty good (read: expensive) lab. OTOH, it's much > >> more difficult to screw > >> up the film, since it's mostly automated. The "white > >> out" on the faces is > >> much more likely to show up on slides than on > >> negative film, since the > >> latter has much more lattitude, so if your slides > >> are OK, I wouldn't worry > >> about the negs. Scan them and adjust the > >> colors/contrast/etc yourself -- > >> that seems to one sure way to guarantee consistent > >> results. > >> As far as scanning goes, if you are going to do it > >> in the same lab that made > >> your prints, what makes you think they are going to > >> do a better job there? > >> Best, > >> Mishka > >> > > SP> __________________________________________________ > SP> Do you Yahoo!? > SP> Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > SP> http://mailplus.yahoo.com
