Hi Shel, On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:14:34 -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>Now that I'll soon have my very Coolscan film scanner, these questions have >more significance. So, what is it about Nikon software that you don't >like? In what way is Vuescan better? > >I've downloaded the Vuescan "Getting Started" guide and can see some >features that Nikonscan doesn't have (at least not that I know of), but >features "don't mean squat" unless they work well. Therefore, any comments >from experienced users of both software packages would be appreciated, >especially concerning the newest versions of each. I must confess I have never really USED Vuescan, but do have experience with the Nikon software. That experience was good enough to let me stick with the standard software :-) I started with a Nikon Coolscan III (a predecessor of what you'll be getting) and used the "NikonScan" software that came with it with great success for over 3 years. I also tried the "Silverfast" software that came with it as an alternative but really hated the user-interface so never used it afterwards. I had (and have) herad very positive reports about the VueScan software but at the time it did not support the ICE dust removal hardware in the scanner so I did not use that either. After switching to the Nikon 8000 ED scanner last year, to be able to scan my 67II metrial, I continued using the NikonScan software. I still like it, and the results leave (almost *) nothing to be desired. Regards, JvW PS: About the 'almost', there is a minor bug (I think) in the defaults it uses for negative material, if you scan using the defaults, the lower part of the histogram will not be used completely (black-point), so the range of values used in the image is less that it could be. Not a real problem when working in 16-bit but better to avoid it anyway. It could be that the CoolScan IV and V have the same problem ... ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery
