Hi all,
Well I've decided that I should finally get a film scanner of some sort. I can't
afford a 4000dpi 35mm scanner yet, but I do want to be able to scan my 6x7
slides for the web, which meant I was going to have to buy the Duoscan
anyway. I'm able to afford this one at the moment so I might as well get it
now (before the price goes up even more), and use it to get more of my
35mm slides on the web until I can pick up a high-res 35mm scanner.
So, I'd appreciate it if anyone who's used this scanner to tell me/us what
you think of it. I'll be using it for 6x7 and 35mm to start with, and I want to
use the slide trays (I absolutely want to avoid sandwiching my slides
between glass plates like the guys in the camera shop do).
The specific things I want to know about are:
1- optical performance
2- scanning speed
3- what's it like for printed matter?
4- I can see the 3.0 dmax is pretty low: is this a problem? I'm probably
stuck with it though as it's the only affordable medium/large-format slide
scanner available (I don't want to use a flatbed with transparency adaptor).
5- I'll be using it on a PC and I'd also like opinions on its driver and whatever
software comes bundled with it (I probably won't use it though).
6- Do you think I could easily adapt the 6x7 carrier to hold my panoramic
35mm slides? :)
7- Does it come with a SCSI adaptor or do I have to buy this separately?
8- What's it like for colour negs?
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec)
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
"Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up,
while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield
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