Thanks Alan I've not noticed any streaks yet but I've only scanned around 20 negs, one particularly old negative did produce what I presumed was a scratch. If there are spots on the mirror I would assume the streaks would be horizontal across the scan? If this is the case then I think it was a scratch caused through bad darkroomn practice on my behalf.
You're correct in saying the original Scan Dual does not seem to be supported in Silverfast which is a shame it would be nice to try an alternative. Best regards, John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Alan Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:51:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Alternatives to vuescan > --- John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm about to digitally archive my negs and slides from the past 25+ years. > > I've got the use (long term) of a Minolta Dimage Scan Dual and a late version > > of Vuescan, I'm familiar with the interface and I've been experimenting with > > the options available. Currently scanning at 48 bit TIFF, max resolution > > (8+mp) are there any alternatives available (software wise)? Would I be > > better scanning RAW? Any advice much appreciated before I start the job :) > > I am afraid there is a bad news. Vuescan is known to have streaks > when using Minolta scanners. My Minolte Elite has the same issue as > well, particular with the blue channel. What I have found is that > the mirror inside the scanner has some spots which the software > should take care of, but Vuescan doesn't. The streaks can be fixed > with Single Row Marquee Tool in PS but time consuming. Another > software I am aware is SilverFast, but I think they support Scan > Dual III & IV only. > > http://www.silverfast.com/pricing/en.html > http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF- 8&group=comp.periphs.scanners > > ===== > Alan Chan > http://www.pbase.com/wlachan > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------- End of Original Message -------
