HI Anand, Mine was the last one they had in stock so they reduced it from $995au to $499au. The salesman said it had been discontinued? It came with a 3 year warrantly also.
When comparing my slides to the scans i'm getting the colours are pretty close to whats on the slide. I will have a play around with them though, as i'm sure it could be improved. I have downloaded Vuescan, but have only had a quick look at it. Will do some testing comparing it to the HP software when i get a chance. I look forward to looking at the site you mention. Regards, Paul Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anand DHUPKAR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:52 AM Subject: Re: Just bought a HP Photosmart S20 > Hi Paul, > I also bought S20 recently - say four months back, however, did not use it > that extensively to give any authoritative feed back to you. However, it is > surely a good scanner and my findings are - > 1. yes, the scanned images are a bit soft. i always need > to sharpen those. default sharpness is something > around 20, i increase it to around 40. > 2. the colours, in my observations, do need corrections. > not that those are not good, they are ok, however, > i find those tending a bit red. > 3. also, exposure in highlights and shadows need > adjustments > 4. i used to scan normally at 300 / 600 dpi with jpg or > bmp formats, just this week-end i tried at 2400 dpi > with tiff format - i thought of doing some > 'dust-fixing' in picture-it. it was good. > 5. i had a pretty old b&w negative, which, somehow, did > not come out that good. i am still struggling with > that one. > > There is one photographer who has compiled a very good information on using > this S20 scanner - I don't remember his name/his site right now. I have it > at home and shall let you know in the evening. It is a good source. > > I am surprised, however, on your point that the colour reproduction is spot > on. I still would suggest you to play around exposure and colours a bit. > It would enhance the quality a lot. Also, looks like it is rather cheaper > there. I bought it for something around US$ 450 +. I am very much in U.S. > Have they reduced prices recently ?! > > anand. > > > > >From: "Paul Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Just bought a HP Photosmart S20 > >Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 13:10:48 +1000 > > > >Hi, > > > >I have been scanning my negs and slides at work on a Microtek Scanmaster 4 > >and have been really really unhappy with the results. I went into a store > >to > >buy a dishwasher on Friday evening and ended up walking out with a > >Photosmart S20 film scanner aswell :) it was reduced to $499au (around > >$250us) from $995au. So as a results Saturday was a scanning frenzy and > >i've > >so far been really happy with the results. The colour reproduction is spot > >on, the images loose a little bit of sharpness which is easily corrected in > >PS. I think the 2400dpi will be fine for my curren use, which is mainly web > >images and PUG submissions. > > > >I think the worst part about it all is dust on the negs. > > > >I dont have a good enough printer to make any prints, so i'm not sure how > >well it works in that respect. > > > >I also love being able to scan strips of 5 negs at a time. > > > >Have any other list members got this scanner and how do you find? any tips > >for better scans? > > > >Regards, > >Paul Jones > >- > >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
