thanks a lot. i have been kind of putting lot of efforts on improving the scan quality with hp software, shall try vuescan.
i appreciate your response. >From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts >Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:00:49 -0700 > >Anand, > >I used to have the HP s20. I started with HP's software and changed to >VuieScan. The results were much improved, especially with slide film. I >can't say enough good things about Vuescan. The nicest thing is you can >download it for free and try it out. It will put marks in your images so >they aren't usable, but you can see how good it is. I did side by side >comparisons between it and the HP software and was converted. > >I have since switched to a Minolta Scan Dual II and find the same thing. >Vuescan is great! > >Bruce Dayton > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Anand DHUPKAR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 1:14 PM >Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts > > > > mark, i must say your pictures are too good. > > you surely have a good camera sense and good eye too. > > > > have a question on scanner. i am using hp s20 so won't be able to >compare > > directly. however, are you saying there is substantial difference by >using > > vuescan ? > > > > minolta's software won't be able to give you those results ? > > > > thanks in advance > > anand > > > > > > > > >From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: "pentax-discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts > > >Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 00:20:16 GMT > > > > > >>Does anyone have any particular do's and don'ts for using this > > >>particular model scanner. I bought one recently and need any help I > > >>can get. > > >>-- > > >>Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 > > >>Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail > > > > > >I have a Dimage Scan Dual and use it quite a bit. I recommend > > >that you buy the latest version of Ed Hamrick's VueScan (available > > >at http://www.hamrick.com) and use it to do the scans. Like most > > >low-cost scanners, the Dual shows quite a bit of noise in dark > > >regions of scanned slides. VueScan allows you do set up single- > > >pass multi-scanning, which samples each point multiple times > > >and saves the average. This really, really, really improves the > > >output. > > > > > >The images in the pages below were all shot on Kodak E100VS and > > >scanned with my Minolta Scan Dual scanner using VuesScan and > > >a multi-scanning factor of 4. Almost all of these pictures have > > >lots of dark areas in them. The VueScan output was much, much > > >better than the best I could get with the Minolta software. > > > > > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/pidgeonpoint/pidgeonpoint.html > > > > > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/muirbeach/muirbeach.html > > > > > >http://www.westerickson.net/mark/rodeobeach/rodeobeach.html > > > > > >--Mark > > >- > > >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 . > _________________________________________________________________ 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 .
