Tom, I had the same reaction the first time I tried Vuescan with my then HP S20. Pretty much a night and day comparison. I'm glad it worked well for you. Remember to still take a few pictures besides scanning now. :)
Bruce Dayton ----- Original Message ----- From: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 11:26 AM Subject: Hamrick Vuescan WOW! > Thanks to Bruce and those who recommended Hamrick Vuescan. I downloaded the > trial version and after scanning my first slide I'm maniacally dancing > around the house with glee! It's like having a brand new scanner! > > I haven't had a chance to thoroughly evaluate it, but I just paid for and > registered my copy so I can get rid of the watermarks in the trial version. > > Download file size was about 900K. Installation expands it to 1.3M and > takes about a minute. The installation was picture perfect professional, > telling me what I wanted to know and only what I wanted. > > It recognized my scanner with no problems. > > My first scan was SO MUCH BETTER than the original using Minolta's software. > The only setting I changed from default was the multipass option. > > I can't wait to start really using it and seeing what it can do. > > Why, how could Minolta ever sell this scanner with their crummy software > when something like this is available? It's obvious they skimped bigtime. > Their released software does not begin to take advantage of the hardware > capabilities. > > Thanks again! > > Tom C (for me this is really excited) > - > 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 .
