Got my new scanner in the mail this morning. I like it very much. Been fooling around, relearning how to scan negs. It's been nearly 10 years since I've scanned for myself.
I've made a couple scans at 3200 dpi and the results are good enough for me. Those scans net me a JPG file that's 5mb and equates to a little more than 8x12 at 300dpi. There is just a hint of softness to the scans, but nothing someone would notice unless they're pixel peeping. Then again, seeing how I've been playing with it for less than an hour it might be my fault. Does anyone know of any good scanning film tutorials on the net? Two most important things to me: 1) I have control over the scan exposure, no more blown out scans; and 2) the files do not have the digital noise/compression artifacts I kept seeing on the scans from labs. I'm very very happy with my purchase. I replaced my "Physical Plant" photo on flickr with a scan from the new machine. You can see it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalingprose/5105422583/ Couple of irks (not really related to the scanner). One, apparently since I had the trial version of PS Elements 8 installed on this machine at one point, the installer for PSE6 that came with the scanner refuses to allow me to install the older version. Does anyone know of a way around this (other than wiping the drive and reinstalling everything)? Two, iPhoto does not recognize grayscale color profiles. So I have to scan my b&w negs as color then convert. Some day soon I'll have to plunk down for a real photo editor. Actually, I've been playing with a trial version of Aperture the last couple days and I find I really like it. The previous versions didn't have curves control and I just couldn't go for them, the new version does have curves. -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
