Thanks, Larry! I think Mike Wilson just gave you a good suggestion on scanning software. Cheers, Christine
> On Feb 26, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Everyone! >> >> I’ve had my new Epson V600 scanner for a few months now, and ironically I’ve >> been using it more for document scanning than film. >> >> But today I’ve stole some time to try it out on some color film. This was >> taken with my Pentax MX, and along the film edge it says Kodak Safety Film >> 5035. Anyone have any idea what that means? If I once knew, I’ve long >> since forgotten. >> >> Of this series, this has always been my favorite. I did some dust removal, >> but I can see more work needs to be done. Also, does it look like theres a >> bit of a blue color cast to it? Or does it look ok to you guys? >> >> Scanning quality doesn’t look too shabby for a $200 scanner, though if the >> expertise of the list says otherwise, I’m willing to be schooled. > > > I've got a whole bunch of negatives and slides that I'd like to get scanned. > I've let perfection be the enemy of the good enough for too many years. > Rather than waiting on a top notch slide scanner, I've realized that what I > need to do is just scan them all well enough that I can look through them on > lightroom, figure out which ones are good enough for web work, and which > photos are good enough to be worth the effort of a careful scan. > > I haven't yet tried it yet, but I have a many years old "Epson perfection > 2480 photo" > http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?UseCookie=yes&oid=41623&infoType=Downloads > > I'm guessing that it should be "good enough", but if there is something > inexpensive that will do a better job, either in quality or workflow speed > (ethernet or USB3 rather than USB2), I'm open for suggestions. I had thought > about trying it previously, but for several years, the negative/slide holder > had been missing, but I recently found it. > > Also, I'd appreciate suggestions on software that would work well with it, > particularly for converting negatives into positives. I have both Mac and > Linux computers available. > >> >> Comments welcome. >> >> http://caguilaphotography.com/1stv600scan/content/hot_air_balloon_scan_large.html > > For that matter, the photo is none to shabby either. > >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
