I've had Vuescan since 1996, and gave up using it when the interface became less intuitive to use, and my old film scanner was no longer supported (SCSI connection, which it seems no-one uses nowadays and there are no PCI cards available for Windows 7+). The Epson software I found reasonable to use, but if the Vuescan interface is now better I'll go back to it!
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Thursday, 26 October 2017 5:08 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan So... I've been scanning in some old slides lately. My current 35mm film scanner is an old Minolta Scan Dual IV. Which unfortunately isn't supported by Konica/Minolta on any modern operating system. The traditional solution to this is to use Hamrick's "VueScan" software, because it has built-in support for most scanners: No need for a driver from the manufacturer. I tried VueScan years ago but struggled with the interface and gave up on it. So I'm pleased to report that the latest version has a vastly improved UI from what I remember. Image quality is excellent: The multi scan capability is easy to use and really lets you get the best dMax from a scanner. I'm very impressed. Now here's something interesting: VueScan comes in two versions, Basic and Pro. "Basic" supports only flatbed scanners, not film scanners, and has some other limitations but it's only $39.00. The "Pro" version costs $99.00 but supports film scanners. Unfortunately, I accidentally purchased the Basic version - though strangely they only charged me $29.00 rather than $39.00 listed on the web site. I was still annoyed with myself... until I noticed that one can upgrade for just $50.00. So that's what I did, just moments later. I ended up getting the full pro version, legally, for $79.99 instead of $99.00! Seems like an odd loophole but I'm not complaining! And another bonus: Way back in the jusk closet in my office I had an old Visioneer flatbed scanner which I abandoned when the manufacturer decided not to update their drivers to support Windows 7. ( I think I tried to give away this scanner on the PDML and had no takers.) So I bought an Epson flatbed and forgot about it. But guess what? VueScan supports it. So I took it in to school and now I have my own flatbed scanner there. So basically, I also got a free scanner out of the deal. -- 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.
