Please see my responses (in Bold if the formatting comes through) to the questions that shAf posed: > Douglas writes ... > > > > ... Nikon Scan 3.0 has worked without the crashes that some have > > complained of. Nikon Scan works flawlessly on my system - my OS is Win > 98SE. > > I think this says more for the maturity of the device drivers for this > OS, than the Nikon programmers, although they certainly have been given > plenty of time to mature too. Let's keep an eye on some of the particulars > ... if someone else posts a problem, maybe we can figure out what's > different between your computer and theirs. E.G., what type of hardware > controls your scanner ... USB, firewire, SCSI? The Coolscan IV has a USB interface. > > > So far the Coolscan IV has been very satisfying. > > Vuescan has not performed any better that Nikon Scan 3.0. Nikon Scan > > seems > > to scan color negatives better than Vuescan. > > Someone else has posted experiencing problems with focussing their new > Nikon ... as if the sensor had a VERY shallow depth of focus, that is, VERY > sensitive to film flatness. What has your experience been?? No problem with focus so far. I have been using fairly flat slides and negatives - B&W and color. > > > The analog gain in Nikon Scan > > is better that using Vuescan multi passes for dark slides. ... > > NS "analog gain" would be more analogous with Vuescan's manual control > of "exposure". Thanks. I'll try the "exposure" in Vuescan. > > Also, let us know what color space profiles NS allow you to choose from > ... which is primarly why I scan with VS ... for wide gamut options, "Adobe > wide" is a terrible highbit editing space (altho it is well understood and > there shouldn't be any problem in converting from there to another). But, > it would be better if NS allowed for choosing the LS-40's own device space, > a specific ICM file, or creating 'raw' RGB. Nikon Scan has a choice between several gamma 2.2 and gamma 1.8 colorspaces. 2.2 Spaces: sRGB Bruce RGB NTSC (1953) Adobe RGB (1968) CIE RGB Wide Gamut RGB Wide Gamut RGB (compensated) Scanner RGB 1.8 Spaces: Apple RGB Color Match RGB Apple RGB (compensated) I am using the sRGB colorspace and it seems to work well - although I am new to this. Nikon Scan 3 also has a factor default CMYK or custom profile option. A factory default or custom ICM profile can be set for the monitor. I have mine set for a Gateway VX700a ICM profile. > > shAf :o) >