Filmscanners mailing list archive (filmscanners@halftone.co.uk)
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
filmscanners: what is prescan [was Re: Need feedback on VueScan Idea]
----- Original Message -----
From: "shAf" <michael@shaffer.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Idea
> Jules writes ...
>
> > is the prescan in NikonScan just a scan? it's seems awful fast,
> even faster
> > than the fastest vuescan preview.
>
> The "prescan" in NS simply measures the proper exposure, altho it
> also measures the exposure during the "preview" (one of the
> preferences). With Vuescan, the exposure is measured according to
> your preference as well, during the preview (default), or for
> (presumably) batch scans, before the scan.
well, NS has to scan the image, how else can it "simply measure the
proper exposure"? there has to be image data.
NS can also be configured to do auto exposure before the preview or the
scan. there's a prescan mode in NS that seems to do an exposure reading
and focusing perhaps?
~j
|
