You might compromise by setting the full scan for a lower-resolution image
for sample purposes, and then when satisfied set the scan for the full
resolution setting.
Maris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark T." <markthom@camtech.net.au>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:22 AM
Subject: RE: filmscanners: analog gain
| At 09:08 AM 14/03/01 +1000, Rob wrote:
| >If you change the brightness, the best thing to do is rerun the preview
| >scan. It's not horribly slow. Otherwise you're not seeing the result of
| >the longer integration time. I imagine Ed could code Vuescan to estimate
| >the change produced by the brightness control, but people would probably
| >complain that it wasn't accurate.
|
| That's what my old scanner, an Olympus ES10, did, and that feature sucked.
| The difference between its estimation and the real result was so great
that
| it made what would have been a really useful ability close to worthless.
|
|
| PS Do I get an award for worst grammar for that sentence? ;)
|
| Mark T.
|
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