Re: filmscanners: Selecting a scanner

["Tom Scales" <tscales@attglobal.net>]

Jack,

I appreciate your opinion from a position of expertise.  I'm guessing you're
live in Austin, as I do.  Nice place, isn't it.

Anyway, while my new LS-4000 has ICE and my old SS4000 didn't.  Perhaps I am
just more careful, but as long as I did a reasonable job getting the negs
cleaned first, I had no dust problems with the Polaroid.  Actually, I've
gone the other direction, as the way the roll film feeder works, there is
almost no way to get the dust off prior to scanning.

Would ICE clean the up? Yes, but at the expense of softness.  Will I use it?
Rarely.

I like the scanner, but ICE didn't have an impact on my purchase.

Tom

> Hi John--
> Most people on the list know I work for Applied Science Fiction (the
> developer of the Digital ICE products like Digital ICE, Digital ROC and
> Digital GEM) and I am biased. Regardless, I wouldn't consider a scanner
that
> didn't have Digital ICE for eliminating surface defects from film. I do a
> lot of scanning myself and getting a defect free scan is tedious! I don't
> have to worry about additional damage by agressive cleaning.
>
> Digital ICE will correct for dust, scratches (as long as they don't
> penetrate the emulsion) and even defects in the film. The least expensive
> scanner that I know of with Digital ICE is the Acer 2740S. You should be
> able to find on for around $450 US or so. Both Nikon and Minolta make
> relatively inexpensive models as well.
>
> I haven't heard of any recent problems with stepper motors on Nikons,
maybe
> others on the list can comment. Good luck in your search.
>
> Jack Phipps
> Applied Science Fiction
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Rylatt [mailto:rylatt@attglobal.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:16 PM
> To: filmscanners
> Subject: filmscanners: Selecting a scanner
>
>
> I am new to this list and would appreciate some advice on selecting a film
> scanner.
>
> The high-end(4000 dpi) is beyond my budget.
>
> I wish to make prints mainly in 8x10 format, with perhaps 11x14 at some
> later date.
>
> My printer is an HP932C Deskjet.
>
> My computer is just one year old with a 20 Gig HD, 832 MHz processor and
512
> Mb Ram. My OS
> is Windows Me.
>
> I would like to be able to adjust the histogram for a selected area of the
> prescanned
> image, by using  lightness and contrast controls. I would like to have
this
> feature for
> both slides and negatives.
>
> I have heard that the earlier Nikon scanners were having problems with
> burning up the
> stepping motor.
>
> I would like a USB connection, but a plug&play SCSI board is acceptable.
>
> I have been reading the list mail over the past few days re comments on
the
> CanoScan
> FS2710, and I am wondering if I will find this unit suitable for my needs
> and wants.
>
> Regards, John.