Ian
Initially, I tested out all three software packages with my recently
purchased SS 4000. The scans I made using Vuescan, after much assistance
from members of this forum, were crisp, sharp, and had colors that were very
close to my slides. I liked the Silverfast interface, felt it was visually
most attractive and liked the sophistication of its controls. But, I was
unable to get a crisp, sharp scan. Not getting that, I didn't pay much
attention to the colors. On my Mac G4, I used version 5 and also downloaded
and tried the trial version of 5.5. I faithfully used your tutorial to set
both up. I found it strange that I couldn't get an acceptable scan. I very
much would have liked to, and don't understand why I couldn't. I'd
appreciate any suggestions you have for overcoming the difficulties I
encountered. Let me know if you need additional information.
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:05:48 +0100
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
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> As for the SS 4000, go with Vuescan.
>> Using both Polarscan and Silverfast, I got terrible results.
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> You might wish to try version 5.5. Both Insight and SilverFast will produce
> excellent scans. Insight is VERY easy to use and whilst SilverFast is
> initially quite complex it has the capacity to produce scans from the SS4000
> that VueScan users can only dream about (that's not a criticism of VueScan)
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> Ian Lyons
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