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On 8/15/15 4:51 PM, in article , "nospam" wrote: In article , George Kerby wrote: BTW: Coolscans did not work with anything Mac since, I believe, OS9. yes they do. I meant with Nikon software. Vuescan will work the scanner, but without all the bells and whistles that Nikon had. |
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In article , George Kerby
wrote: BTW: Coolscans did not work with anything Mac since, I believe, OS9. yes they do. I meant with Nikon software. Vuescan will work the scanner, but without all the bells and whistles that Nikon had. http://www.nikon.com/news/2003/ls50ed.htm Mac® OS 9 (9.1 or later), Mac® OS X (10.1.5 or later) however, why would anyone want to use nikon's software? it's slow and buggy and does not do as much as vuescan or other scanning apps. |
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On 2015-08-15 21:45:38 +0000, George Kerby said:
On 8/11/15 2:53 AM, in article , "RJH" wrote: On 11/08/2015 08:32, Sandman wrote: In article , nospam wrote: RJH: Recently, I tried to scan a photo using my cheap Samsung multifunction laser printer. The photo is a decent quality wedding photo. But the results are quite poor - certainly not as sharp as the original. I also tried with my Canon 40D and the results were similar. The best was with my iphone 6 - but still not that good. if you're scanning a print, then most scanners should do an excellent job. taking a photo of it generally won't. RJH: So this has got me thinking about a scanner - not just for this, but also a pile of old (30 - 40 years old) 35mm negatives I have, and I'd like to go through them at some point. A bit of research suggest an Epson V550 - it's at the top of my price range, supports Macs, and has the features I'd like. Any thoughts? don't use a flatbed for negatives. do it right and get a nikon coolscan. unfortunately, they're not made anymore, so you'll have to look for a used one, but that's fine since people buy them, scan their film and then sell it. there's usually nothing wrong. It does seem to be quite a high risk endeavour, and the UK ebay returns don't look that encouraging. Scanning negatives is more of an added bonus - if I found any I really liked, then maybe I'd look for a better solution Well, the Coolscan scans negatives and slides, and he tried to "scan" a photo. I don't know if it was a negative/slide but probably not, so the Coolscan wouldn't help here. For scanning developed photos, he needs a flatbed, and the Epson ones are amazingly good. It's a wedding photo - about 10" square print taken by a professional, so reasonable quality. Noted your enthusiasm for the V750, but a bit beyond my means! Not to pick a wound here, but did you not contact the photog for an original print, before you are going to copy his/her work and not re-imburse? That would be a lot less than the price of a flatbed if this is a one-time event. Having it done by a processing lab would not be possible when I ran a camera shop in the late 70s because, if the shooter's name was on the back of the print and it would be a copyright violation. Times may be different now, who knows? The photographer has probably been dead some 50 to 75 years. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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nospam Wrote in message:
In article , android wrote: For scanning a print that won't do any better than the s/w provided with the scanner. The real issue is that a print contains about 200 dpi of information (or 300 or so if B&W) so a small print just doesn't have that much info to begin with compared to a negative. I disagree: Good software can boost that that you can get out of your hardware. I have four packages of scanner software on my Mac and among of those Vuescan is clearly the winner. Even on prints. no software can fix a ****ty scanner. No one said that. However, good software can enhance the output to file. In this case it's free to try. It could be the case that the disappoing results that the OP got steams from crappy soft! -- teleportation kills |
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nospam Wrote in message:
In article , android wrote: For scanning a print that won't do any better than the s/w provided with the scanner. The real issue is that a print contains about 200 dpi of information (or 300 or so if B&W) so a small print just doesn't have that much info to begin with compared to a negative. I disagree: Good software can boost that that you can get out of your hardware. I have four packages of scanner software on my Mac and among of those Vuescan is clearly the winner. Even on prints. no software can fix a ****ty scanner. No one said that. However, good software can enhance the output to file. you can't get water out of stone and you can enhance it all you want in photoshop. you don't need scanner software to do that. Photoshop only mangles existing files. The scannerware produces the equivalent of the cameras raw files. In this case it's free to try. It could be the case that the disappoing results that the OP got steams from crappy soft! no. Oh no.... -- teleportation kills |
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Alan Browne Wrote in message:
On 2015-08-11 12:36, android wrote: nospam Wrote in message: In article , android wrote: For scanning a print that won't do any better than the s/w provided with the scanner. The real issue is that a print contains about 200 dpi of information (or 300 or so if B&W) so a small print just doesn't have that much info to begin with compared to a negative. I disagree: Good software can boost that that you can get out of your hardware. I have four packages of scanner software on my Mac and among of those Vuescan is clearly the winner. Even on prints. no software can fix a ****ty scanner. No one said that. However, good software can enhance the output to file. Then it's not a scan. It's added art. Not really. Please see my last response to nospam. -- teleportation kills |
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nospam Wrote in message:
complete nonsense. And that is what we've learned to expect from you... :-p -- teleportation kills |
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Alan Browne Wrote in message:
On 2015-08-12 01:43, android wrote: In article , Alan Browne wrote: On 2015-08-11 12:40, android wrote: Alan Browne Wrote in message: Subjective opinion. All scanners out resolve prints by a factor of at least 3 times and usually 6. There is nothing magical about VueScan. I've been using it on PC's and Macs since it first came out. Then you know it has one of the most powerful interfaces in its category. That alone makes for a more controled output with files of higher quality. The output can never be of higher quality than the original material. Anything that contributes to the quality of the output, no matter how "controlled" is only additive or subtractive - but never quite as good as the original itself. Unless you're going for a raw dump the software controls the format ofigi the scan file. Format is not content. Content can't have anything better than the original. Well... The original is that that you scan! How the data from the scanner is written to file is determined by the software you use. -- teleportation kills |
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