Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:02 PM 4/27/00 -0700, you wrote: >Point to Ponder: >Some software controls the motion of the negative under the scanner, and >will make multiple scans of the same negative, each with a slight shift of >position. Rather than 'interpolating' the missed info between scan lines, it >actually reads the information. I believe that Vuescan does this on some >scanners- and it is a very inexpensive program for the non-professional! >The time to scan is increased accordingly, but for a really good scan, and >for getting the maximum info for , say an exhibition print, it is worth the >time spent. >Dan SilverFast's LaserSoft does this with a choice of 4 or 16 times scanning. The 16 times is really slow but does a wonderful job of reading into shadows, etc. LaserSoft is not inexpensive, however! The same feature is available in Nikon's software with the LS2000. I don't know what the difference is, but I do get better results with LaserSoft. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com