Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I also use a FS4000 and generally I use FilmGet with FARE for my scanning because it is a lot faster than Vuescan. However, I do use Vuescan for some Kodachrome and for some silver-based b&w negs. I find that I have no hard and fast rule on this, it is just that sometimes an image doesn't scan well with FilmGet so I go back to Vuescan but I find that I am using Vuescan less and less these days. The FilmGet software does take a bit of getting used to though, and I am now finding that I can do more adjustments prior to the scan than I used to. Like most people I just plugged it in and started whereas I now find that the CD based handbook helps! If had been a paper book I probably would have read it a lot earlier in the learning curve. Regards Gerry Peter Klein wrote: > Well, gang, I've just joined the 4000 dpi world. I've purchased a Canon > FS4000US on which to scan my Leica negatives and slides. I'm upgrading > from > a Nikon LS-2000, which I used exclusively with VueScan. If anyone has > tips > to help get over the transition and learning curve, I'd love to hear > them. > > I'm wondering if I should stick with VueScan or use FilmGet. I tend > to do > all adjustments after the scan. I like to get all possible detail in the > scan and then fix the black and white points (etc.) in the image > editor. B&W is my first love, but I do shoot color as well. > > Is the scanner's native FARE more effective than VueScan's Infrared > Cleaning or vice versa? One thing I noticed was that in VueScan, the > FS4000 did *two* passes when infrared cleaning was on. I don't know if > that happens when running FARE within FilmGet. > > Thanks, > --Peter Klein > Seattle > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 23 8046 3076 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html