Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/22

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Subject: [Leica] Scanner software question
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:00:05 +0000

On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote:

>I actually bought a 35mm film scanner and started using it this weekend. 
>Even though this is not a top-end >model (Reflecta RPS 7200), the quality 
>is still far superior to my Epson flatbed, and at 450 EUR, the investment 
>>was manageable.

>The scanner came with its scanner software, CyberView, which is passable, 
>but I read in some review that >Silverfast is better. I also tried Vuescan 
>last night, remembering that I used it back in the old days, but it is 
>>horribly clunky and the user interface has not improved since 10 years 
>ago, so I will not be using it.

>What do people use to scan out there?Tina, Jim Shulman?

>TIA,
>Nathan

>Nathan Wajsman
>Alicante, Spain

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I'm using a 90's Polaroid SprintScan hooked to an old G3 Mac and CRT via 
SCSI connections. I save as Tiffs, export with a jump drive and finish on my 
MacBook Pro, opening as RAW in Adobe Bridge and then Photoshop.


Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amr3 at uwm.edu
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
 for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt


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