Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:25 PM 3/16/99 +0100, you wrote: >Friends, > >Seeing some slide scans which Pascal did for me, I have concluded that I >*nned* the Nikon LS-2000 scanner. I can buy it in Amsterdam at a good >price, and I have a choice of getting it with or without the Silverfast >software. The price difference is about 700 NLG, or about $350. My >question to LUGgers who have this scanner: is the software worth the >additional cost? If I opt to buy the scanner without the software, what >am I missing out on? > >Nathan > > >Nathan Wajsman >Overijse, Belgium >Photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator > Nathan - I have the LS-2000 with Silverfast which I purchased separately for over $500. If I had it to do over again, I would not buy the Silverfast. It has a few more pre-scan controls than the Nikon software but certainly not $500 worth and probably not $350 worth. The Nikon software is perfectly adequate. I had thought the Silverfast would help me scan black and white; but as the Silverfast developers told me after I bought it, it is not at its best with black and white. In spite of "Silver" in the name, the silver in the film conflicts with the clean-scan feature of Silverfast and you have to turn that off to scan B&W. You can also not use the batch scanning feature that comes with the SF-200 bulk slide loader. I end up using the Nikon software more often than the Silverfast for these reasons. Hope this helps. Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com/