Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] SilverFast software
From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <gilplant@hvc.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:45:33 -0400

Well, my Minolta MultiPro gives me a 65 MB 16-bit _grayscale_ file and 
VueScan takes about 5 minutes to process the file. It's worth the wait, 
but I'm glad I don't do much color :)

Gilbert

On Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 03:27  PM, Carl Pultz wrote:

> I've just started using Vuescan and like it a lot for color neg. Didn't 
> really have any complaints about the Silverfast interface, and 
> 'Negafix' is very helpful. Instead, it was it's rendering of contrast 
> that I got frustrated with. I find Vuescan produces very long scale 
> images, with more natural color, and greater acuitence/sharpness of 
> grain structure using the milder infrared cleaning. Maybe I didn't get 
> Silverfast setup properly, but eight months of use should be enough to 
> figure it out! So, maybe it is an interface problem, or just the way 
> this sw behaves. Hamrick used a Coolscan III, the same scanner I have.
>
> My Vuescan complaint: Compared to Silverfast or the latest Nikonscan 
> sw, it takes almost two minutes to process a 26 meg tif file after the 
> scan is done, on my P3, 450. That's with minimal infrared clean. Is it 
> that slow for the rest of you?
>
> Worth the wait - much nicer scans, easier to 'shop.

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