Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are right about the adapter, William. While I have (at work) a nice high end Microtek with transparency adapter, there is no reason that you could not use any even light source for scanning sheets of negs or a flatbed of slides. Your small light table turned upside down would do just fine. You might want to run the color target on the scanner if the fluorescent lights are a different color from the one that came with your scanner. Speaking of fluorescent lights in scanners, there's also no reason you cannot use the tubes they sell at your neighborhood hardware store in your scanner, if it fits. You just need to run the color correction target to adjust for white balance. The scanner does not care what color the light is, as long as you tell it what color is white. In the case of Microtek, it saved LOTS of $$$, and works just fine. Sonny http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Gower" <w_gower@sympatico.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: [Leica] flat-bed scanner (for Mac) recommendations > > > I need a flat-bed scanner that will let me scan in negatives to make a > > proof-sheet, without using my film scanner and photoshop to do the same thing > > which would take a LOT longer. > > > > I use OS X (I know there are scanners that aren't handled under X as of yet.) > > > > You might be surprised. > > I couldn't use my Minolta Scanner with VueScan X under 10.1.5, then after > installing 10.2 everything suddenly, magically worked. > > BTW - for those who haven't tied it yet, VueScan X is worlds better than the > OS9 version. > > With respect to a scanner, the Epson 2450 has a lot of fans on the list. > > I think someone on the list (Frank Filippone ??) made his own transparency > adapter for a plain vanilla flat-bed. > > Regards > > William > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html