[Leica] Scanning HELP

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Luis,
Just buy a Nikon Coolscan V ED for 35mm - its very good value. An Epson 3170
( or any other flatbed) is nowhere near as good for 35mm as a dedicated film
scanner.
Cheers
Jayanand

On 5/12/07, Luis Ripoll <luisripoll@telefonica.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I need some help and advices about what can I do with my scanning problem.
>
> First point: I'm scanning with a EPSON 3170, and I'm absolutely fully
> satisfied and happy with the results, IMO I obtain better detail and tones
> than scanning with Silverfast (too contrasty/hard), or Vuescan (Too
> soft/smooth, loss of details, but better on the shadows). Please compare
> these three pictures (For Vuescan and Silverfast I've used the trial
> versions):
>
> This one was scanned with the Epson 3170 software, for me is perfect:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Scann-Test/01-Epson_w.jpg.html
>
> This one with Silverfast, contrast is more hard/strong, certain loss of
> details
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Scann-Test/01-Siverfast3_w.jpg.html
>
> This one with Vuescan, more soft, more shadows details, please see an
> important loss of details on the left corner
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Scann-Test/01-vuescan_w.jpg.html
>
>
> Up to here, your question could be, what are you asking for?.
>
> HERE IS THE ORIGIN OF THE PROBLEM: when I scann with the Epson very dark
> negatives the resulting image is:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Scann-Test/08-Epson_w.jpg.html
>
> usually with an important loss of parts of the image, for this reason I've
> started the tests with Vuescan and Silverfast:
>
> With Silverfast
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Scann-Test/08-Silverfast2w.jpg.html
>
> With Vuescan
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Scann-Test/08-vuescan_w.jpg.html
>
> As you can appreciate Vuescan produce more detail on the shadows, but the
> overall image quality I like is the one with the EPSON, and here is my
> question:
>
> Could somebody tell me what can I do to avoid this problem with the Epson?
>
> Beside this, IMO is more friendly work with Silverfast tahn Vuescan, on
> this
> one every change you do it refresh and takes an enormous time!, on the
> other
> hand Silverfast has a wide range of films type to scann, you can better
> define the resolution..., I like more the Silverfast software, but not the
> final image.
>
>
> Your comments and help will be really appreciated,
>
> Thanks in advance
> Luis
>
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