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Subject: [Leica] Kind of OT: scanner software test
From: chuckdesantis at ameritech.net (Chuck DeSantis)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:49:29 -0600

Nathan,

On my Mac laptop, the Epson seems to yield a touch more resolution and
contrast.  Can't see much difference in sharpness.

Also, the magnification of the Epson is a bit greater than that of the
Vuescan.

Based on what I see here, I'd save the Vuescan money to buy film and
processing until the return of your M8.

Holiday best to you.

Chuck


On 12/24/09 1:37 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Since I will be scanning several rolls of film shortly, I decided to see if
> Vuescan now works better with my Epson V700 than it did last time I tried 
> it
> (which was not very well, about 2 years ago).
> 
> So I dug out my Hama test negative and scanned it with Vuescan and with 
> Epson
> Scan, at the same resolution, no sharpening applied etc. to make is as
> comparable as possible:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/test_vuescan.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/test_epsonscan.jpg.html
> 
> It seems to me that the Vuescan version is slightly sharper, or am I
> hallucinating?
> 
> Otherwise, the Vuescan software now works fine with the Epson 700 (on OSX
> 10.6). It is less convenient than Epson Scan but if the quality is better 
> than
> I am prepared to put up with it.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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