On Aug 22, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > I've tried just about everything I can think of. I've tried canon's > drivers and vuescan. It's become apparent to me that the scanner just > can't pull the shadow detail out of my slides. This is not picking > nits about minute amounts of detail. These are details I can see > holding the slide about a foot or so from my face. No clue what the > DMAX values are for the 8400f. Canon doesn't publish that information > about my scanner. > > I can't justify the expense in a high end scanner. So I'm looking for > possible alternatives. Thanks for the tips. Much appreciated.
Scott, You're talking about a flatbed scanner, not a film scanner. Any good film scanner will outperform a flatbed scanner, in general. I'm not particularly familiar with the Canon 8400f but it's a low end model flatbed scanner with a transparency cover ... I would be willing to bet that even my ancient Minolta Scan Dual II would do a better job. If you want quality film scanning at a reasonable price, look for a used Nikon Coolscan IV ED or almost any of the Minolta Scan Dual II or later, or Scan Elite, models. I recently purchased a used Nikon Coolscan IV ED (4000ppi, one of the best made scanners ever) for just over $300. Well worth it! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
