[ale] VueScan crossplatform scanner software (was: scanner repair)

[Sean]

Scanning negatives is more difficult (much) than scanning prints as it
is more difficult to quickly see what effect changes in color/contrast you
are making with the software.

IF, and I understand it is a big "IF", you still have some of the same film
that you have been keeping in the freezer all these years, or IF you can 
still get more of the same film, then you can shoot pix of color and 
gray-scale charts and work with those negatives until you dial in the
proper settings for the scanner.  But remember that every film emulsion is
different.
If I were you, I'd fire off a query to the guy who created and maintains 
VueScan, and ask him for some technical advice.

</Editorial comment>

I suspect nearly all of us have heard the talk of how a "paradigm shift" 
killed the Swiss watch industry.  Well the same thing happened to the film 
industry and Kodak, like the Swiss watch makers, refused to read the 
handwriting on the wall 10 years ago. The film industry is dying fast and 
I suspect that in a few years only a few specialty manufacturers will 
still be making the stuff (Fuji, Ilford, and the like).  Both color and 
black-and-white emulsions will be available for years to come as the "Art" 
crowd will provide the demand. The only other group I can see needing film 
is the courtroom crowd as the negative will always be a backup to prove
that the image was not "manipulated" in some way.

</End>

Sean




On Monday 08 June 2009 02:41:20 pm dmcnash at charter.net wrote:
> ---- Sean <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:
> > I have been using VueScan for nearly two years now with an
> > Epson 3200 Photo and the software works well.  Worth every dime
> > I paid for it.
> >
> > Sean
>
> I purchased VueScan a few years ago for use in scanning color negatives
> and slides on a Canoscan 9950F.  I could never get the color and
> contrast anywhere near acceptable. Is there some trick I a missing?
>
> --
> doug mcnash
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