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Crt monitor recommendation for black point
Posted on July 2nd, 2005 | 6 Comments

I bought a Viewscan G70f flatscreen 17 inch crt monitor recently. Aside from other problems, I cannot get a black point adjustment with the brightness control. Can anyone recommend a good 17 inch crt...

Forcing Irfanview to be my TWAIN source (how)?
Posted on July 1st, 2005 | 13 Comments

Is there a good URL which shows how to add a TWAIN source to WinXP? I start Irfanview on Windows XP & press File --> Select TWAIN Source, but the results are totally empty (ie there are no TWAIN...

Kodachrome "Diapositiv" Slide Scanning - Colour Seems Fine
Posted on July 1st, 2005 | 1 Comments

I scanned some of my Kodachrome slides, processed in Germany in 1981, (see http://www.dolman.ca/pics/) and they seem fine. I don't see any of the colour distortions I've heard about. They do seem a...

Fujitsu fi-4120C WIA problem
Posted on July 1st, 2005 | 4 Comments

Alright, so here's the situation. I have a Fujitsi fi-4120C and if I install the driver and run their ScandAll program, I am able to scan just fine. No problems. However, if I install the same driver...

Color differences - Canon vs. Epson
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Any opinions about the differences in color between moderately priced Canon vs. Epson scanners?

Canon Canoscan FS-4000US
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Recently picked up a Cannoscan FS-4000US film scanner .I did not get any cd with it. Where can I get a copy of the scanning program Filmget . TIA

Cost effective film scanning
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 6 Comments

I have 35mm films (app 50) from my overseas travels, the prints were lost and I want to scan the negs to view my photo's. Are there any other cost effective ways to do it? I purchased a...

35mm film gamma question
Posted on June 30th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hi, I am a newcomer to photography and trying to figure out if the 35mm film has a linear (like the raw digital format) or gamma corrected image. Do I need to compensate for gamma after scanning the...

Visioneer Strobe XP 200
Posted on June 29th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Hi there, Does anyone knows if this scanner can be shared on a LAN and used by all the computers in the network? Or, is there any look-alike scanner capable of this? Thanks in advance, -Benton

Superslides
Posted on June 28th, 2005 | 1 Comments

How can I scan superslides in cardboard mounts without disassembling them? Superslides fit a standard carousel tray and projector but do not fit into the 35mm transparency carrier of my Nikon 4000ED.

epson 1670
Posted on June 27th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I have an epson 1670 scanner. I am trying to scan some old negatives. They were taken with a fotron camera in the 60's. I can't seem to get a decent scan. I have read everything that I can find...

Mustek 600CU
Posted on June 27th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Is anybody familiar with the electronics on this? I switched it on one day, the LED flicked on and then off. I checked the output from the adapter and the voltage had gone high, so it looks...

canoscan 9950 F usb 2 compatibility query
Posted on June 27th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hello, About to buy the canoscan 9950 F scanner: I have a concern that the USB port on the laptop I use isn't USB 2 but USB1: 1. is a there a simple way to distinguish between the USB 1 and USB...

My Epson 3170
Posted on June 27th, 2005 | 5 Comments

I bought this scanner last July during the $50 rebate and have been very happy with it for scanning documents, doing OCR, etc, but I hadn't tried it for scanning film until a few days ago. I'm using...

what are the FASTEST usb flatbed SCANNERS running on LINUX?
Posted on June 27th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi. I have an Epson Perfection 2400 scanner, but now I'd like to buy a faster one. I mainly use it to scan documents, pages from books etc.; I usually scan at about 240 dpi, monochrome or...

Epson 2580
Posted on June 27th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, I am thinking of bying an Epson Perfection 2580 photo for slide scanning and negative scanning for own use. Would this be a good purchase? Thank you in advance! Kind regards /Patrick

Profiling Scan Multi Pro problem
Posted on June 27th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I trying to profile my Minolta Scan Multi Pro using one of Wolf Faust's IT8 targets. This works fine in its mount in the 35mm holder both with and without the Scanhancer. I am using 16 bit linear 16x...

DiMage Scan Dual IV slide size
Posted on June 26th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hello All I purchased the DiMage Scan Dual IV slice scanner. I started doing the family slides. Going great until I started doing some slide where the exposed film size was 38mm x 38mm! The scanner...

batch scanning in SilverFast AI
Posted on June 25th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Works well, or did after I figured out the settings. I found the SilverFast website remarkably unhelpful. Maybe the German version is better. Larry Jones

Epson 4990 scanning software question
Posted on June 25th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I replaced my 4870 with a 4990 and it's a big improvement with respect to sharpness and shadow detail. I umgraded the SilverFast software ($99!) and it's good. I'd like to be able to scan several...