RE: Nikon IV or Cannon FS4000

["Lloyd O'Daniel" <lodaniel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry,

Something must have gone terribly wrong with your test of the SS4000+. I
have the SS4000 and I get very sharp scans. I use little USM. Either you
have a defective one, or perhaps autofocus was turned off. The default,
for some reason, is to have the scanner fixed-focus. I guess this speeds
up scans. If you look in preferences in Insight, you'll see a check box
to turn AF on. That's the only way I use mine. If you did this and are
still getting fuzzy scans, you got a lemon.

Regards,
Lloyd

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-scan@leben.com [mailto:owner-scan@leben.com] On Behalf Of
Jerry Olson
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 6:18 PM
To: scan@leben.com
Subject: Re: Nikon IV or Cannon FS4000


Neal, I'm in exactly the same boat as you. I have the 2710 and it is
excellent for most things. I too, wanted a 4000 dpi scanner. 

I just tried the polaroid 4000+ and was very disappointed. It isn't as
sharp as my 2710. In fact, it is very noticeable less sharp. The
polaroid tech said to e mail him a sample, at 4000 dpi, (very small
area). He thought it was just fine, and perfectly acceptable.  He has
obviously never seen a sharp scan. So I'm returning it, and will get the
Canon 4000. I hear that is a sharp scanner. (Can't afford the Nikon, at
twice the price). 

Also, the software that comes with polaroids scanner is fairly dismal. I
couldn't get a decent black and white scan with either Silverfast OR the
Polacolor insight software. The scans looked extremely dark in the pre
scan, and about 4 stops too light in photoshop. Silverfast must not be
designed for black and white photos, as all the tools were grayed out,
so you couldn't alter the scan in the prescan mode!



Jerry



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