RE: SS4000 sharpness

["gary" <gsellani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can you give this a shot with vuescan on your SS4000? The free version
should be sufficient to see if it makes a difference.



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> From: owner-scan@leben.com [mailto:owner-scan@leben.com]On Behalf Of
> HMSDOC@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 4:14 PM
> To: scan@leben.com
> Subject: Re: SS4000 sharpness
>
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> In a message dated 5/15/2002 2:45:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> owner-scan-digest@leben.com writes:
>
> << Damn!!!!
>
>  Yes, it was me, and yes, the film was Fuji.  Sure wish I had heard of
>  this problem before I returned the scanner.  I was going to get the
>  Canon but I've read that it is very slow, and that I can't live with.
>  Also, the Minolta Multi is extremely slow with 120 Negs, so I hear.
>
>  Jerry >>
>
>
> Hi Jerry,
> Yes, I can tell you from personal experience that the FS4000is
> quite slow, at
> least via USB.  The scans are sharp and nice but do have
> significan noise in
> the shadows when viewed up close in PS.   Why not try the SS4000+
> again.  I
> can tell you that when I flipped the slide with the emulsion up
> it was every
> bit as sharp as the FS4000.
>
> Howard
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