filmscanners: Re: Filmscanner for 8x10" prints

[j n <alistaircleo@yahoo.com>]

--- Colin Maddock <cmaddock@clear.net.nz> wrote:
> I'm afraid almost all my experience using the FS2710
> is with negs, and you look to be asking about
> slides. Someone else may come in here with that
> information. Shadow detail is always difficult. Have
> you compared scanners for this aspect in Tony
> Sleep's reviews?
> 
> With negs though, VueScan gives more flexibility in
> manipulating the tonal range without crushing the
> blacks or whites, compared with Canon's own
> software. I don't find noise in the whites with negs
> any problem.
> 
--- Richard <soho@eircom.net> wrote:
> I have the Canonscan too and am very pleased with
> it, especially used in
> conjunction with Vuescan. Check out some example
> scans here:
> http://homepage.eircom.net/~ricwalsh/
> 
Nice photos and informatively presented.  Thanks  also
to Colin for sharing your observations on negatives. 
The Canon looks like a nice all-around scanner that
gives clean-looking scans, especially for the price. 
I'm sold!  Thanks, again.

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