[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal

["" <petru.lauric@rcn.com>]

> I never really had the time to use it with other scanners, but there is
> no reason why it wouldn't be great with scanners like the Minoltas.  I
> will have to give it a go soon and report back.

I did some experiments in order to try to compare it with ICE and FARE. The 
results I got so far are surprisingly good, esp on slide scans. The test images 
I used are Nikon LS4000 and Canon FS4000 scans as well as a sample scan from my 
SS4000.

I only had one problem scan (the "house" negative sample scan from 
imaging-resource.com's LS4000 review). The sample looks like a pathological 
case with hundreds of tiny bubbles in the emulsion. The ICEd version of the 
scan is VERY clean and my PSD (polaroid scratch and dust) version came close 
but was still inferior. For all other test samples I got perfectly clean 
images, however.

Petru.

PS: I'm surprised to see very few messages on this thread about the actual PSD 
results! Are you guys still experimenting?


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