I only use the FS4000 with Vuescan, and am very happy with this combo. It is
way faster than Canon's s/w (named FilmGet, I guess) and quality is
definitely better, but I couldn't tell about differences with noise (I
dropped FilmGet very soon and don't remember about how noisy it was with
respect to Vuescan).
Keep in mind that I only scan B&W film, so thing might be different with
color negatives or chromes.
Alessandro Pardi
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Greenbank [mailto:steve@gccl.fsbusiness.co.uk]
> Sent: venerdì 1 marzo 2002 15.12
> To: alessandro.pardi@inferentiadnm.com
> Subject: [filmscanners] Noise in scans using Canon FS4000
>
>
> There is a perceived problem with noise with the Canon FS4000.
>
> I wondered if the problem was related to the scanning
> software as I get much
> less noise with Vuescan on a Microtek Artixscan 4000T (these
> are frequently
> perceived as having more noise than Polaroid SS4000 - perhaps its the
> software not better quality control as suggested on this list).
>
> To see my rather old test results (some of you have seen them
> before) see
> below:
>
>
>
> The Vuescan image has an advantage because it is much darker
> but it is still
> significantly better when adjusted.
>
> The Vuescan image was also generally much more accurate than
> the others.
> Needless to say I promptly bought Vuescan.
>
> Incidentally Vuescan is significantly improved, Silverfast
> has also been
> improved , but the worst (in this test) Scan Wizard Pro has
> not changed at
> all.
>
> Any FS4000 owners tried Vuescan - I have a friend who wants a
> film scanner
> with scratch removal, but the focussing issue (and price and
> grain) puts me
> off suggesting a Nikon and quality control problems with the
> 35mm Minolta
> seem all too frequent on this list.
>
> Steve
>
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