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Re: [Digital BW] Microtek 120tf film scanner questions

2005-03-10 by hublaif

i use silverfast 6 with this scanner - usually very satisfying 
results, with colour negative scans sometimes i get weird colours, 
which have to be treated in ps

andreas hub

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Staver 
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> > Hi Ernst.. I haven't had any luck with Vuescan on the microtek 
120, it
> > either simply doesn't work, or I get horrendous lengths of pixel 
errors
> > throughout the scan. I upgraded to the "pro" edition (I think 
it's called),
> > but that didn't help.
> 
> With the last version it also tried to pull the film holder 
further into 
> the scanner than physically possible. I heard loud bangs and 
clicks from 
> the scanner as it was desperatly trying to pull the film holder 
further 
> inside. I pulled the plug on it in a hurry and fortunately nothing 
was 
> damaged.
> 
> Vuescan is definitely not recommended for this scanner!
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no

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