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

2005-03-10 by Daniel Staver

> That's something you should report to Ed Hamrick. Hardware limits should 
> be at the top to control before drivers are launched and I'm 
> disappointed that this could happen. Have not had similar issues with my 
> scanners though.

I just got an email from Ed. This is a known problem and the glass 
holder does not work with Vuescan right now. He hopes to fix that soon.

The other film holders work fine. I just tested the 35mm holder and it 
works really well. Of course, film flatness and depth of field is a 
problem with this scanner - even with 35mm film. So the scan wasn't 
entirely sharp across the entire film area.

He's also added a 'Make gray from... (red/green/blue)' option to the 
software since last time I checked. This is really nice as a composite 
of all channels often results in very poor quality with the 120tf. This 
way I won't have to save a 48bit RGB and then extract one of the 
channels myself.

Once he fixes the glass holder support I'll once again be a loyal 
Vuescan user. I just like the interface so much better than Silverfast.

While writing this he sent me another email to let me know he might have 
a test version ready for me today already. Now that's good support!

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

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