Digital BW, The Print

Rick,

I have had a SS120 and Silverfast since last May. I am not an expert 
but perhaps I can answer some of your questions.

I highly recommend you visit Ian Lyons' Silverfast Tutorials at:

http://www.rgbnet.co.uk/ilyons/sf5_contents.htm

to make sure you have everything set up properly. This is much more 
helpful than any of the Silverfast manuals.

There is also a helpful workflow article by George DeWolffe in the 
latest issue of View Camera Magazine around scanning Polaroid P/N55 
negatives with Silverfast and a Polaroid 45.

Also note that the Polacolor Insight is useful as well, at least for 
B&W. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles but I found that 
helpful starting out.

Basically the SS120 autofocus is on or off. As far as I know that is 
the only control over it you have.

In the help file of Polacolor Insight it says:

"To reduce scanning time, the automatic focus function is normally 
disabled. For normal scanning sizes and resolutions, this does not 
degrade the image. When scanning small areas at high resolutions, 
enabling autofocus may improve image sharpness."

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., rmurai@o... wrote:
> I just received an SS120 with Bunuscan and Silverfast. I'm not 
having very good luck
> with it. Is there someone out there who is successfully using the 
SS120 and SilverFast
> and can answer some questions? 
> 
> I've read the Silverfast PDFs and looked at their website to no 
avail.
> 
> I'm also suspicious of a possible focus problem.
> 
> I'm about ready to throw this thing out the window -- or at least 
pack it up and send it back.
> 
> Please email me off list. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rick Murai
> 
> rmurai@o...