2009/5/9 Stephen Bain <[email protected]>: > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 2:07 AM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:
>> How correctable is the colour? Is the light so bright it blows out >> highlights on the sensor? (These things basically use the same sensors >> as compact digital cameras.) Correctable I can deal with (I could even >> script it), blown highlights are another matter. Does it only save as >> JPEG or also as PNG/TIFF? > If, instead of using the bundled software, you get something like > VueScan [1] then you should be able to acquire directly from the > device (if it's supported; VueScan supports something like 1200 > scanners) in your favourite RAW format. > You're still limited by the quality of the optics in the device, but > at least you'll be able to do all your own processing. > [1] http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html - though it's not free software I've had others recommend VueScan, but I don't see the Ion scanner listed there, and it doesn't appear supported yet: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.periphs.scanners/browse_thread/thread/5c51c71d507a7715?pli=1 A pity, as most of the Ion scanner's issues appear to be truly appalling software. The next best idea appears to be a Nikon Coolscan second-hand from eBay. (There seems to be a cycle of people buying them, scanning a whole box of negatives and selling them a year later.) The USB ones are a few hundred pounds, the SCSI ones are cheaper but jokes about SCSI requiring black candles and the sacrifice of a goat exist for a reason. - d. _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
