Lawrence:
There are quite a few scanwit owners on the filmscanners list, but general opinion
questions I've noticed don't turn up a whole bunch of answers.
Personally I am getting quite qwick at fixing dust and scratches on my slides and
negatives in Photoshop. If you do not have photoshop, I would put it VERY high on the
list. The reason being the manipulation after the scan will take many times longer
than the scan itself.
When I started I could not get good scans on some of the negs and slides, but now that
I have nearly a year under my belt and hundreds of hours in Photoshop, I would
consider myself quite proficient for a hobby. I can dust spot and neg or slide in
about 5 minutes or less. Therefore I put the personaly worth of ICE at about $100.00.
In my opinion, whatever film scanner you buy, VUESCAN is a must from www.hamrick.com.
And especially on the ScanWit as Mira Photo is weak.
Grain aliasing is a problem with all the 2700 dpi scanners, the 2900 _might_ be a
little better. 4000 dpi don't seem to suffer much. This is the single biggest issue
with the Scanwit, the optics are very sharp.
Alan
>> am new to the filmscanner world, so please bear with the newbie questions.
>> I'm considering either the Acer Scanwit 2720s or the 2740s. My perception
>> after reading the specs, is that the 2740s is 2720s+ICE. Did I miss
>> anything?
>> Would like opinions/experiences of whether the ICE was worth the price.
>> Otherwise, for the 2720s, how much effort did you take to touch up
>> any negative defects (assuming minor blemishes).
>> If you have a 2720s, would you (on hindsight) have bought the
>> 2740s?
>> The other unit I'm considering is HP's s20, but on features, stacks
>> up with the 2720, and is much more expensive here.
>> Thanks
>> Lawrence
