Hey Mark, Nice stuff! I'm impressed with the scans and the images. You have a good eye.
Thanks for the tip. I have the Scan Dual II and VueScan but have not tried the single pass multi-scanning. I have a few slides that I have not been satisified with the scan quality that I am now going to go back and try again. Bruce Dayton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax-discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 5:20 PM Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts > >Does anyone have any particular do's and don'ts for using this > >particular model scanner. I bought one recently and need any help I > >can get. > >-- > >Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 > >Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail > > I have a Dimage Scan Dual and use it quite a bit. I recommend > that you buy the latest version of Ed Hamrick's VueScan (available > at http://www.hamrick.com) and use it to do the scans. Like most > low-cost scanners, the Dual shows quite a bit of noise in dark > regions of scanned slides. VueScan allows you do set up single- > pass multi-scanning, which samples each point multiple times > and saves the average. This really, really, really improves the > output. > > The images in the pages below were all shot on Kodak E100VS and > scanned with my Minolta Scan Dual scanner using VuesScan and > a multi-scanning factor of 4. Almost all of these pictures have > lots of dark areas in them. The VueScan output was much, much > better than the best I could get with the Minolta software. > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/pidgeonpoint/pidgeonpoint.html > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/muirbeach/muirbeach.html > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/rodeobeach/rodeobeach.html > > --Mark - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .