Anand, I used to have the HP s20. I started with HP's software and changed to VuieScan. The results were much improved, especially with slide film. I can't say enough good things about Vuescan. The nicest thing is you can download it for free and try it out. It will put marks in your images so they aren't usable, but you can see how good it is. I did side by side comparisons between it and the HP software and was converted.
I have since switched to a Minolta Scan Dual II and find the same thing. Vuescan is great! Bruce Dayton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anand DHUPKAR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 1:14 PM Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts > mark, i must say your pictures are too good. > you surely have a good camera sense and good eye too. > > have a question on scanner. i am using hp s20 so won't be able to compare > directly. however, are you saying there is substantial difference by using > vuescan ? > > minolta's software won't be able to give you those results ? > > thanks in advance > anand > > > > >From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "pentax-discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Minolta Dimage Scan Dual Do's & Don'ts > >Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 00:20:16 GMT > > > >>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 . > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > - > 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 . - 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 .
