On 2014-12-01 16:34, Vojtěch Zeisek wrote:
Dne Po 1. prosince 2014 16:20:29, Carlos E. R. napsal(a):
If you can point me to other suggestions, I'll have a look.
My colleague has some Canon CanoScan special film scanner (I don't remember exact model number, and that model isn't available any more, anyway). It was very slow when using highest quality, but the output was very good. I digitised my collection on it several years ago. And his computer was running Ubuntu and scanner was managed with Vuescan. So I can recommend Vuescan for that purpose...
I'll certainly consider it, after I get suitable hardware... that's my current stumbling block. The hardware. The 7200 does two scans: the second one in infrared. Combining both removes dust and scratches, automatically; and this requires specialized software (CyberView/Photoshop or SilverFast SE 8 (Windows only). Maybe vuescan supports it, unknown; but it adds to the price. This processing takes 5 or 8 minutes, depending on the reporter (includes manual positioning of the slides or film). Way too long. Slow processing would be acceptable if fully automatic, or for very few slides. The x7-Scan instead just makes a photo into a memory card, without computer, and does it in seconds each. Then you import the photos into any operating system. So it is a more likely candidate for a home user (and Linux!) But... the thing about removing scratches is certainly interesting. And I would like more resolution than 14 megapixels, if possible. But absolutely need cheap! So... I doubt. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)