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| Thread ID: 126096 | 2012-08-06 09:08:00 | Cheap but Good Quality Photo Scanner.Any Ideas ? | Clod (7853) | Press F1 |
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| 1293348 | 2012-08-06 23:15:00 | Are you scanning films or prints? I would go and look at a Canon or Epson scanner or MFC and also check what film holders they have. Flatbed scanners should not need to worry over 2000 dpi or some argue 1000 dpi. They say that you increase the file size but not the detail. If the scanner software isn't giving the colors you want there is a free demo version of Vuescan that you can download which is much cheaper than Lasersoft. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1293349 | 2012-08-06 23:26:00 | When scanning the slides I found if you had a slide with alot of contrast between bright and dark that it would adjust itself by turning the brightness down and that the darker parts would turn out black. That is a 'gamma' problem and is easily corrected in Irfanview (excellent free program once you learn how to set it up). I was a keen 35mm film/slide photographer and have been unhappy with the output from any digital camera I have owned since. They all seem to produce 'darker than life' images so I carry out gamma and contrast corrections in Irfanview, then when printed out they look normal. This process is also useful for under-exposed images, and although it can't correct for gross under-exposure (the image becomes too grainy), Gamma, contrast and occasionally saturation adjustments will turn out first-class results from very poor exposures. Incidentally, it is very rarely necessary to adjust brightness, and if it is, it is usually a reduction, not an increase. If you have a one-off and priceless image, even gross under-exposure can be made printable, because the final quality trade-off is better than having no picture at all. Under those circumstances I have produced printable images from initial screen displays that were virtually black (i.e. flash failure) with just isolated lighter spots to show that there was an image hidden there somewhere. The same technique works well for those dreadful Trade-Me photos that show next to nothing. Enhancing one of those let me see several hundred dollars worth of of unobtainium vintage electronic items half-hidden under a pile of junk, and I got the lot for $10. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1293350 | 2012-08-06 23:44:00 | With slides, that might work thru post processing yep but not too far like Billy says. But if it is a slide, you may wanted/want to project it right. Then if the image was underexposed by even a bit it doesn't project the best of it. I still shoot slides, I just like the eye popping colors without post processing. I just send my slides to the US for process and import fresh film cos it's so $$ here. Doing it properly would mean using a special filter that's called a graduated filter so that the bright sky gets the dark part and the darker area gets the clear part. But if the parts are not really easily separated or if you just wanna another technique or not buy those filters - you can do a double shot at 2 exposures and just blend it in post - software like you do with digital photography. Or run it thru a HDR software. Re: the scanner even specialist scanners I heard cannot extract the detail out even if you used the filter. I heard that some people scan the film twice, each time they expose the scanner for the sky and then for the foreground and Photoshop it together. But they look fine under a projector or lightbox or just behind some white clouds. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1293351 | 2012-08-07 06:15:00 | Just prints. As the quality isn't studio (just birthday/ general snaps) I'm not going to spend a huge fortune so Im probably just going to settle for the Canon 4160 (I'll check it out 1st tho). | Clod (7853) | ||
| 1293352 | 2012-08-07 08:40:00 | I'll recommend you Canon CanoScan LiDE110 Color Image Scanner (4507B002), that is available on amazon at $50 plus. | chrisjay (16855) | ||
| 1293353 | 2012-08-07 08:59:00 | Also, check that the scanner can do multi-scan (scan multiple photos at once and spit out separate images). This can save a lot of time. Even two at once is well worthwhile. can you link to any scanners that do this? |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1293354 | 2012-08-07 09:33:00 | I got a Canon CanoScan LiDE 210 Scanner from PBTech $202 all up. Single USB connector. Mrs can use it dead easy and it is quite fast She used it to scan prints many of which are decades old and probably taken with a box Brownie so getting a super quality scanner for an already dodgy photo is not being realistic I think the results are very good, I'm very happy with it |
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