Hi all, I know this has been said before here, but I thought I'd just reiterate it in case others missed out. I have an LS4000 scanner and shoot with mainly Provia or Velvia. I've been 'sort of' happy with the sharpness of the scans, resigned to using various sharpening methods post scan - no getting around that. But - today I received a set of glass slides - Quickpoint- on the advice of others around the Internet. Fantastic. Unbelievable difference. I'm getting much better results, much sharper. So for the cost of a few cents - I picked up 300 on Ebay for a few pounds - it's well worth the money.
One side effect though, maybe someone can tell me why this is happening. With a few slides, say 10%, I am getting this erm, multi-coloured circles and unusual shapes appearing on the slide. I guess it is the film itself perhaps slightly curved, and light playing tricks - or could it be some left over residue from development? It does look like a liquid! Odd, but even so, if it happens I just use a std slide mount instead as it does show up in the scan. Ideas? Lastly, the Quickpoint slides seem to have a matt side, the viewing side. I didn't like the look of that interferring with the scans so mounted them reversed. Any issues with that? Having never used glass slide before - is that there for projection? Cheers, Neil
