I only use the FS4000 with Vuescan, and am very happy with this combo. It is way faster than Canon's s/w (named FilmGet, I guess) and quality is definitely better, but I couldn't tell about differences with noise (I dropped FilmGet very soon and don't remember about how noisy it was with respect to Vuescan). Keep in mind that I only scan B&W film, so thing might be different with color negatives or chromes.
Alessandro Pardi > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Greenbank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: venerd� 1 marzo 2002 15.12 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [filmscanners] Noise in scans using Canon FS4000 > > > There is a perceived problem with noise with the Canon FS4000. > > I wondered if the problem was related to the scanning > software as I get much > less noise with Vuescan on a Microtek Artixscan 4000T (these > are frequently > perceived as having more noise than Polaroid SS4000 - perhaps its the > software not better quality control as suggested on this list). > > To see my rather old test results (some of you have seen them > before) see > below: > > http://www.greenbank.themutual.net/artixscan4000_noise.htm > > The Vuescan image has an advantage because it is much darker > but it is still > significantly better when adjusted. > > The Vuescan image was also generally much more accurate than > the others. > Needless to say I promptly bought Vuescan. > > Incidentally Vuescan is significantly improved, Silverfast > has also been > improved , but the worst (in this test) Scan Wizard Pro has > not changed at > all. > > Any FS4000 owners tried Vuescan - I have a friend who wants a > film scanner > with scratch removal, but the focussing issue (and price and > grain) puts me > off suggesting a Nikon and quality control problems with the > 35mm Minolta > seem all too frequent on this list. > > Steve > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------- > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with > 'unsubscribe filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the > message title or body > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
