Re: Slide scanner support?

Mike Harris (mikenao@home.net)
Mon, 09 Aug 1999 22:01:21 -0700

I just recently got a Microtek ScanMaker 4. Bernd Schroeder made the
necessary modifcations to the Microtek2 backend, and got it working.

It has an upper scan bed for reflective materials, as well as a lower scan
bed/tray for transparent materials. It comes with a 8x10 film tray. Other
size trays are also available, including: a tray that holds 12 35mm slides, a
tray that holds 2 35mm film strips, a tray that holds 4, 4"x 5" film, and a
tray that holds 2 6 x 9 cm.

I have used the film tray in xscanimage under gimp. I selected TMA from Scan
Source.

Mike

Benedikt Eric Heinen wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I'm looking towards getting a new slide scanner. I'd like to know, which
> models are currently supported under linux-i386 (a solution using sane
> would be preferred, but depending on scanner quality I might go for
> something else as well)?
>
> I've seen the backend list, but it doesn't say, which ones of these
> scanners are slide scanners. So far, I know that
>
> - Nikon Coolscan II (how about Coolscan III, or LS-2000?),
> - Canon Canoscan 2700F, and
> - Mikrotek Scanmaker 35t+
>
> are supported. What about others?
>
> Currently, I am using a Coolscan II, but this one has its weaknesses
> with darker pictures, and it seems like, Nikon can't fix this problem
> (they claim, the scanner is 100% OK).
> The Coolscan III and LS-2000 are advertised to have some sort of
> "scratch detection/elimination" - are these things wired into the scanner,
> or is this a pure software thing (e.g. do I have access to this feature in
> sane/The Gimp)?
>
> Benedikt
>
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