Steve: I purchased the ES-10 a couple months back and returned it. I was
very disappointed with the scanned results. Though for the most part, my
color negatives and slides would scan fairly well. Scanned negs/slides that
were extremely contrasty or high key would not produce the same image as
seen in my normally developed and printed image. I found the histogram tool
lacking. Some on this group were critical of the software/firmware Olympus
uses in the ES-10.
Bear in mind I'm not a professional, strictly an amateur. My expertise in
manipulating the scanned image increases through trial and error. For my
purposes, I chose the Nikon Coolscan III (LS-30). It certainly isn't the
best scanner on the market and can't compare to some of the high end units
used by our more learned members of this group. But it has superior
features that allow me to manipulate the scanned image way beyond the ES-10
ever could.
Ron S.
caesar2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.mscollectibles.com
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Friedland
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 12:12 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] ES-10 film scanner
I am interested in finding out more about the ES-10 scanner. I have
almost exclusively shot black and white film in my olympus cameras and
developed in my basement.
Lately, I have begun to shoot slide film and am trying to resolve the
debate about which is better for color, slide or negative film. I have
followed the postings here on that subject and also found excellent material
on Photo.net, however, I just can't decide.
Then I happened upon information regarding the ES-10 and thought that
maybe it would help me decide because I could shoot slides (more economical)
and then print shots through the scanner. I find that I only want to print
a few shots from each roll anyway so this seems to make sense. For prints
that I want to enlarge to 8x10 and greater I would need a good slide to
print lab. I realize that I will need a photo quality printer but they seem
to be coming down in price.
What have been your experiences with the ES-10? My main interest is
two-fold. First, its from Olympus and I love my om-1 and om-4 so adding
another Olympus component would be great. Second, and probably most
important, the ES-10 is the lowest priced scanner out there.
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