I had high hopes for the ES-10 but sold mine on Ebay. Neg scans were adequate
but it could not handle contrasty slides well, also the software was bare bones.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Spolarich
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 6:15 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] ES-10 film scanner
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.
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-----Original Message-----
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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