About the time I bought the Minolta DiMage Scan Elite 5400 (that's a
mouthfull), I had a Windows 2000 meltdown and upgraded to XP Pro. In the
process I lost my Vuescan serial number. I tried several times with Ed
Hamrick's online invoice generator to recover my serial number, but to no
avail. So, being relatively cheap, I got along using the Minolta software from
inside Photoshop. Moderately annoying and the scans were not the best, as they
took a lot of work in Photoshop to level and adjust.
Tonight I sprung for the $80 Pro version of Vuescan. I've scanned about a
dozen slides and it is clear that was money well spent. Much easier and better
quality results. The Minolta software doesn't remember any settings, even when
you are scanning a series of slides in the same holder. And Ed's software
recognizes the slide holder and sets itself for positives.
I worked hard last night to adjust for some badly magenta-toned Kodachromes
(luckily, I had a greycard image on one roll - remember the "save Kodachrome
day?") It was effortless in Vuescan - just picked the Autolevels option and
the sky was blue.
regards,
Gary (all referenced images were shot in OM-bodies)
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