Cheap scanners
Cheap scanners
- Subject: Cheap scanners
- From: ken rockwell <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 22:13:34 -0800
Has anyone messed with profiling a cheap $320 scanner like the Epson 1640SU
photo with something like Monaco EZ color?
The cheap thing works great for $320, except that the colors are all over
the map and not consistant scan-to-scan. The TWAIN software is primitive.
The DMax CCD noise is better than the $1,500 Microtek Artix 1100 I tried,
although Microtek told me therefore the Artix 1100 was probably defective.
Of course the Artix 1100 had great color right out of the box without even
running any of the included calibration programs and targets.
I posted a quick review and tests of film resolution charts at
www.kenrockwell.com/1640.htm. I haven't posted my scans of dark Velvia yet.
Resolution of the two are similar.
Anyone have any comment on the most important thing, the ability to get
consistant color from Velvia?
KenRockwell.com
San Diego, CA