That Jumbl scanner thing
Discussion
I saw a thread here about scanners and was tempted to try the little Jumbl film scanner.
I've been trying it out and it's quite impossible to judge the scan parameters accurately on a tiny lo-res screen with no histogram. Is there any scanner that would feed 'live' into my PC so I can see properly what I'm looking at before I hit the 'Scan' button? At the least I'd like the Levels function of Photoshop so I can correct the image in one pass rather than have to go back and resave everything.
I've been trying it out and it's quite impossible to judge the scan parameters accurately on a tiny lo-res screen with no histogram. Is there any scanner that would feed 'live' into my PC so I can see properly what I'm looking at before I hit the 'Scan' button? At the least I'd like the Levels function of Photoshop so I can correct the image in one pass rather than have to go back and resave everything.
Number 1.
I looked at the reviews for the Plustek 8100 - there seem to be software issues (though I have WinXP which is pretty versatile) and it takes 50 secs to scan - is that right?
And when the image opens on your PC monitor for PS tweaking, is that a prescan or the actual one? In other words, is it a one step or two-step process? The first slides I've looked at (Kodachrome from 1980) seem to have a massive DR, so that any scan is a mixture of burnt out bits and very dark shadows.
I looked at the reviews for the Plustek 8100 - there seem to be software issues (though I have WinXP which is pretty versatile) and it takes 50 secs to scan - is that right?
And when the image opens on your PC monitor for PS tweaking, is that a prescan or the actual one? In other words, is it a one step or two-step process? The first slides I've looked at (Kodachrome from 1980) seem to have a massive DR, so that any scan is a mixture of burnt out bits and very dark shadows.
Thanks for all the input, very useful. I don't need monster resolution as much as the need to twiddle with the levels and colour - but it seems that to do the latter 'at source' I need to go up a gear. And that means mnore res and therefore slower.
I see a few Minota Dimages s/h on eBay, eg http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271686823119?_trksid=p20... - how do they compare? WinXP Pro.
I see a few Minota Dimages s/h on eBay, eg http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271686823119?_trksid=p20... - how do they compare? WinXP Pro.
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