Re: [OT] sane nikon coolscan [solved]

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 14:51:43 -0700 Hidong Kim
<kim emeraldbiostructures com> imparted to us:
> Hi,
> 
> I would say that the scans are usable, but only for crude archiving. 
> I
> would not want to present any of these scans, and I'm sure a pro
> wouldn't want to use these in their portfolio.  The reason I got the
> Nikon Coolscan LS-2000 is because it looked like one of the few slide
> scanners that would work with Linux.  And the specs from Nikon looked
> pretty good.  Do you know of any professional quality slide scanners
> that will work with Linux?  And what kind of quality can be reasonably
> expected from slide scanners?  The scans that I'm seeing with this
> Nikon
> aren't even in the same galaxy as a projected image (not surprising),
> and they're much worse than even photographic prints from slides. 
> Thanks,
>
Sorry, I don't I only played around some with an old ScanMaker III. I've
never tried it again with that or even another variety.

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