chris_livsey Posted July 31, 2013 Share #21 Posted July 31, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have a Plustek 8100 (as 8200 with no IR dust channel as I shoot B/W only). I am two or three months into using it so have no significant fraction of the experience and technical advice given above to which I defer. My purpose is to post to Flickr and I have not tried to scan for printing. I have processed entirely in Silverfast 8, as supplied, straight to jpeg. Having said that my results are satisfactory, to me, as below. On full size the saddle stitching is in good detail. This is Silvermax in D23, not the sharpest developer in the world. Leica iiic/f Canon 35mm f2. The full size jpeg is on Flickr. I think it is my most recent post as I have a backlog of developing the weather being too hot !! My settings are on the red workflow pilot. B+W 16-8bit N Mid 4 or 5 usually but I move it about. Contrast +20 ish sometimes up or down a bit CCRV Auto tick ( no idea what this does) Exposure 0.6 (seems to default to this) I have moved it for gross exposure errors of mine Unsharp mask 100 power 1.0 radius Threshold 0 Lost on this so i left it as default Scanned for 270 dpi, read somewhere this was good idea ;-) jpeg output 3600dpi scan giving 4.2MB output file on the posted image. It does what I want in one process but your requirement may be different. If there are any settings that are relevant and I have missed them let me know, but I can say I am very happy with the output of this scanner, especially given the cost, but mine may be a "good" well aligned copy at the top end of the quality curve. I am using standard holders without tape, although that is a brill idea given some of the Scopix X-ray film I shot recently which could double as a clock mainspring. I would appreciate any input from the previous posters on the scan and settings if I can improve them without additional time in front of the computer, I like my streamlined workflow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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