P3D Re: Scanrom 4E Results

[Allen French <allen.french@xxxxxxx>]

I decided to buy the Scanrom 4E scanner because it has appeared
 to be the only inexpensive slide scanner available for the last year or
 two. I have read of the disappointing results with it on this list, but at
$100 mail-order, it seemed it might meet my minimal needs. Well, the
 results are about what I expected: useable for getting my slides online
 to play with, but not suitable for high quality output.

I am new to both scanning and image manipulation, so perhaps better
results are achievable if you start with higher quality originals and know
what you are doing. The photos were taken with a Revere but
the slide film was developed in Asia and came back with a yellowish cast.
  I mostly used the highest optical resolution, 400 dpi, but I also tried a
few
at higher software interpolated resolutions (up to 4800dpi claimed). I
really
 didn't see much ,if any improvement over the 400 dpi. The scanner includes
 a diffuser sheet to put over the slide/print to eliminate dust or
something, but
 I didn't like the loss of light, so I only used it if I had a very light
imaged slide.
I did try to improve the hue and contrast with software, but it may not have
helped
the resolution.

You can see a few samples at www.public.asu.edu/~icsaff/scanrom.html .
The clickable small images were the 400 dpi, and the larger cross-eyed pair
below is 1600.

Allen French
aoaff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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