Re: Canon FS2710 slow scans with Canocraft FS - fast with Vuescan

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:13:19 +1100, Bruce Graham
<jbgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Don has yet to agree that Vuescan has any redeeming feature.

That's a prime example of baseless mud-slinging.

And that after I just complimented you in the other message about how
reasonable you were! (fx. shakes head) Oh well... :-/

If you bothered to actually *read* my messages before throwing mud you
may have noticed that they are always objective, factual and give
credit where credit is due.

Here are two specific instances where I complimented Vuescan in case
of my old LS-30:

1. It retrieved the full 10-bits (NikonScan only produces 8-bit files)

2. It had no artificial limit on exposure (NikonScan limits exposure
to +/-2 EV). However, the Vuescan exposure bug kicks in as the values
go up resulting in "random exposures" and the readout is out of sync
with the actual exposure value. And, of course, Vuescan employs the
immensely inane "multiplier" instead of the industry standard EV.

I have also repeatedly stated that (as an assembler programmer at
heart) I find direct access to hardware "neat".

So much for your theory...

Don.
.

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