[ale] OT:Recommended scanners

[ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com (Jim Lynch)]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> Film scanning and Linux have not gone well together. 
>
> I'm not sure who all's scanners have this feature, but one thing about 
> the Nikon units that was noteworthy was that the images used an infrared 
> channel, whose purpose was to get an image of any dist or scratches on 
> the film.  That channel was then used to interpolate the other color 
> channels to mask out the defects in software. 
>
>   
I have an Epson 3590 flatbed that works on Linux, however I had to pop 
for Vuescan ($40) to get it work work properly.  The Sane drivers said 
they supported it but I'm guessing there might have been a change in the 
firmware in the scanner somewhere  during its life. 

I'm not adverse to paying for software.  Vuescan even handles the auto 
film loader on this scanner.  My only complaint is that it asks me for a 
file name for each picture.  Big advantage?  I don't have to boot XP.

Jim.