I recently bought a new scanner, a Microtek ArtixScan M1 with Lasersoft software (with calibration targets). I mainly wanted it to handle prints but have used it mostly for slides. I am comparing some of the scans done on it to my Dimage Elite 5400 II slide scanner. I have not really used it for prints due to speed issues so I am probably in the market for a good quality print scanner at some point. http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1600fragmentwithdetails/290372894_przTA-Ti.jpg http://paullantz.smugmug.com/gallery/1459263_uLXq3/ 2008-07-29T13:38:53Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com">Paul Lantz</a><br />This is a 1962 Kodachrome transparency (actually the end of a roll that did not get mounted). It was scanned on a Microtek ArtixScan M1 using Silverfast. I am curious about the fringing and ...</p><p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1459263_uLXq3#290372894_przTA" title="This is a 1962 Kodachrome transparency (actually the end of a roll that did not get mounted). It was scanned on a Microtek ArtixScan M1 using Silverfast. I am curious about the fringing and ..."><img src="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1600fragmentwithdetails/290372894_przTA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="80" alt="This is a 1962 Kodachrome transparency (actually the end of a roll that did not get mounted). It was scanned on a Microtek ArtixScan M1 using Silverfast. I am curious about the fringing and ..." title="This is a 1962 Kodachrome transparency (actually the end of a roll that did not get mounted). It was scanned on a Microtek ArtixScan M1 using Silverfast. I am curious about the fringing and ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-19T14:21:49Z Paul Lantz http://paullantz.smugmug.com http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1600fragmentwithdetails/290372894_przTA-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com">Paul Lantz</a><br />This is a scan of a 1961/62 Kodachrome from the same roll as the preceeding shot. It shows that the scanner is capable of good work.</p><p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1459263_uLXq3#290380222_zVhbT" title="This is a scan of a 1961/62 Kodachrome from the same roll as the preceeding shot. It shows that the scanner is capable of good work."><img src="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1600rtPaulMrsBremnerPeter/290380222_zVhbT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is a scan of a 1961/62 Kodachrome from the same roll as the preceeding shot. It shows that the scanner is capable of good work." title="This is a scan of a 1961/62 Kodachrome from the same roll as the preceeding shot. It shows that the scanner is capable of good work." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-19T14:23:23Z Paul Lantz http://paullantz.smugmug.com http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1600rtPaulMrsBremnerPeter/290380222_zVhbT-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com">Paul Lantz</a><br />Scan comparisons of slide done with Artixscan M1 and Dimage Elite 5400 II, the M1 using Silverfast produced a much brighter image by default albeit one with a colour cast and apparent fringi ...</p><p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1459263_uLXq3#291686679_BU5Jc" title="Scan comparisons of slide done with Artixscan M1 and Dimage Elite 5400 II, the M1 using Silverfast produced a much brighter image by default albeit one with a colour cast and apparent fringi ..."><img src="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/comparisons/291686679_BU5Jc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Scan comparisons of slide done with Artixscan M1 and Dimage Elite 5400 II, the M1 using Silverfast produced a much brighter image by default albeit one with a colour cast and apparent fringi ..." title="Scan comparisons of slide done with Artixscan M1 and Dimage Elite 5400 II, the M1 using Silverfast produced a much brighter image by default albeit one with a colour cast and apparent fringi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-23T09:54:13Z Paul Lantz http://paullantz.smugmug.com http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/comparisons/291686679_BU5Jc-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com">Paul Lantz</a><br />Why does this look different in Photoshop than in Silverfast after scanning? PS CS3 is set to use Adobe RGB, the same as Silverfast. There is a noticeable colour cast in the picture seen in ...</p><p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1459263_uLXq3#292912701_MVHKj" title="Why does this look different in Photoshop than in Silverfast after scanning? PS CS3 is set to use Adobe RGB, the same as Silverfast. There is a noticeable colour cast in the picture seen in ..."><img src="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/armourycompare/292912701_MVHKj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="94" alt="Why does this look different in Photoshop than in Silverfast after scanning? PS CS3 is set to use Adobe RGB, the same as Silverfast. There is a noticeable colour cast in the picture seen in ..." title="Why does this look different in Photoshop than in Silverfast after scanning? PS CS3 is set to use Adobe RGB, the same as Silverfast. There is a noticeable colour cast in the picture seen in ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-19T12:11:24Z Paul Lantz http://paullantz.smugmug.com http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/armourycompare/292912701_MVHKj-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com">Paul Lantz</a><br />Screen shot from Photoshop CS3, details of same slide. Left: Dimage 5400II, Right: ArtixScan M1. Original slide shot in 1970 on Kodachrome. Note that the dimage scan is a tif file, the other ...</p><p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1459263_uLXq3#298017573_UPkR9" title="Screen shot from Photoshop CS3, details of same slide. Left: Dimage 5400II, Right: ArtixScan M1. Original slide shot in 1970 on Kodachrome. Note that the dimage scan is a tif file, the other ..."><img src="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/compareslidescans/298017573_UPkR9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Screen shot from Photoshop CS3, details of same slide. Left: Dimage 5400II, Right: ArtixScan M1. Original slide shot in 1970 on Kodachrome. Note that the dimage scan is a tif file, the other ..." title="Screen shot from Photoshop CS3, details of same slide. Left: Dimage 5400II, Right: ArtixScan M1. Original slide shot in 1970 on Kodachrome. Note that the dimage scan is a tif file, the other ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-22T11:01:03Z Paul Lantz http://paullantz.smugmug.com http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/compareslidescans/298017573_UPkR9-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com">Paul Lantz</a><br />Kodachrome slide shot in 1970 scanned by Dimage 5400II (left) and Artixscan M1 (right). This is a screenshot from Photoshop CS3.</p><p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1459263_uLXq3#298019838_KdYPU" title="Kodachrome slide shot in 1970 scanned by Dimage 5400II (left) and Artixscan M1 (right). This is a screenshot from Photoshop CS3."><img src="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/compareslidescansfull/298019838_KdYPU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Kodachrome slide shot in 1970 scanned by Dimage 5400II (left) and Artixscan M1 (right). This is a screenshot from Photoshop CS3." title="Kodachrome slide shot in 1970 scanned by Dimage 5400II (left) and Artixscan M1 (right). This is a screenshot from Photoshop CS3." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-22T10:49:30Z Paul Lantz http://paullantz.smugmug.com http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/compareslidescansfull/298019838_KdYPU-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com">Paul Lantz</a><br />Scanner information shown for M1</p><p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1459263_uLXq3#341617901_Kdt9B" title="Scanner information shown for M1"><img src="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/scannerinfoshown/341617901_Kdt9B-Th.jpg" width="118" height="150" alt="Scanner information shown for M1" title="Scanner information shown for M1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-29T13:31:30Z Paul Lantz http://paullantz.smugmug.com http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/scannerinfoshown/341617901_Kdt9B-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com">Paul Lantz</a><br />target scanned on m1 after being used as basis for calibration.</p><p><a href="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/1459263_uLXq3#341641236_kK7Jb" title="target scanned on m1 after being used as basis for calibration."><img src="http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/targetwithslideholderoutafterc/341641236_kK7Jb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="target scanned on m1 after being used as basis for calibration." title="target scanned on m1 after being used as basis for calibration." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-07-29T13:39:23Z Paul Lantz http://paullantz.smugmug.com http://paullantz.smugmug.com/Other/Scanning-Issues/targetwithslideholderoutafterc/341641236_kK7Jb-Th.jpg