Q: Canon FS4000US

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Carsten Keunecke

Hi there,

I´m thinking about purchasing a Canon FS4000US. Does anybody here has
experiences with this model?! Especially with scanning APS?!

Thanks for your help!

Cheers,
Carsten
 
Carsten said:
Hi there,

I´m thinking about purchasing a Canon FS4000US. Does anybody here has
experiences with this model?! Especially with scanning APS?!

Thanks for your help!

Cheers,
Carsten
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Hallo Carsten,
ich benutze eine solchen Scanner seit zwei Jahren oder so. Am Anfang
habe ich
auch den APS-Adapter ausprobiert und mir extra dafür APS-Filme bei
Bekanten ausgeliehen. Hat funktioniert, allerdings bin ich mit den
Scans von Farb-Negativen nie richtig glücklich geworden. Waren zu
körnig im Vergleich zu Kleinbild.
Zwei weitere Anmerkungen aus meiner Sicht zu dem Scanner:
1. SCSI ist Pflicht, da USB1.1 viel zu langsam ist.
2. VueScan ist Pflicht, da die Filmget-Software aus meiner Sicht nur
Murks ist.

Bei dem heutigen Angebot würde ich sicherlich ein Gerät mit USB2 oder
Firewire vorziehen. Die mir bekannten haben aber keinen
(bezahlbaren)APS-Adapter.
Wenn APS Pflicht ist und SCSI nicht schreckt, kann ich den Scaner
empfehlen.

Winfried
 
Carsten said:
Hi there,

I´m thinking about purchasing a Canon FS4000US. Does anybody here has
experiences with this model?! Especially with scanning APS?!

Thanks for your help!

Cheers,
Carsten
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Hi Carsten

I have this scanner. Cant help on the APS side but the scanner is
pretty good image quality, although uncool maximosus in the blacks.
Requires a lot of work to tame the blacks using multiple passes - think
LONG TIME.

It is excruciatingly slow on my AMD2kMhkz / 1 Gig ram...so using it on
APS is a serious bonus...ie, set and forget.

In my case a strip of 35mm tranies @2700dpi for an A4 page [no multiple
passes] takes close to 1/2 hour.

I heare the Nikon 4000 is much faster but I cant confirm this.
Bottom line for me is that i would have another scanner due to the
bui;ldup of blacks and the slow scan speed.

As I said though, the set and forget ability with APS may be the sealer
for you.
Cheers
geoffjak
 
I've been using one for just over a year.

Can't help you with APS, since I only scan 35mm.

Using the SCSI interface, it's not all that slow. I expect the other
poster is using the USB interface. The Canon only supports USB 1.1

I'm happy with it. Scanning lousy negative film at 4000dpi, ugh.... the
grain.
 
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