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Summary: Full of useful information
Review: I don't know why there wasn't a book about scanning film before this one. Scanning film is definitely not like scanning prints, and I've been looking long and hard for a book that understood this. I've been scanning slides with my flatbed scanner for a long time, and after reading this book I learned how to improve my scans. Now I'm thinking about getting a dedicated slide scanner. Everything I needed to know to choose one was right in here. The color pictures were great. The author obviously understands this topic well.
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Summary: Exactly what I was looking for in this book
Review: I had some experience in scanning slides and negs, but this book helped me a lot. It had exactly what I was looking for in terms of information, explanations, tricks, techniques, and background material. I believe this is the only book being sold that is dedicated to film and slide scanning for the "average Joe" so anyone who wants to improve their scans should look no further.
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Summary: Comprehensive look at film and negative capture
Review: I looked all over for a book about scanning slides and was very glad to find this one. It had all the info I needed and was very easy to understand. This book is good for beginners and intermediate readers, because it contains both good introductory material as well as more advanced tips and tricks to help you get the best quality scans from your film.I liked the software recommendations and description of how film scanning works. I was able to get better results scanning slides with both my Nikon film scanner and Epson flatbed scanner after I read this book. Thanks for a great book.
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Summary: Very good scanning book.
Review: I looked all over for a book about scanning slides and was very glad to find this one. It had all the info I needed and was very easy to understand. This book is good for beginners and intermediate readers, because it contains both good introductory material as well as more advanced tips and tricks to help you get the best quality scans from your film. I liked the software recommendations and description of how film scanning works. I was able to get better results scanning slides with both my Nikon film scanner and Epson flatbed scanner after I read this book. Thanks for a great book.
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Summary: Best scanning book I've seen.
Review: I'm an experienced 35mm photographer switching to digital scanning, and I found this book to be the perfect complement to my scanner's rather basic instruction manual. In a clear and straightforward manner, it addresses a wide multitude of scanning situations, from the most basic to the most complex. Each of the things you need to know is concisely explained and extremely well illustrated in a most logical progression of sections. The table of contents and index are wonderfully comprehensive and make finding what you want as simple as possible. I'm very pleased that all of the illustrations were are color. All in all, this book is most highly recommended for both the beginner and advanced scanner users.
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Summary: Nothing Here
Review: This book may be of some use to a complete beginner but there is nothing here for someone seeking information about making scans from difficult transparencies. There are, for example, chapters about expensive soft ware packages without information about why one would need them. There is more useful information on scanning in a few pages of Tom Ang's Advanced Digital Photography than in this entire book.
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Summary: Comprehensive look at film and negative capture
Review: This is an excellent introduction to capturing digital images of transparencies and negatives, but it also serves as a valuable resource for the more experienced worker. It includes everything you wanted to know about this topic, and quite a few things you did not know you needed to understand, so I'd say this was a very comprehensive book. I can't recommend it highly enough to everyone interested in scanning.
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Summary: Great introduction to film scanning!
Review: Wonderful book. Lots of solid information about scanning slides and negatives, well presented, good illustrations, plenty of ideas on what to do with your scans. Anyone who wants to learn more about scanning can't go wrong with this book. Tells about scanning with both flatbed scanners and film scanners, and I own both, so this worked for me. I've been scanning for more than a year now, and still managed to learn some valuable tips. It helped me get improved results.
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Summary: Definitive book on scanning transparencies and negatives!
Review: Wow! Finally a whole book devoted just to scanning film. Everybody knows that scanning slides and negatives is more demanding than scanning prints, so a guide to this variety of scanning has been sorely needed. This book has several strengths. First, it covers scanning film with both dedicated film scanners and flatbed scanners, so those of us who can't afford a more expensive slide scanner can learn how to make the most of their present equipment. Second, it provides lots of information on optimizing scans, working with difficult originals, and correcting scans. It's also in full color, so you can see exactly the effects the author is talking about. I especially liked the software discussion. I learned about programs like SilverFast and VueScan why I might want each one. Based on the author's recommendation, I went with VueScan, because it costs only $79 and works with my Minolta DualScan III film scanner. I was sick of finding only a few pages on scanning film in most of the digital photography or scanning books I bought, so this meaty book proved to be very satisfying. Thanks for finally giving us a book about scanning film. It's been long overdue.
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