Mastering Digital Scanning with Slides, Film, and Transparencies

by David D. Busch

Book Overview

If you want to work with your traditional film images electronically, this is the guide that will finally show you how you can do it. Mastering Digital Scanning takes a photographer's viewpoint to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592001416
• ISBN13: 9781592001415
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Course Technology
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Exactly what I was looking for in this book

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.

Best scanning book I've seen.

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.

Great introduction to film scanning!

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.

Very good scanning book.

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.

Definitive book on scanning transparencies and negatives!

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.