[ For those that have Perfection 2450 and/or are thinking of buying a
scanner but can't quite stretch to a dedicated transparency scanner. ]
Test system configuration:
Dell Inspiron 2100 notebook
Processor: PIII 700MHz
Memory: 256MB
Disk: 20GB IDE ATA-33
Interfaces: USB 1.1 built-in,
IEEE1394 (Firewire) 400Mbps PCMCIA card
(Yes, a bit aged, but wonderfully packaged)
All files were saved in uncompressed TIFF format.
Time to scan includes positioning the scanner head, the actual scan pass
and file saving.
Software was set to 48-bit color or 16-bit grayscale, depending on the
subject.
No filters were used while scanning.
Vuescan was set to a single pass scanning, no color adjustments.
All times are for scanning in at 3200 dpi.
The following software was used:
VueScan v7.6.37 (Vuescan)
EPSON Scan v1.0 (E. Scan)
EPSON Scan v1.0 for Photoshop plug-in (E. PSP)
SilverFast 6 SE Photoshop plug-in (SF6-SE)
Product |BW-4 |BW-1 |Slides 4 |Slides 1
--------+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------------
|F'wire |F'wire |F'wire |F'wire
| USB 1.1 | USB 1.1 | USB 1.1 | USB 1.1
--------+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------------
Vuescan |6m 2s |1m 25s |6m 15s |1m 37s
| 7m 31s | 1m 53s | 8m 41s | 2m 14s
--------+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------------
E. Scan |6m 40s |1m 40s |7m 6s |1m 45s
| 6m 43s | 1m 47s | 9m 15s | 2m 20s
--------+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------------
E. PSP |N/A |1m 48s |N/A |1m 22s
| N/A | 1m 47s | N/A | 1m 59s
--------+---------------+---------------+---------------+-------------
SF6-SE |N/A |1m 45s |N/A |1m 18s
| N/A | 1m 47s | N/A | 1m 18s
NOTES:
- Photoshop plug-ins weren't tested for batch scanning. It
might be possible to do it, but I just didn't feel like
wasting time figuring out how to. :-)
- Times are highly dependable on many things. The times I have
posted are not set in stone, and can be different for
different photos.
- SilverFast 6 SE reads 48-bit photos and converts them to
24-bit; all other products I've used produced 48-bit photos.
- Yes, I am aware of the fact that there might be a lot of
similar information already available out there. I did this
test primarily for my own use. :-)
The slides were quite randomly chosen for their choice of subject. Strip
of BW film was used because I needed to print a 'lunch break' photo off
it. :-)
The photos used in this test can be found here: http://scans.sauceforge.net
For a bit more opinionated review, go to Norman Koren's site:
http://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/Epson_flatbeds.html
Norman does a great job comparing it to other similar scanners as
well. And yes, 3200 can be a bit grainy with some films/subjects on the
screen. No discernible grain was visible when photos were printed on an
A3 paper.
Saso
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