![]() ![]() ![]() ( NOTE that this is NOT the identical "Musicians" image as used in our digital scanners test! It's very similar, but the models are different, and the digital-scanner version is a couple of reproduction generations removed from this particular version.) Fine adjustment in Photoshop(tm) would have provided a perfect result in a few moments, but we left the image here as we captured it with the scanner, so our readers could see what the scanner did on its own. Our final adjustment had a bit too much blue in it, which we just couldn't seem to totally correct using the histogram controls. Even the unaltered image shows excellent color accuracy, tonal range, and saturation though. Here (377k) is a version scanned with the FS4000's default settings, which is darker overall and a bit yellowish. "Musicians II" image : (406k) The main image here was scanned at 1297 x 865 pixels, and minor tonal adjustments were made, using the histogram controls to adjust the highlight and shadow values, brightening the image a bit overall, and removing the slight yellowish cast in the default scan. This will degrade image quality somewhat, but we used a very conservative compression setting ("8" in Photoshop) to minimize this. In the interest of objectivity though, we also show scans performed with default settings, to provide a completely neutral reference point.Īlso note that all images here have been JPEG compressed for compatibility with 'web browsers. (Most users are willing to engage in some tweaking of the scanning parameters to get the best result.) For our part, we believe the most accurate representation of real-world performance is to allow for a reasonable level of twiddling of the scan parameters. The problem with this approach is it may show unacceptable results for an otherwise perfectly usable scanner. ![]() A word about our scanner testing philosophy: Some publications have taken the position of scanning everything using the scanner's default settings, believing this to be most fair, neutral methodology. ![]()
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