Re: Multi Pro or Coolscan 8000?

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:27:45 +0900, "David J. Littleboy"
<davidjl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Noons" <wizofoz2k@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > I'm sure you will enjoy your 8000 a lot.  It's an amazing
> > piece of machinery.  One hint: never be afraid of using
> > GEM/ICE/other software paraphernalia that comes with
> > Nikonscan.  and get the latest versions.
> 
> I disagree with this, though. Things like GEM and ROC make changes that
one 
> may later want to reconsider. ICE is, of course, wonderful. But you are 
> better off just using ICE to make your archive file, and then working
from 
> there.

I tend to be suspicious of algorithms that I don't understand. With
ICE I know what's happening to the image, but without the knowledge of
what GEM and ROC actually do to the image data I'm reluctant to trust
them.

-- 
Matthew Winn
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