Says:11:44AM, 24 August 2011 PDTsays:I have an old Kodak RFS 3600 35mm film scanner, quite nice BTW but my Mac Pro will not see it. There's no drivers or any support from Kodak at all.I downloaded the Silverfast to try it, it worked ok, but it was much cheaper (less than half) to buy an Epson V600 than buying the software. The Kodak RFS 3600 scanner went back to the garage:-(Originally posted 97 months ago.mario.herrera edited this topic 97 months ago.says:Have you tried Vuescan? The pro version is $80, and comes with drivers. This particular scanner doesn't seem to work on OSX Lion though.Originally posted 97 months ago.KRM M edited this topic 97 months ago.says:Hmmmm interesting.97 months agosays:will see if it works on my macbook, the ver 7 did not as rosetta was crashing.97 months agosays:haven't yall heard the news? Fresh film is prohibitively expensive, too.97 months agosays:if you require the benefits of a real film scanner, over a flatbed, it may be worth it to set up a dedicated legacy system devoted to film scans.eventually all 'vintage' scanners will become inoperable.
If it weren't for ed hamrick — silverfast would own the monopoly on which scanners are supported.that said, it's unfortunate cyberview hasn't release their drivers into the public domain so the 3600 could be supported in open source or by ed hamrick.there comes a time when all good things must end.97 months agosays:There is upgrade pricing for existing users with registration numbers, and free upgrades for people who buy hardware that includes Silverfast. The extent of the discount depends on your existing version but as a 6.6 user for me it was 50% (was able to upgrade level of software at that discount as well).Originally posted 97 months ago.animm edited this topic 97 months ago.says:My discount for updating from the Epson bundled version to the Nikon version is a massive $5!
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I think if they were to price it at about $200 to $250ish many more people would be willing to buy a copy. There's just no way I can justify spending $500 for the possibility of marginally better scans than my existing workflow.97 months agosays:Their pricing varies according to the scanner- for the Canons and Epsons the price of the high end version is $299, for the highend Coolscans it's $449 (which, I agree is unreasonable for non- professional use).97 months agosays:Karim MWow! I think I will buy it.97 months agosays:animmEven at 50% off it is still steep.97 months agosays:OverdeaR:It is! Even more so in your neck of the woods.Even with high film prices, it's pretty cool to live in an exotic country:-)97 months agosays:nahanni.whisky™I'm still running on Snow Leopard, I'm still putting off Lion. Legacy is a good idea & have a couple of G4 towers, but the last update from Kodak was for OS 9.I'm going to give View Scan a try.97 months agosays. The last update from Kodak was for OS 9.cyberview, which, claims it'll run on a rosetta platform. Then you can just run it under vuescan.
It's certainly worth a try.97 months agosays:Yeah why is the Silverfast so expensive for the Nikon scanners €449! Why didn't they make an Ai version like they have for the Epson V700, instead of needing to buy the whole suite!I have Vuescan for my Minolta Dual II scanner, but i can't seem to get a batch scan with the V700 whit al frames selected properly.Saturday the Nikon i bought online will be shipped to me and i will see if the original software is included and if it will run on my old iMac G5, then i'll might be using that for the scanning.97 months agosays:Mac users might want to pass on this one. I bought the upgrade (Version 8 for Epson V700)) and it won't even start on my iMac OS X Lion machine. And, frankly, LaserSoft has been LESS than helpful to me.I am not the only one either, read the sixth post down here:97 months agosays:everyone has different reasons for what they do. However as my living is dependent on what software and peripherals i use on my production machine, i generally won't upgrade a.OS until at least 8-12 months after release.if there are few to no issues reported i'll use the lower figure.
After a year it's increasingly probable i may lose clients due to incompatibility issues.for those who are doing production work, it's still a debug fest upgrading to OS X Lion. JMO.97 months agosays:Nikon Coolscan 8000 via Marktplaats!97 months agosays:Speaking of Vuescan and Silverfast has everyone noticed that if you have any version of Silverfast that you can make a copy of the serial number and email it to Vuescan then you can get a free upgrade from Vuescan to the Professional Version? Saves 40 dollars on the Pro Version of Vuescan and get free upgrades for life. Check the Vuescan WebsiteI have already gotten my free upgrade.97 months agosays:Why is it that I am happy with Epson Scan?97 months agorampant observation deleted says:i feel the same way. The epson software seems fine for my purposes.97 months agosays:I havent cracked the code with Epson Scan and BW yet, I seem to constantly block up the blacks when scanning Tri-X.97 months agosays:Epson Scan suits me fine. There are a couple of things I wish it did better, but nothing that can't be done (if I desperately require it) by a freeware app like Irfanview.97 months agosays:What are the improvements over v.6.6? Except for the 'improved' UI?97 months agosays:Thanks!!!
I'm downloading CyberViewX.97 months agosays:I like the new UI and the improved scanning workflow of v8. However, not being able to use iSRD on 48bit HDR scans is a real dealbreaker for me.Not buying.97 months agosays:The real problem is, the high end scanners.
For example, I bought a Linotype Topaz II, which was Linotype's highest end flatbed scanner, (new it was $10 - $15 thousand brand new) for $100 off ebay, but the Silverfast scanning software (that will run under OS X) is. (wait for it) $2000. Well, I can't afford that, so I have to use the older Linocolor software and do my scans with my B&W Macintosh running OS 9. How in the world LaserSoft can justify $2000 for a 35 meg piece of scanning software is beyond me.97 months agoad hoc drop deleted says:i'm very happy with viuscan! On my Mac for Nikon 5000 ed. Its, chepa anf the book just release is good!Greg97 months agosays:I feel the same way.
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I tried everything that came with my V750 (including silverfast, mostly because I was to green too know better) and felt like I wasted my time trying to high-marketed software to deliver as advertised (in fact, I had to rescan much of it). The basic scan software that came with the epson was more than adequate (and created the best images with the least amount of fuss).I also feel somewhat sorry for Mac Users and their limitless problems with software drivers with widely differing (and often non-reverse-compatible) Operating systems. Good luck guys, Steve Jobs thanks you for the years of free advertising and support!:DOriginally posted 97 months ago.Rodney A. Johnson edited this topic 97 months ago.says:All my black and whites were from my used Epson 2480 with Epson software. What would new software do for me?97 months agosays:I will repeat what I said in the plustek thread as it goes even more with the epson V series scanners, even more so because the epson when compared to the plustek software is more then adequate even if it is a bit hands on clunky.If you have any form of workflow the Silverfast software is a piece of junk you would have to spend at least the cost of a scanner to upgrade to a usable version. Besides a rather useless raw mode it doesn't have 48 bit per colour save function. The raw mode would be good if it integrated with lets say Lightroom but it doesn't.
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It designed to work with another pricey piece of software you have to buy from them. I don't know about you but I only like to scan once and use the file as a master.To top it off they keep on telling you to read a 500 page manual and strongly implying that if you want to be a pro you are using the wrong scanner software.The solution is easy buy Vuescan for $40 and upgrade to the pro for free if you show them your Siverfast license. The pro has lifetime support, useful raw workflow and can support multiple scanner types.97 months agosays:I've said it before and I'll say it again: Vuescan Pro + ColorPerfect are the way to go for achieving great results without going completely broke!97 months agosays:'I've said it before and I'll say it again: Vuescan Pro + ColorPerfect are the way to go for achieving great results without going completely broke! 'I absolutely agree on ColorPerfect, but I use Nikon Scan instead of Vuescan. Works well.97 months ago.