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SilverFast for EPSON Perfection V600

November 11th, 2009 · No Comments · News, Reviews, Scanner, SilverFast

Brand-New from EPSON:
The Perfection V600 Photo Scanner
Scanners – and especially film scanners – are devices that are often very expensive or not much good. With its new Perfection V600 Photo EPSON wants to show, that there is another way to go. This low-current flatbed scanner with a tranparency unit in the top cover enables [...]

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Update: HDRi & EPSON scanners

November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · HDR, News, Processing, Scanner, SilverFast, analogue photography

The 64bit HDRi RAW data format developed by LaserSoft Imaging is now available for three further EPSON scanners; newly added are:
Perfection 4490, V500 and V600.
Thus, the following EPSON scanners of the Perfection series are benefitting from the HDRi format:

4870 Photo
4490 Photo / Office new
4990 Photo
V500 Photo / Office new
V600 Photo new
V700 Photo
V750 Pro

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A DVD guide to digital printing and scanning

October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · HowTo, News, Photography Books, Printing, Reviews, Scanner, Tips and Tutorials, Video

In association with EPSON UK photo-i has just released a great tutorial / guide DVD covering all aspects of digital printing and scanning. Photographer Vincent Oliver has written and edited this easy-to-follow introduction to digital imaging. Running almost 3 hours Vincent Oliver shows how to get the best from printer and scanner.
Topics featured are:

choosing printer [...]

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SilverFast 64Bit HDRi raw data format – now available for Epson scanners

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · HDR, News, Photography, Processing, Scanner, SilverFast

NEW: The SilverFast 64bit HDRi Raw data format is now available for EPSON scanners!
LaserSoft Imaging has developed the 64bit HDRi RAW data format and is now providing support for the first EPSON scanner models.

The significant advantages at a glance:

64bit RAW data including the infrared channel means highest quality
fast archiving even of large collections possible
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Japanese tech geek builds 130 megapixel scanner camera

July 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Digital Photography, Distraction, Flickr, HowTo, Photography, Scanner, SilverFast, Uncategorized, Video

It’s not something that you would take on your next Photo safari but if you are into gadgets and alike you will love this one. A japanese camera buff build himself a 130 megapixel camera from an older 1200 dpi Epson flatbed scanner and a manual Canon lens. The images are huge:  13,068 x 10,173 pixels. (The [...]

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LaserSoft Imaging supports “Herbar Digital” research project

July 13th, 2009 · No Comments · HDR, Photography Business, Scanner, SilverFast, Uncategorized

Herbar Digital is a research project at the Fachhochschule Hannover (FHH), Germany taking place from 2006 to 2011 for rationalising the virtualization of botanical document material and their usage by process optimization and automation.
LaserSoft Imaging supports the project by handling the technology management and by providing SilverFast  scanner and image processing software. As example specimens, the scientists [...]

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