#scanning #tips #software
The final two pieces of software are proprietary: Plustek's scanning software, and Hamrick's #VueScan (which is cross-platform, but I use it on Windows currently).
#plustek's config/scanning tool is really good at scanning & splitting things for you- I've used this extensively for smaller magazines, manuals, and pamphlets. It's quick & effective.
#VueScan is my current go-to for book/magazine scanning (anything that's printed to the edge). It's really good at this, and absolutely trash at any document that needs to be split- I try every so often, and just find I've wasted an hour trying to get it to work.

#scanning A little about the scanners themselves that I've used:
#Canon CanoScan LiDE 300- this is a solid workhorse under Linux, and is what I used for quite a long term to do a wide variety of scans. I've used Gnome Document Scanner, KDE Skanlite & Skanpage with this.
#Plustek OpticSlim 2680H- picked this up as a "parts only" thing, and got lucky there. This is absolutely amazing when you have a magazine/brochure/pamphlet that fits open on the glass
#microtek XT3300- this is my book edge scanner (was cheaper than a Plustek OpticBook at the time).

I've taken one old (1986/87) roll of film and scanned it with both the #Easy35 and with a #Plustek OpticFilm 8200i.

For a lot of the frames, there’s little important difference to my eye, but there are some things I see:

* The Plustek's frame holder can clip edges of frame. (See the cat photo. Excuse the mismatched exposure.)

* The Easy35 frames have some stray light. (This roll was pretty curly width-wise.) Only *obvious* (to me) in certain cases, but surely a factor.