jroos

Just to clarify, you mean 16bits per channel? That's what the Coolscan outputs and how VueScan saves it. This is good to know. I never had any misconceptions that Vuescan raw was anything very special, just very different from what I've received from local providers in the past. The last time I bothered to pay to have film digitized I was extremely disappointed with the off-color low quality jpegs I got back. However, it has probably been 15 years.

Thanks, I was hoping to find quality in proportion to the Coolscan. My crummy flatbed (HP ScanJet 5370c) tops out at 1200 dpi. I also don't get the IR channel for dust and scratch removal assistance.

I'm looking to digitize 14 medium format negatives. I have been using VueScan myself with a Coolscan IV to digitize every 35mm, 110, Instamatic negative and slide I can get my hands on. Unfortunately the Coolscan IV is too small for medium-format and the results with my flatbed scanner are absolutely inadequate. I could certainly go to a local lab and have them digitized, but I really want to receive back VueScan raw files. Is anyone familiar with a processor that digitizes negatives commercially using VueScan? Alternately, where a guy could rent a suitable scanner to be used in Minnesota?