Buze said:
I would have been GLAD to have read about the problems before I bought it. Instead,
If something is not good, I would much rather hear it here (or on some other forum) than to find out by experience myself. Because of listening to the people here, for example, I have a good idea of which of the fixed lens rangefinders are gems, and which ones are dogs.
I've griped here on occasion, about film that did not do what I expected, about ebay, about all kinds of things. Some of it was probably just me wanting to rant, but I figured that others might benefit from hearing it.
I also do think I sound off when I like something as well.
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I bought it pretty much on faith of the good reviews, and I feel robbed; especialy since the bad opinions have a tendency of diseapearing into the ether it seems.
Shutterflower, and now Buze, quite honestly I now feel somewhat exonerated (sp?) for not buying Vuescan! If I may rant for a few sentences.
For a while, it seemed like the universal one-size-fits-all solution for any scanner problem or question was "get Vuescan".
My scans are too dark! Get Vuescan!
The highlights are all blown out! Get Vuescan!
Should I scan B&W negs as color? Get Vuescan!
My bathtub drain is stopped up! Get Vuescan!
I did download the demo version. I tried it on both the HP flatbed and the DS IV (no, I don't remember it making grinding noises) and I found it confusing as all get-out and poorly documented!
I just kind of shut up. I figured that I must be missing something, or somehow did not have the technical capacity to fully appreciate such a thing since it seemed like all the people here were sooooo ga-ga over it.
Until this morning. I swear this is the first negatve I've hever heard about that program here.
No, I didn't hear what you said as ranting or bitching. We need to know when others have experiences with things, gear, film, software, paper, that do not meet their expectations!
