[sane-devel] Affordable film scanner

Ulrich Deiters ukd@xenon.pc.Uni-Koeln.DE
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:04:24 +0200 (METDST)


> I have the same scanner. But I think I'm just using 3x8 bit when
> scanning - every time I tried 3x12bit all I got was a "solarized" image.
> So how should I proceed to 3x12bit scanning?

Get the latest Canon backend. The "solarization effect" occurs when
the FS2710 is not recognized and has a 8-bit gamma table sent to it
by the backend. The scanner seems to consider that as an insult. :-)

Regards,

Ulrich Deiters