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I have just received a similar (branded OTEK Filmscanner FS500-2) scanner and also had trouble getting it to work (Windows 8 had no support for it but no surprises there). Vuescan also unfortunately didn't recognise it either. I did however manage to get it to work under Ubuntu 13.04 although it failed under 12.04.lsusb gives me: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05a9:1550 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. You can see images properly using cheese if you install xcalib and run the terminal command xcalib -i -awhich inverts your display colours. Run it again to put things back to normal.cheese works ok but seems to destructively compress images it saves.
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I've found that webcamoid does a better job. Once you have saved the negative image, you use GIMP and the menu command 'Colors' (sic), 'Invert' to fix colours.You will likely have to process it further. 'Colors'; 'Auto'; 'White balance' works ok if you're lazy, but you can do a better job taking more time.
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ALDI have a $99 Digital Film Scanner for sale this week (25 June). It's a Fission 48bit colour scan, 1800dpi optical resolution, frame rate: 2592 X 1680 pixels @ 7.5 fps; one button operation, powered by USB 2.0; includes ArcSoft Photo Impression 6 software. Deals Direct also has one for $79.95 plus $9.95 shipping. Veho Smartfix Portable Stand Alone 14 Megapixel Negative Film & Slide Scanner with 2.4” Digital Screen and 135 Slider Tray for 135/110/126 Negatives Compatible with Mac/PC – Black (VFS-014-SF) 4.1 out of 5 stars 136.
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