Well, I did simple comparisons saving the same file in four versions:
Adobe 98 RGB with embedded ICC profile;
same without profile embedding;
sRGB (converted from Adobe in PS7) with profile embedded;
sRGB without embedding the profile
Opening them in Win XP image viewer revealed the best
Yes, thanks.
Of course, the scans are sharpened (if necessary) prior to Save for Web, but
I was talking about
color flatness (perhaps can be considered as lack of saturation or
contrast).
Other web site I looked at featured really punchy thumbnails (as well the
full-sized images) being very
This is correct approach indeed. I follow this rule as well.
I built already (and continue actually to do it) some image archive where
the images are stored in their final condition thus after sharpening.
The web gallery utilizes the images from this archive thereby eliminating
the need for
Thanks, I'll check it myself.
Regards,
Alex Z
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Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Service/cleanup for Nikon LS-30 in the UK?
is a separate plug in
anyway, if one feels the need for it.
Art
Alex Zabrovsky wrote:
Howard, you obviously meant you don't miss ROC feature rather then IR
cleaning (ICE) since the originals are all susceptible to dust regardless
of
being old or new and can be scratched right
away from
BTW, about Web exhibition:
what would be preferred policy of image offering for the public ?
I mean small GIFs as thumbnails linked to JPEGs of certain resolution of
JPEG only approach ?
I jus approached the step of building web gallery as part of my soon-to-be
web site, so would appreciate any
Thanks Anthony, appreciate your help.
I have my monitor usually set to 1280x1024, but as I infer from your
explanations this cannot be considered as common practice, so the target is
under 800x600.
However, in terms of colors my graphics card/monitor combo works with 32 bit
color definitions.
Following your discussion which I find quite interesting I would like to ask
something in regard of Nikon's GEM usage for archival stuff.
Of course, this is primarily for Nikon scanner users who use GEM routinely.
First of all, I found applying GEM at the maximum setting (4) to be most
efficient
You're certainly correct Henk, thanks for pointing out to this fact.
Frankly, so far I didn't notice any visible artifacts caused by that which
is the reason I wasn't aware about the problem. Strange.
I tried 1600x1200, both monitor and graphics card handle this resolution
well, but the text is
: [filmscanners] Re: PS sharpening
Alex..
You can always increase the font size on your desktop 1600x1200 gives
you a much larger area to play with... (increase font size by going to...
Settings - Advanced -General).
Cheers...
SD
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Has anybody have a chance to try Kodak's COLORFLOW ICC color profiles
builder software to calibrate his scanners ? (especially would be interested
in IV ED calibration experience).
I found quite rave review of this thing from Bruce Fraser using it on
LS-4000. According to him it would noticeably
Well, if the G450 works this way, I assume my G550 would do the same, right
?
So does that mean that the image itself is 24 color in PS while the 32 are
only relevant for monitor's appearance ?
Regards,
Alex Z
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BTW, recently some of our fellows pointed me to the Bruce Fraser's article
on creativepro.com
taking the approach of two-step sharpening. I assume some of more
knowledgeable PS users here are more or less familiar with this technique so
will probably be able to clarify something for me.
A little bit off-topic issue:
I intend to begin building my web site soon having gained reasonable amount
of images to be exhibited.
I'm quite novice in web design, have no idea how to do that myself.
I would be glad to hear any suggestion you have which simple-to-use software
can be utilized
that
the Pantone Colorvision package is a good one. By poor-man's calibration,
I meant those packages that don't include a colorimeter.
--
Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
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From: Alex Zabrovsky
Well, I indeed wasn't prepared to shell out 800-1000 US
Hi.
I intend to begin to use Batch feature of my LS-40 in hope to save the
valuable time scanning film strips.
As I understood from that miserable piece of information about Batch
scanning in the manual, there is no possibility of preparing history for
each frame into the scanned strip with all
Oh yeah,I just run through it. :-)
Recently I purchased Monaco device with the EZMonacoColor calibration
software (ver. 2.0)
Just prior to establishing my permanent image processing machine I used my
work's antique laptop
(Celeron 333, 192 MB memory - very slow performance) hooked to my LS 40 and
Hi all.
After I finally established by image processing and archiving PC system,
it's time to get some nice and useful image archiving and managing software
to keep track of my image database and easily manageable archive.
I would be grateful to anyone advising on this point.
My system consist
No Austin, perhaps I made me unclear:
the thread topic and how it has started has really captured my attention
raising quite interesting issue certainly related to the scanning, but then
many unnecessary discussions have entered this line going deeply into things
which has not much to do with the
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wrote:
Austin and Isidoro, thanks for your support of my point of view, but I
see
this thread isn't going to be shut down. I wonder where is our Moderator
disappeared.
A while ago I accidently raised up
Thanks Julian.
I'll take a look to your stuff and will get back.
Regards,
Alex Z
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Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of
? It also may be
cuased by a bad or deteriorating light source (e.g., a bad or deteriorating
LED or fluorescent tube in the scanner which is giving off a slightly
different color or color temperature).
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Yes, I also used to work with Adobe 98 in both Nikon 3.1.2 and Photoshop
delivering good, well balanced results, until recently the scanner began to
deliver pinkish scans with which I'm struggling till now...
Regards,
Alex Z
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to
the scanner output in the scanner's driver or application.
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Subject: [filmscanners] Scanner profile
Once I'll have
I don't have these (I own Nikon IV ED) but from those you mentioned the
Polaroid beats the rest hands down according to all reviews and opinions I
heard, and also, considerable part of our community and very satisfied
SS4000 users and once you will become happy owner of one you will be able to
,
One correction... he is referring to the Polaroid Sprintscan 35 plus,
which is an older scanner prior to the SS4000. It is not longer
supported by Polaroid in any major way.
Art
Alex Zabrovsky wrote:
I don't have these (I own Nikon IV ED) but from those you mentioned the
Polaroid beats
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Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 6:40 AM
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Well, must admit I cannot complain on the image quality delivered by my IV
ED using his default driver NikonScan 3.1.2. Nikon's CMS seems to work good
indeed
This is CRT monitor, but I have no idea how they created the profile.
For example, the usual color temperature used in PC monitors is 9300K while
I certainly prefer
6500K which is much more appropriate for image editing. Bearing that in
mind, I have no idea what color temperature they calibrated
Thanks Barbara.
Well, I cannot boast by the decent video card, since my only system so far
is quite old Compaq laptop powered by antique Celeron 330MHz with 192 MB RAM
and as you already realized the built-in video card is really weak. To make
the display stable I can barely run it at 800x600 @
Thanks, got it, good point.
Regards,
Alex Z
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Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Profiles
Alex writes ...
If I get your point
So embedding the color space into the image file ?
I do that all the time, but understood that the only viewing/editing
software featuring Color Management and able to use the embedded color
spaces is Photoshop and perhaps a very few others, while the most common
things (like ACDs and Windows
Well, must admit I cannot complain on the image quality delivered by my IV
ED using his default driver NikonScan 3.1.2. Nikon's CMS seems to work good
indeed.
However, I thought having the scanner calibrated precisely using the Q-60
TI8 slide and appropriate software might create even more
Thanks Michael.
My usual setup is scanning into Photoshop through calling for NikonScan
(3.1.2) via Import feature, doing presets on preview in NikonScan and scan
editing in Photoshop.
The NikonScan is configured to use Adobe 98 RGB color space and all the
editing is done in this space.
I just
Hi friends.
Recently I was given the IT8 35mm slide to try out my IV ED calibration, but
I have no calibration software to handle IT8 pattern.
I was able to download some free calibration software, but it turned to be
one based on their own
calibration transparency which must be purchased
Hi guys.
I just had a conversation with some experienced user of IV ED.
During the talk, he mentioned that once he acquired the scanner and started
to built his archive, he turned to negatives solely claiming that he found
the results to be better scanning negatives in case of wide dynamic range
some of my work here:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=189247
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On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:58:01 +0200 Alex Zabrovsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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As I mentioned previously, I tried
Oh, that hurts.
I run it on ordinary Win98SE, and the friend of mine works with it
in Win2000. However, if your system running WinNT and the software wasn't
designed to work under this OS, that is disappointing.
Regards,
Alex Z
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Thanks Colin.
In fact, I gave a try to Reala profile as well many others and nothing
helped.
Regards,
Alex Z
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reason ?
Regards,
Alex Z
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:39:25 +0200 Alex Zabrovsky
John, I'm second to your opinion. I was wondering why people continue to
complain heavily about Nikon Scan after ver. 3.1.2 became available.
I'm not a programmer, and wouldn't mind how exactly it was written and why
they chosen particular style of programming, but rather enjoyed the software
Hey Jack, are you really working for ASF ?
This is great because there is an option of getting first-hand information
about widely known ICE package functionally implemented into popular
scanners.
I'm considering purchasing of Nikon IV ED which features such
functionality...
Regards,
Alex Z
Hi.
Does anybody know where can I still find SS4000 available in US for online
ordering ? (Ecost doesn't seem to hold them any more, neither BH...)
Regards,
Alex Z
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for image editing
Alex,
The main reason I passed the URL along was for its tips on building a PC and
it's recent comments on the different types of memory.
Regards
David
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, but I am almost sure it is among the best as price/performance
ratio.
Sincerely.
Ezio
www.lucenti.com e-photography site
ICQ: 139507382
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www.anandtech.com
www.tomshardware.com
And then use www.deja.com to find newsgroups that are dedicated to the
questions you have.
Jawed
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Subject
Well, to be on-topic one additional question which is related to PC
hardware: is it important to chose certain Video Adapters for further image
editing or just anyone available today will do fine ?
Regards,
Alex Z
with someone with
similar interests.
Regards, Ken
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Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 11:30 AM
Subject: [filmscanners] Video card for imaging
Well, to be on-topic one additional question which is related to PC
Hi all.
Preparing to acquire IV ED within few weeks I've started to consider the PC
system to handle post-processing and image achivating.
Currently my regular system is quite old Compaq laptop running on
333 MHz Celeron + 192 MB memory. I realize that it will be probably quite
hard - nearly
No Richard.
I'm aware about Macs, however, their market is very narrow here in Israel
making them significantly more expensive then comparable PC and there will
be additional hassles of figuring out sotware for them.
Regards,
Alex Z
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Alex, did you download the TIFF files from the comparisons I posted of
single- and multi-pass scans?
Jawed
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Sent: 09 January 2002 22:55
Does anybody know where can I buy online (internationally) Kodak's standard
Q60 calibration slide ?
Regards,
Alex Z
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or 'unsubscribe
Thanks Jawed, appreciate your input.
In fact, I mostly will scan slides rather then prints.
(I shoot negatives only for portrait and other people-related stuff, using
slides for anything else).
What I meant under AF problem is actually too shallow DOF the Nikons seem to
generate resulting to
Hi.
I posted a query in regard of LS-40 (IV ED) performance for the scanner
users, however nobody answered yet. (I even though no LS-40 users on the
List yet)
Would appreciate if you will give your opinion about this scanner.
I mainly care about his true dynamic range for the ability to pull out
.
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Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 7:06 AM
Subject: [filmscanners] SS4000
First of all best wishes and prosperity in the New Year for all fellows and
your families.
That's might sound funny, but if someone would like
Thanks Ralf, very valuable contribution.
I was considering one as an option to SS4000, however I see there is still
no alternative to excellent SS4000.
Regards,
Alex Z
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First of all best wishes and prosperity in the New Year for all fellows and
your families.
That's might sound funny, but if someone would like to part with his/her
SS4000 (given it is in good shape and fully operational) I would be glad
helping you to get rid of one. (especially from European
What would you recommend as the most comprehensive image editing application
(software) considering resource/performance ?
I'm trying to evaluate what image evaluation/editing software would provide
me with best, yet simple managing taking the least amount of system
resources possible.
Photoshop
you
the chance to love and to work and
to play and to look at the stars.
-Henry van Dyke
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Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 9:42 AM
Subject: [filmscanners] Editing application
What would
Thanks Ed, valuable info indeed.
It's really worthwhile info to know that it will work with your software as
previous versions did.
Now, what about the quality ? Did you hear any opinions about his scanning
capabilities ?
Regards,
Alex Z
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Reading just the first page of the review, got confused a bit.
All the reviews I read online so far (I did quite extensive research in
regard of market choices for 2800 - 4000 dpi resolution consumer scanners
which included several models from Nikon, Minolta, SS4000 and FS4000 and
considering
Ed, didn't you get the Elite II from Minolta yet to add his support to the
Vuescan ?
I'm waiting impatiently for this model reviews and your opinion about one.
(Still cannot decide about 4000dpi of SS4000 or ICE 2820 dpi offered by
Elite II when it will hit the market).
Has anybody seen online
scanners...
Greetings Bernhard
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Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Possible two-pass trick on the Minolta
Multi-Scan Pro?
Ed, didn't you get the Elite II from Minolta yet
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Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 5:25 PM
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Subject: RE: filmscanners: File output format
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Alex Zabrovsky wrote:
Thanks.
The friend of mine owns Minolta Scan Speed. Unfortunately
Hi.
I have an idea for certain image processing for scanned images, however what
I'm missing is
the information what is the unprocessed raw format straight from the
scanner.
Is the downloaded raw file TIFF only ? What is his pixels format ? (is it
RGB 24 bit/pixel or something other like YUV, YCC
Thanks.
The friend of mine owns Minolta Scan Speed. Unfortunately, I didn't find
exact raw file format it downloads after the scan. It is referred as TIFF,
but what is exact data format inside in unclear.
I can only assume that this is RGB 24 or 36 bits/pixel, however I need to
know the exact
film. I believe it is a four layer film like
Reala (I don't think NGH II is). Can you order from Calumet? They sell five
packs for $31.99US ($6.40 a roll).
Jack
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Ireland...
Love that country. Visited it in 1998 for two weeks, walking all over
Dublin, driving to the west coast to Galway. Shoot about 12-15 rolls.
Should you ever visit Israel, just write me a few words. I'll point you out
to high-quality, reliable labs and a few pro photo shops where you
Jack, how did you find the NPZ ? (BTW, is that ISO 800 or 400 ?)
This film is quite expensive here in Israel, though the NPH (400) can be
purchased at very affordable price in pro shops.
Regards,
Alex Z
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Rob, there are many Mailing Lists and Forums available online
for any major brand (Canon, Minolta, Nikon and Pentax) where you will find a
lot of that brand specialists who can surely advise you about the brand and
third-party lenses you would go with.
I myself is Minolta shooter actively
know that Polaroid is bankrupt? I don't know if that will affect
any future warranty or not but the lesson you should take home is buy
product from a bankrupt company at your own risk.
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Alex Zabrovsky wrote:
Well, I'm still at this junction struggling between choosing SS4000
Well, I'm still at this junction struggling between choosing SS4000 or
FS4000, although for about 90% settled for SS4000.
Since living outside US I'm in any case no legible for Polaroid's famous 200
$ rebate so both SS4000 and FS4000 would cost me almost similar until I
bothered by noticeably
Mark, I would appreciate your work on that issue.
In case you only would like to share your opinion off-list, please don't
forget me... :-)
Regards,
Alex Z
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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 4:28 PM
Well, another opinion is always welcome.
I realize that absence of dust removal system will cost me some time doing
that manually, but anyway this choice cannot be considered as mistake. I've
heard good opinions about FARE more then once, but apparently noticeable
wider dynamic range would be
As far as I heard, there are two versions of XP: XP Home or XP Professional
(or XP Office).
Among certain differences, Professional offers immediate support for
FireWire while Home not.
There are the chances I'm wrong, but that what I heard.
Regards,
Alex Z
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From:
Paul, I understand your frustration from his test setup but camera body
wouldn't mind a lot.
You obviously meant lens not to be adequate for such kind of comparisons,
right ?
Though not being Canon user, I still think that Elan would suit the test but
the equipped with pro-quality optics.
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