I gather nobody on the list has attempted to clean the CCD of a SS4000?
Rob
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or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in
I've just set up my LS30 under Windows XP. Along the way I was looking at
Maxwell Optics' FAQ about the topic (Maxwell are the Australian Distributors
for Nikon). The link below contains a link to ASPI drivers for Adaptec SCSI
cards which gives me a 404 file not found error. Does it work for
Thomas Maugham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just scanned a negative and got the following information from
VueScan: 5576 x 3669 pixels 4000 dpi 1.39 x 0.917 inch 92.1 mb. The
size of the file on my hard drive is 119.885kb or about 119.9 mb. Why
the discrepancy between what VueScan says the file
My apologies to everyone on the list about the multiple messages - the proxy
through which I was sending the messages somehow sends multiple button
clicks in such a way that several copies of the message result. I don't
know why this happens, it doesn't happen all the time, and unfortunately the
Bob Shomler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure where I found it on Nikon's site; I did this last
summer. The Nikon scan version is 3.1.2.
Hi Bob,
OK, the version I have installed seems to be 3.1.0. I have to say that
Nikon have *greatly* improved their website and the drivers weren't too
Bob Shomler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have the same config working. I use Vuescan, not Nikonscan.
I did download and install the latest Nikon driver, and I downloaded
ASPI.
Pardon my ignorance - what version is the latest Nikon driver? Where did
you fnid it - because last I went searching
Peter Marquis-Kyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nah, too easy. What about Kodachrome. LS-30s just love Kodachrome :)
I think I'll be busy enough over the next couple of years without making the
film scanning too challenging! ;)
Berry Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Think about having someone shoot
If anyone has had any experience with the new Pentax Digital SLR, please
contact me off the list. I had a look at one today, and just checked the
specs. On the surface at least, it looks like the sort of thing I was
hoping Pentax would make - a camera that lets me use my existing lenses, and
Berry Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's an idea. I think all of us could agree to one thing, and that is:
what finally matters is how good the print looks. (Okay, some folks only
care about web published images, so you guys can get lost--no offense.)
There needs to be an art show where what
Julian Vrieslander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Recent versions of Vuescan contain provisions for building custom ICC
scanner profiles and custom ICC film profiles, using IT8 reference targets.
Thanks for the info Julian! Very interesting. It would be nice to be able
to make profiles for things
James Gaa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2. I occasionally scan slides (using a Nikon IV-D) that have a good deal of
orange and colors close to it, expecially orangey rust. I haven't found a
way of setting the options in Vuescan to produce a scan that matches the
slide closely. The problem seems to
Ellis Vener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am trying to help some friends out. Is it possible to
physically adject the focus mechanism on an
Coolscan 2000? they were given one but the focus
is way off.
Is the focus accurate using Nikonscan? Are the images silver based BW
film? If you try to use
Austin Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are you saying this applies when using Vuescan - especially with negs?
That is probably how every filmscanner that you or I would
use, works... The issue is the software (and possibly hardware), and
how it allows you to control this...but if you can get
Austin Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You should either get raw data from the scanner, or do the setpoints/tonal
curves correctly in the scanner software. Keep in mind, every time you
re-do setpoints/tonal curves, you are degrading the data. It's just a
fact
of how setpoints/tonal curves
Unfortunately I'm not one of the lucky majority who have scanners that
produce data with more than 10 bits per channel. I am still stuck with my
LS30. I don't know about other scanners, but I can say that difference
between scanning using Vuescan at 10 bits per channel instead of Nikonscan
at 8
mahimahi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a underwater photographer I use a small scuba tank fitted with a rubber
air nozzle. pure dry filtered regular air. The scuba regulator also
provides
a constant pressure and it can be used in any position without freezing
your
film. A $3 airfill can last
Jeff Scribner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have not shot Fuji Velvia or any of Kodak's professional slides, so I
can
not comment on them.
Velvia produces more saturated colour than Provia 100F but the grain is not
quite as fine (but it is virtually invisible at 2700ppi). The density of
Velvia
? I'm intrigued
becuse Velvia is ISO50 and Kodachrome is generally ISO64. Yes I know about
K25 and K200. :)
Rob
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gandve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone find a satisfactory solution to scanning BW negatives
using the LS-2000? Is there any hope that this could be made to
work?
It depends on the density of the negs. Try Vuescan with multiple passes.
Rob
Harvey wrote:
Don't know about the Velvia, but it is my understanding that Kodachrome's
stability is due to the fact that it
starts as a bw silver based film and the color is added during the
processing, and is not incorporated in the
original film (i.e. not color coupled).
I've heard that
Alessandro Pardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
a few months later I can state that PAN-F scans a lot better, with respect
to the D-Max problems, with my new Canon FS4000 (and latest Vuescan
version).
That says something very positive about the capabilities of the Canon.
Rob
Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not to be too picky, but Ektachrome is a Kodak trademark, and Fuji
therefore doesn't make any Ektachrome films. You probably would be more
accurate by saying all E-6 processed films if you wish to include
Fujichrome, although even the E-6 process is
Les Berkley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a couple rolls of Kodachrome that my father shot (Leica IIIc) when
I
was 3 mos old. That makes them (shudder) over fifty years old. They look
like the day they came back from Kodak. (Hell to scan though.)
The archival nature of Kodachrome is
Roger wrote:
At 11:26 PM +1000 12/12/01, Rob Geraghty wrote:
The archival nature of Kodachrome is awesome. It's a shame that the
technology is being displaced by ektachrome in that respect. However
I
believe the modern Ektachrome films are much more archival than earlier
versions.
Yes
Mário Teixeira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| Personally, I trust my film to maintain most of its integrity for many
| years to come, so I'm not panicking to get everything on CD-R.
Me too, I trust my color slides longevity -- I am scanning slides with
near
viruses will reduce the likelihood of network storms
resulting from virus propagation.
In other words - getting rid of viruses at the server would help the internet
be faster and more convenient.
Rob
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Philip wrote:
How much more shadow detail was there in the Polaroid over the LS30. I
have
an LS30 and I am still tempted to add the SS4000 while it is still so
cheap.
I would probably keep the LS30 for the ICE.
There seemed to be a LOT more shadow detail in the Provia 100F slides I
tried -
DRP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To Ed: please think about updating the Kodak negatives list in Vs!
AFAIK Ed is limited by the released PhotoCD profiles from Kodak. If Kodak
haven't published the profile for Portra, then Ed wouldn't be able to
provide one.
Rob
, but not shadow
detail. That's to be expected. But then the SS4000 cost twice as much
as the LS30 at the time.
Rob
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Have been running Nikon Scan 3.1 and win ME with no problems with the
LS2000.
Did an installation of XP now Photoshop or stand along the scanner is
not recognised nor the twain drive..
Have tried reinstall of both PS and Nikon Scan still no avail.
Any hints to rectify the problem? or where
to code, but very
intuitive for the user. Coordinate systems are not.
Rob
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Julian wrote:
Maybe we should ask Ed to use complex numbers (x +iy)
to represent the focus points
I doubt that many folks on the list would have heard of imaginary numbers,
but I could be wrong - there's a few electrical engineers out there I think!
Rob
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Julian Vrieslander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is a difference in contrast between the Nikon Scan and VueScan
images, and I did not try to equalize them. But I think you can still
see that the NS image is sharper, and that is because I was able to set
focus on the spot in the enlargement.
Ralf Schmode [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
after so many people stating that *all* Nikon filmscanners allegedly have
that DOF problem, it is good to read from someone else who in fact *is*
able to
get edge-to-edge sharp scans out of a Nikon.
Caveat: I suspect others are wanting more out of the
take a long
time to do. Nine would be painful. =8^o
I don't have the means to measure it, but I'd guess that nine focus measurements
would take about as long as using the film strip holder (doesn't help those
with mounted slides, I know).
Rob
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dyes aren't faded, just set Color|Color balance
to White balance.
So the fluorescent setting in the colour options isn't really needed?
[Autolevels]
No, it works fine.
Cool. Thanks!
Rob
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the basics would translate reasonably
well from one *film* scanner to another.
Rob
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know if anyone regularly uses those settings, but if they're obsolete
maybe they should be removed? The only colour settings I tend to use are
White Balance, Neutral and None.
Regards,
Rob
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real solution for curled film
is the flim strip holder. If only the feeder held the film flat!
Rob
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for the
mechanism to touch the film where it curls it around. Others have mentioned
scratches with the motorised feeder. FWIW I don't think it's ever damaged
any of my film.
Rob
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Museum). TIA.
Wouldn't autolevels (or manual levels) go a long way toward that? If you
have Paintshop Pro 7 there's a colour restoration feature which works really
well.
In vuescan there's an option in the colour balance for fluorescent but
I haven't tried it.
Rob
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of the plastic.
I've seen some sort of edge effects with some slides on my LS30 but it's
a while since I scanned mounted slides.
Rob
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Andy Darlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do I need to use Vuescan or is there another way?
You might as well give Vuescan a try. What film are you scanning - is there
an obvious reason why it is very dense? Like Velvia, K25, Provia 100F?
Rob
DRP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am actually testing Portra 400BW , the new chromogenic BW film from
Kodak.
Interesting - is this replacing T400CN which I hear is being phased out in
the US?
Rob
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=455020size=lg
Wow! It's amazingly sharp! But did you intend to leave in the dust and
scratches? :-7
Rob
how much better my photos could be!
Rob
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Didier wrote:
Farther than the right profile in Vuescan, advices and tips for scanning
chromogenic BW will also be welcome!
Isn't there a profile for T400CN in Vuescan? Or you could use the generic
setting and convert to greyscale later.
Rob
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of slides. If you really need the 4000dpi
and 14bit dynamic range of the LS4000, you'll probably have to find the
money. But if the 2700dpi and 12 bits of the LS2000 is enough, a second
hand or refurb unit would be worth looking into.
Rob
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Ken Durling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Your suggestions are helping. Generic and Neutral color balance
are getting me closer to at least the right hues, although the
saturation is still way off.
Saturation is always low with Vuescan in my experience, but it's easily
fixed in an editor. Glad
Ken Durling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there any grey point you can use with Levels to neutralise the image?
This sounds interesting - but I'm afraid I dont' fully understand the
notion. Would you mind explaining a little further?
If you use the levels tool in Photoshop and find a spot in
Mark Otway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The latter would suit my desk layout better, but will it affect the
scanner's performance in any way? Is there an optimal position, or will
it make no difference?
My LS30 has been lying on its side for about a year now. It works fine.
One possible
I just processed a roll of Fuji 800 which has both underexposed frames and
overexposed frames. It should give me some idea of the difference in
grain.
Well, this roll of Fuji 800 doesn't seem to demonstrate the same awful grain
I've seen in the past! :-7 Yes, there's quite a lot of grain,
was Provia 100F. The grain in the 800
is amazingly fine IMO if the film is properly exposed. I just wish I had
an underwater camera with a strobe!
Rob
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end of the frame to be out of focus.
So I guess - YMMV.
Rob
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Ken wrote:
Very strange. I've tried everybody's suggestions, scanning under SGH,
NGH, Real 100 (Japan) even Royal Gold 400, but a shot I have of a
blood-red DayLily keeps coming out deep purple. Any ideas?
Is there any grey point you can use with Levels to neutralise the image?
Rob
Rob
Ken Durling wrote:
Tried NHG, and it was way off. Haven't tried SHG, and I don't know
why not! Will do and report.
I don't know if you've tried this, but have a go at Generic Colour Negative
and Neutral instead of White Balance.
Rob
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So there is a program that listens to the bus and logs everything that
goes
through it?
Vuescan has a mode which dumps SCSI commands. don't know what other tools
Ed may use.
Do they make any basic sense or are they like assembler or
machine language, if those terms are still in use?
I've
this accounts for some of the softness when removing dust and scratches?
Rob
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that there is no connection between
Nikon Scan's auto-exposure algorithm and LED brightness.
There isn't. The LED brightness is fixed and the exposure is adjusted by
varying the integration time.
Rob
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such as the FS2710.
For instance, I've found the grain in Fuji 800 print film horrid, but Tony
said it was fine. On the other hand Tony was overexposing the 800 while
I was (of necessity) underexposing it. I haven't tried Fuji 800 overexposed
to look at the difference in apparent grain.
Rob
Rob Geraghty
Mark Otway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
with some shots taken on 800 Fuji film which was left over after I shot
some fireworks a few weeks ago, and which produced scans which were just
too grainy with NikonScan.
Anything dark will be a problem because large amounts of the image will be
close to
...I'm very frustrated that I can't dodge and burn in BW images. I've
read an article about simulating these functions by using multiple
layers,
but I haven't learned about layers, yet, and the whole thing was over my
head.
Try downloading a demo of Paintshop Pro. There's dodge and burn
Jawed Ashraf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Out of interest, which scanner are you using?
LS40.
How many bits does Nikonscan deliver? ISTR it's only 8, but the input is
14?
Rob
Jawed wrote:
No, from the LS40, Nikon Scan will deliver 12 bits
inside a 16-bit file.
That would certainly make Nikonscan useful! :)
Rob
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in PS tends to shift the colour balance, but HSL levels in PWP
doesn't.
What am I missing here?
Rob
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Herb Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
recommendations for the best out-of-the-box color negative film to use
with a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 and PolaColor SprintScan or Vuescan.
I'd suggest Fuji Superia 400. I haven't tried Supra 400 as I can only
easily buy it
in packs of 5.
Rob
I'm leaving for my vacation soon, and although I'd like to evaluate my
camera equipment against various films, film processing and digital
post-processing, there's really no time.
Something else comes to mind - given the current paranoia in the world, you
probably want to try to process
scanning at 1200dpi
and using PSP to resample.
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it seems easy to me to get
a pleasing result. *shrug* If Nikonscan gives you what you want, nobody
says you have to use Vuescan.
Rob
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.
the word colour). There may be other differences such as default measurements
in metric instead of imperial, dates etc. I know that with other software
eg. PSP, it's not advisable to upgrade a european english version with the
US english version or vice-versa.
Rob
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Bill Fernandez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
this regard, but the comments were mild. Other than that I don't
remember anyone anywhere mentioning FOCUS as a problem with the
Polaroid.
Strictly speaking, the problem with the Nikon is depth of field, not focus.
:)
[question to all]
Has anyone with
Mark Otway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alternatively, you could move the list to a yahoogroups list.
Which also allow more than one moderator so the work can be shared.
Rob
the results?
Has anyone done any testing on the depth of field on the SS4000? I've heard
a lot about the Nikons, but not much about the Polaroid. I'm not disputing
there's a problem - I'm just wondering whether the problem persists with
other 4000dpi scanners and the same slides?
Rob
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if the shipping costs to Oz were similar.
Thanks,
Rob
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of the
sensor with compressed air - but check whether opening the case of the scanner
voids the warranty. If the scanner is under warranty and the brush doesn't
work, the best option may be a warranty repair.
Rob
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at Epson or Umax for small
transparencies. I don't know if there's anything cheap that will scan
a large transparency well.
Rob
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David wrote:
If the carrier seemed to be constantly seeking you may have dirt in the
sensor. There is a brush assembly that you can request, free, from Polaroid
support.
David, maybe this is a dumb suggestion but why not add the brush to the
standard kit for the scanner?
Rob
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was that it was much easier
to focus the big lenses because the viewfinder image was much brighter.
I just priced a 43mm Pentax prime as an import from Japan. Much cheaper
that way for me, as the Australian prices are silly. Now I just need to
find US$450...
Rob
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Andrea de Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a CreoScitex scanner with attached a, Apple G4 Silver 733 with OS
9.2.1 and 1GB of ram;
I noticed that the internal HD is a slow 5400rpm UltraAta HD; question:
since I work only with
Photoshop and my images are about 60mb in size and I just have
Ken Durling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On a related note - I kind if wish Vuescan didn't leave it so easy to
overwrite a file, since it doesn't ask you if you want to overwrite
the file of the same name. I've had to rescan a couple when I forgot
to go into files and change the name. This is
Bob Shomler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How does this equipment manage to make a colour positive and at the same
time remove the orange mask?
Wouldn't this be the same type of digital image processing as film scanner
software
uses to produce a preview of a scanned negative? How is this imaging
to set up, just like 0/1!
IMO the higher RAID types are fine for servers, but not worth the hassle
for home use. I think for home/SOHO use with film scanning, go for striping
to get the speed and if you're worried about security, get a tape drive
for backup.
Rob
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? Are there IDE RAID solutions for Mac?
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the lenses made in scanning
on the LS30.
Rob
PS I got two more of my photos on the magazine cover. Scanned with the LS30
and they look great! :)
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compared to a general aviation aircraft like a Cessna.
Regards,
Rob
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clouds.
FWIW the different dye clouds seem to behave quite differently with light.
Colour neg film grain seems to look sharper and more coarse, while slide
film grain seems to look smoother. I've seen photomicrographs of Provia
100F and it looks quite amorphous.
Rob
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sensitive
to which intensities of light and therefore what got removed in processing?
Rob
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better glass in front of the film.
Rob
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to
scan Fuji 800 exposed at a higher speed and gets great results. My only
experiences with 800 have been with low light (underexposed) images and
was unimpressed with the grain aliasing I saw. Overexposed I don't doubt
the story is different!
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Ken Durling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone feel like expounding briefly on the multiple pass technique?
It just means the scanner does several passes and combines the result.
I'm using Vuescan and a FS2710, slides and both color and BW negs.
What is the purpose and what determines the
- unless you have a lot of old
dirty films you want to scan. If the films are all clean and new, go for
the Polaroid.
Rob
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responded with their experiences of scanning
and what impact the lens used has had.
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to find and its significance not obvious. It's generally
only a problem for digest users.
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have very limited funds, so
the best choice seems to be get a good lens for the gear I already have.
Will have to buy another roll of Provia 100F...
Obscanning: Has anyone else noticed the difference in sharpness between
their lenses when scanning films?
Rob
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Hi Alex!
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.
Thanks. Someone sent me an
Sorry - I have been trying to take this thread offlist and failed to check
the reply address on this one. :(
FWIW I am looking to borrow a friend's camera to compare the quality of
results with his prime lenses. I want to get an idea of just how much
improvement I should expect before I run out
fuzzy, I wouldn't know what I
was missing. But the ones taken with prime lenses are significantly sharper
(duh on my part).
Rob
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scanner - I'd much rather spend the money on a new
lens!
Rob
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to disconnect the internal
light in the scanner. The scanners firmware is also optimised for the internal
light. YMMV.
Rob
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Maris wrote:
Sorry, Rob - you lost me there. What do you mean?
| Is it possible to set the input directory and the output directory to
different
| values? If so, can't you use identical filenames?
If you have a directory filled with raw files as the input directory, and
specify a
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