Tony, First, below is a note from Ed Lusby. I don't know what to make of his difficulties communicating, but I thought sending it along to you might be useful.
Below Ed's note is something I wrote to John Mahany after he so kindly sent me the info re: cleaning an SS4000. I hate to see this list die, it has been too good to just let it disappear - especially when much of the expertise that is here (o0r was here) applies all along the process of digital photography. Other lists that are supposed to deal with various topics are usually too limited - either to a certain manufacturer, or software vendor, or the material they deal with lacks the depth that I know I need. The people here are the only ones I've found that consistently know the answers, and more. Laurie seems to be a treasure in himself, and there are several others who are as good and in some cases better. My suggestion is to widen the topic and then try to revive the list. I would be willing to help by shilling for the list on other venues. Hope we can keep it going. Brad Hi Brad, I haven't been able to post to filmscanners recently because my return email address was refused. There is nothing wrong with the return address, so I'm not sure what the problem is. I've also tried to contact Tony Sleep (the "owner" of filmscanners) but that message is also returned. Would you please forward this to filmscanners for me? Thanks. I share your concerns about the group, Brad, and I certainly agree that the expertise here is unparalleled. I have been astounded at the responses from the experts on the list regarding the amount of time that these people have taken to help others. I believe that is part of the problem, however. Sooner or later you just can't keep doing it. New blood needs to take over, but it takes years to learn what the professionals on this list know. Widening the scope of filmscanners is not a bad idea, but that is up to Tony Sleep. I really miss the Epson inkjet group and would like that area added as well. I'd like to hear from Tony concerning his view of filmscanners and what he would like to do with it. Ed I wish we could rejuvenate the list, I learned more here as relates to all aspects of digital imaging including Photoshop processing and printing than I have found anywhere. The level of intelligence here has been several orders of magnitude above any other imaging list Iıve been on. Perhaps if the list were generalized to ³digital image creation², letting it grow to include discussions of various software from Lasersoft and Vuescan through various programs like PS (I saw a note elsewhere that asserted that a Lasersoft product is better than PS I think that was what was claimed) through specific printing programs. There is too much knowledge represented by Laurie, Art, David Littleboy and many others (I even come up with some useful stuff now and then) to just let it go. I know that other lists exist, but the chaff is often so thick, and the wheat so sparse that I despair. That wasnıt true here, even when the arguments re: dMax and # of bytes were going on. Even discussions of equipment I will never own (probably), like the Minolta scanners, were useful. Is something like this worth proposing further? Or am I missing something and it would be best to just let ³Scanners² die? It is my hope that by talking with a few folks, I might refine my idea and have a better chance of selling to whoever (I donıt even know who runs this list I can be oblivious on occasion). Who should this suggestion go to, and how might it be modified to improve its chances of succeeding, first in being tried, and second in practice? If you think this useful to post to the list, please feel free to do so with any modifications you think are useful. My goal is to find a way to get this going again, Iım aware that I would feel the loss of a tremendous resource if this list went away.. Thanks again for the info re: Polaroid. Iıve observed the cut off on the left of the histogram has been creeping up but Iıve never cleaned the unit and Iıve had it at least 5 years. Iıve also had other difficulties in separating highlights that appeared separable on the negative. I can imagine how dirt could affect that too. -- Brad On 27/5/04 0:00, "Tony Sleep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wrote: > >> >> Lately I've been seeing these again and suspecting dust on the CCD > > Here it was definitely some background utility I was running. If only I > could remember what it was! But once I removed it, the lines disappeared. > > Regards > > Tony Sleep - http://www.halftone.co.uk > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or > body > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body