Gerald,
How much are these scanners worth in Australia? and where did you pick yours
up from?
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Altoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: Anyone using the Pacific-Image Prime-Film 1800U scanner?
> On Thu, 8 Feb 2001 00:27:17 -0800, Gerald Cermak wrote:
>
> >I'm gentle on equipment, but the real question is, could I get 1000 scans
> >out of it? 10000? Are the scans workable with good editors? I've been
> >using a Photosmart S20 for 1.5 years, and have finally figured my way
around
> >it's limitations to get fairly decent scans. They both are 36-bit, and I
> >primarily scan negs, so I'll be losing batch capability. I plan on just
> >using it's TWAIN drivers on Win2000, so as long as I can extra a decent
> >12-bits per color at 1800 dpi without much alteration by the drivers
> >themselves, I think I can adjust/tweak/sharpen the image into nice web
and
> >email pix. Right? Is it good enough to accomplish this? That's my real
> >question.
>
> Gerald,
>
> Yes it will do this. I find it scans negs better than it scans slides.
> I simply do a 36 bit scan into Photoshop and do a level adjustment on
> each colour separately for black and white then fine tune the midpoint
> the same way and it comes out ok. For slides I do adjustments in the
> scanner software using the gamma control to get a reasonable dynamic
> range and then adjust in Photoshop for correct black white and
> midtones. I never use the auto gamma or contrast, it gets it wrong,
> particularly adding a very bad red cast.
>
> I think it's sturdy enough and have done probably a thousand scans. I
> did take one back for replacement because i noticed 2 1 pixel lines on
> the scans, but they were actually scratches on the negs just so fine
> they were basically invisible (they were caused by 2 very small specs
> of dust, that I never managed to see, on the pressure plate of my Z1p
> and a thorough cleaning fixed it). The one I got for replacement is
> quieter and just slightly sharper so I didn't take it back when I
> realised my mistake. I'm happy with it for the next few years until I
> can afford a 4000dpi or higher scanner and printer to match.
>
>
> Leon
>
> http://www.bluering.org.au
> http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
>
>
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