I finally got it to scan a B&W image, but, I've only tried scanning a couple and they were from my 1st attempt at b&w so they were pretty rough.
Mike Y. >From: Mike Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Got a cheap film scanner... >Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 11:31:07 -0800 (PST) > >Hi everyone, >I hope you don't mind a dumb question....but I have >been thinking about getting a new scanner, and >actually this film scanner sounds great...especially >the price...but it does both B & W and color? I >actually want it for B&W, to do "proofs", before I >decide which negatives are worth printing....saves a >lot of time. I don't want to invest in the high >quality printer you would need to due color prints, >and I don't want to get into color darkroom work >either! So this would work OK for B & W proofs? >Thanks! Mike Steele > >--- Delano Mireles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One last question. > > > > Does it support Twain acquire? I'd love to just > > import directly through > > Photoshop. > > > > I'm really tempted at that price. I've been just > > using the scanners we have > > here in our lab at Apple and while they are nice > > they are not at home :-) > > On top of that, my wife is wanting to create some > > calendars for her parents > > as gifts so what better excuse... > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Delano > > > > > From: "Tim S Kemp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:10:17 -0000 > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: Got a cheap film scanner... > > > > > >> I saw this one on Costco's website for $149. > > Does it really scan at 1800 > > >> dpi (optical)? I've had a Umax scanner for a > > while but it is SCSI and > > > it's > > >> been a pain to connect ever since we moved into > > our new home. I've been > > >> eyeing USB scanners (Epson 1250 photo, Umax 6450) > > and they have a maximum > > > of > > >> either 1200 or 600. It seems that at 1800 I > > could get reasonable 8x10's. > > >> Any experience with that? > > > > > > It seems to scan at 1800dpi 12bit/channel quite > > happily, moving to it from > > > my (home) Scanjet 3400 and (work) Canon 626 the > > increase in depth and detail > > > is astonishing. Worth the money and 8x10 is quite > > acceptable! > > > > > > Takes a while at top quality and the user > > interface is a bit crappy though. > > > - > > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. > > To unsubscribe, > > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > > directions. Don't forget to > > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > > http://pug.komkon.org . > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. > > To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. > > Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > > http://pug.komkon.org . >Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. >http://personals.yahoo.com >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
