That was a 35mm neg. I haven't done a lot of playing with it, but I wasn't terribly happy with the unsharp mask function of the Epson scan so I just turned it off.
Glad you like it so far! ~nick On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > Nick David Wright wrote: > >> Hi Ann, >> >> I got to thinking. The "wrecked car" photo you like. That neg has been >> severely mistreated in its 10+ years in my shoebox. It is full of dust >> and scratches. With ICE turned on I didn't have to do a single bit of >> spotting. >> > ooh was that a 35 mm neg? > >> Did you get the scanner yet? Do you like it? >> >> ~Nick >> > I love it but I only did two things so far. > > I expect to have examples up sometime over the weekend or later -- > > I owed a friend a scan of a 4 x 6 print from 2001... and I did one > experiment with a slide that > I had had professionally scanned a number of years ago and I like the result > of mine better... > > One frustrating moment was that my old scanner's on/off button was right in > front where > the V500's "start" button is... and it didnt go. I checked the connections > etc... finally picked up > the quick start sheet again . duh! never saw the side switch. > > I didn't use digital ice or any of the other buttons except the UNSHARP > mask, but I was working with > a good well exposed slide. Didn't use auto mode. > > More when I do more. > ann > > > >> >> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> So... sic transit 1640... I"m geting the V500... it says it comes with >>> Digital Ice... >>> >>> I think I remember a cautionary note about using it... from some one >>> here >>> (or from my stock agency) >>> >>> any rants or raves guys? >>> >>> Thank goodness the scanner only costs $112 -- and that some of you >>> (along >>> with others) bought my calendars...! >>> >>> T I A for any comments >>> >>> ann >>> annsan.smugmug.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
