Re: filmscanners: scanning PAN-F (was: Polaroid Rebate)

2001-07-27 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Alessandro Pardi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did. I experimented with various settings (long exposure pass, exposure, > gamma etc.) but it seems that the most dense parts of PAN-F are beyond reach > for this scanner I wonder if anyone has tried PAN-F with a SS4000 or other Polaroid scanner?

Re: filmscanners: Scanning and memory limits in Windows

2001-07-27 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Tony Sleep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:03:17 -0500 Laurie Solomon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > I noticed in both systems that since > > the addition of the RAM the Windows resources meter shows proportionately > > less system resources being used than previously (ie

Re: filmscanners: Scanning and memory limits in Windows

2001-07-27 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Dana Trout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A 25% faster drive won't necessarily get you 25% faster load/store > times. PhotoShop seems to be inordinately slow in dealing with > compressed TIFFs Paintshop Pro is the same. Opening a film scan in PSP takes *far* longer than in Irfanview. > BTW, Ed'

Re: filmscanners: VUESCAN Q: Does VueScan support the SF-200 Autofeeder on the LS4000?

2001-07-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Michael Greger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I rented an LS4000 today and I'm trying to use the SF-200 Slide > Autofeeder with VueScan. I do not remember seeing any information about > this feeder being supported or unsupported. In any case, I can't make > it work! Vuescan's help file says thi

Re: filmscanners: Matrox and Monitor standby

2001-07-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Colin Maddock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slightly off topic here, sorry about that. Recently installed a Matrox G450 > on my W98 (not SE) machine, and now I can't wake the computer/monitor > up after the monitor only has gone into Standby after x minutes of idleness. > It hangs, and has to be

Re: filmscanners: Scanning and memory limits in Windows

2001-07-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Raphael Bustin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, this doesn't sound right. For a given image, > a given file format, and compression method, the > file size should be deterministic. You're wrong, Rafe. :) I agree with what you're saying in principle but what was said is true - Vuescan's LZW

Re: filmscanners: Scanning and memory limits in Windows

2001-07-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Steve Greenbank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Further, in my experience of Win NT 4.0 the claimed reliability of desktop > PC's is a fallacy. At work I have used around a dozen PC's and all have been > much less reliable than my home PCs on Win9x. Gah. I use NT 4.0 SP6a on my computer at work a

Re: filmscanners: Matrox and Monitor standby

2001-07-29 Thread Rob Geraghty
"B.Rumary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > full, when the freezing starts again! Anyone any ideas on how to cure this? Try the gigabyte newsgroup since you have a GA motherboard, although I suspect an ATI discussion group may be more productive. alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.giga-byte PNP is a wonder

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available

2001-08-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
David wrote: > Yeah, me too. I had expected rather more professional > commitment - just glad I was only taken for $40. Presumably this is the sort of invective that made Ed want to drop support for the Mac. I can't see how it helps the cause. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROT

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available

2001-08-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
se to an excellent piece of software with free updates and support is a bargain IMO. If it wasn't for Vuescan, I would have trashed my LS30 long ago. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Provia 400 was Re: filmscanners: Supra 400 shadows

2001-08-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
pressed by it. I thought the colour was fine, and the grain wasn't too bad for 400ASA. Anyone expecting the lack of grain seen in 100F is being unrealistic and will be disappointed. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available

2001-08-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
ay for such petty reasons. If I was in Ed's position I wouldn't find his reasons petty but then maybe I'm not thick skinned enough. I suppose I was disappointed that Ed was getting flack for stupidity on the part of Apple. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Matrox and Monitor standby

2001-08-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
teruupt problems caused by the SCSI controller and the graphics card insisting on sharing the same interrupt. I don't know anything specifically about ATI cards. Again, the best resource for these issues is the gigabyte newsgroup. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan for Canon FS4000 Available

2001-08-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ed wrote: >What's new in version 7.1.8 > * Changing "Filter|Infrared clean" changes "Device|Bits per pixel" Huh? Does this mean that setting "Infra-red clean" automatically sets the input bits to RGBI? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: IT8 Calibration was Re: filmscanners: I love/hate SilverFast

2001-08-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
ave to be corrected anyway? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: IT8 Calibration was Re: filmscanners: I love/hate SilverFast

2001-08-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
e on the screen that I like than one which accurately reproduces what the film produced. The film's image is only a representation of reality anyway! Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Best digital archive medium for scans?

2001-08-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
r side. But it may not take too long to get higher densities. Yes, you could lose a lot of data - one of the things DVD-RAM has going for it is a case around the disk akin to the case on a 3.5" floppy. Reducing the likelihood of damage has to help. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Matrox and Monitor standby

2001-08-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
Colin wrote: >Rob Geraghty wrote: >>I have had interuupt problems caused by the SCSI controller and >>the graphics card insisting on sharing the same interrupt. >They are on the same interrupt (11) in my computer, but Windows just does >that. They are under the control of PC

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Matrox and Monitor standby

2001-08-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
shAF wrote: > You may want to check you mobo's manual with regard to which PCI > slots need share IRQs. I should have mentioned that the SCSI device is on the motherboard. I can't physically move it or the AGP slot. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: IT8 Calibration was Re: filmscanners: I love/hate SilverFast

2001-08-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Arthur Entlich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am very intrigued by the number of people on this list how have color > deficiency. Does anyone know how common this is in the general > population (or even just the male population)? I'll have to look that one up. I *think* it's more common in me

Re: filmscanners: Good neg stck on Scanwit

2001-08-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Mark T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have a 4000dpi scanner, probably. But I find with 2700 dpi, the > grain-aliasing makes it harder to get good enlargements (8x10 and up) off negs. Really Mark? You can't get a good enlargement to A4 at 2700dpi? That really surprises me - larger print

Re: filmscanners: reply regarding Sony 420 G monitor

2001-08-09 Thread Rob Geraghty
> > >It is hard to imagine this Sony monitor not having the ability to tweak > > >the individual guns (... is this some type of "consumer" model? ...). Is this stuff necessary? I discovered that under Win98SE just about any fully supported video card can do the required gamma adjustments. The m

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: OT: Spam

2001-08-09 Thread Rob Geraghty
able way is unlikely to represent a legitimate business. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: reply regarding Sony 420 G monitor

2001-08-09 Thread Rob Geraghty
Lynn wrote: > I'm running Win98 with an NVidia TNT2 card, and don't see anything > in the monitor controls that resembles a "tweak" or gamma adjustment. Lynn, are you running 98 or 98SE? I don't think the gamma adjustments came until SE with its updated version

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: (anti)compression?

2001-08-09 Thread Rob Geraghty
rovia 100F scans compress far better. Compression generally works well if there is little variation in the pixels; no grain means good compression and coarse grain means poor compression. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: reply regarding Sony 420 G monitor

2001-08-09 Thread Rob Geraghty
Some may argue that the Windows CMS is still broken however. :) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Why not sRGB ?

2001-08-12 Thread Rob Geraghty
in the background, but in scans it just comes up blue and dull. :( I'll have to try one of the slides on the SS4000 at work and see if there's a difference (other than ppi). Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Why not sRGB ?

2001-08-13 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Lynn Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Turquoise has a lot of yellow, cyan, and almost no red (other than shadows, > ripples, etc), in terms of CMYK. It can be a bugger on a monitor, where RGB > are your working colors. I tried printing it, but the print looks like the screen - not like the sl

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Custom ICC printer profiles

2001-08-13 Thread Rob Geraghty
papers? Are there *any* aftermarket inks? > I just don't personally have a strong enough need for colour prints > to want to mess around that much. I'd love to buy a CIS, archival inks and papers, and a profiling system, but I can't afford it. :( Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Why not sRGB ?

2001-08-13 Thread Rob Geraghty
easy access to, and would have to use after-hours. Unless I can successfully scan the slide with some other scanner, I can't show you the colours for a comparison between what the slide actually looks like and what the LS30 produces. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Turquoise was Re: filmscanners: Why not sRGB ?

2001-08-14 Thread Rob Geraghty
lide looks like, let alone what the colour of the ocean actually was that day. Until I can get an image online somewhere, it's not very useful continuing the discussion on the list since nobody else can see what I'm talking about! I guess I was wondering if anyone else has had similar problems with similar colours. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Nikon IV test results

2001-08-14 Thread Rob Geraghty
Mike wrote: >Early tests using the Stouffer gray scale obtained with Vuescan (Slide >setting and B&W=0.001) show exceptional linearity down >to an OD of 2.11, then an abrupt flattening of the curve above that. Dumb question - are you using 48 bit output from vuescan? Rob Rob Ge

filmscanners: SS4000 cycles continuously - sensor problem?

2001-08-15 Thread Rob Geraghty
x27;t typical of the sensor problem I guess we'll have to send it back for repair. :( Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: SS4000 cycles continuously - sensor problem?

2001-08-15 Thread Rob Geraghty
or or brush on the Polaroid website or in the errata PDF for the SS4000. Is there any documentation describing where the sensor is located and how to clean it? Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: SS4000 cycles continuously - sensor problem?

2001-08-15 Thread Rob Geraghty
I wrote: > Is the brush available in the land of Oz? I just answered my own question; Polaroid in Sydney are send me a brush. I hope it comes with instructions or at leas a diagram of where the sensor is located! :) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Film scanner for slides

2001-08-16 Thread Rob Geraghty
SB scanner; a lot are still SCSI. Have a look at the Polaroid SS4000, Canon 2720, Minolta Scan Dual II, Acer Scanwit and Nikon Coolscan IV. There's probably someone on the list with each of those scanners, so hopefully they can tell you how well the scanner behaves with films similar or the same as those you'll use. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: SS4000 cycles continuously -sensor problem?

2001-08-16 Thread Rob Geraghty
Thanks to everyone who has responded about the SS4000 problem. Hopefully the brush will arrive on monday (sunday US time) and the problem will be solved. Then I can try scanning that annoying slide. :) Rob

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re: SS4000 cycles continuously -sensor problem?

2001-08-16 Thread Rob Geraghty
Rob wrote: > Is that from Maxwells - who service Polaroid? or what source? I looked up Polaroid in www.whitepages.com.au and looked in Sydney where their headquarters are. So the answer to your question is I rang Polaroid. Maxwell Optics are the local agents for Nikon AFAIK. Rob

filmscanners: Re: Duplicate/triplicate messages

2001-08-16 Thread Rob Geraghty
>I seem to be getting two and three copies of messages but not at the same >time-I just got a batch that I recall getting earlier today Can anyone please contact Tony Sleep directly about the message duplication? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: Vuescan vs. Nikon Scan (was: filmscanners: Vuescan question)

2001-08-18 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Rodrigo Amestica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. after getting a preview, why does the GREEN histogram change when I > modify the RED gain (after pressing "redraw")? Is it possible to adjust the gain of the colours separately? I seem to recall Ed talking about different integration times for t

Re: filmscanners: film scratched by APS adaptor for CanoScan FS2710?

2001-08-18 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Alan Rew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone on the list had problems using the APS film adaptor for a > CanoScan FS2710 (or similar scanners)? FWIW I've scanned about a dozen APS films with the APS adaptor for the Nikon LS30 and I don't recall seeing any scratches. Rob

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 back from service and STILL bands...

2001-08-19 Thread Rob Geraghty
Moreno wrote: >I've also had some banding issues, but if I scan 14 bit, at either 2000 or >4000 dpi, with 1x multisampling, the images are clean. Don't shoot me, but I wonder if this is a new variant of the jaggies issue from the earlier scanners? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan Blue's

2001-08-20 Thread Rob Geraghty
ook were Kodak Supra 100 and I used the neutral setting instead of white balance. I just used the generic colour neg, gamma 1, brightness 1. White balance with that particular film tended to make the image too green. But this is on an LS30 which may have quite different colour behaviour to the ac

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan Blue's

2001-08-21 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Colin Maddock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Geraghty wrote: > >I just used the generic colour neg, gamma 1 > Crikey, what is going on? You use gamma 1 and Alex is using 0.8. > Aren't the results dark? I use gamma 2.2 (W98) Sorry I was at work at the time and couldn't check. The gamma was

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-21 Thread Rob Geraghty
Peter wrote: >Your presumption is correct. I have had Nikonscan (various versions) and >Vuescan (lots of versions) living happily together under Win 95, Win 98SE, >Win 2000. Peter, did you have to load ASPI drivers to get the Nikon scanner working in Win2K? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL

filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-21 Thread Rob Geraghty
Alan wrote: >Make sure you have your scanner on BEFORE you start vuescan, it does a scsi >bus scan on startup. Preferably switch the scanner on before you switch on the PC, or you'll have to do a refresh in Device Manager before any software can see it. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROT

filmscanners: A bit OT: Photoshop Elements

2001-08-21 Thread Rob Geraghty
Does anyone use Photoshop Elements? What critical features are missing (compared to the full PS6) for someone who does a lot of film scanning? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-22 Thread Rob Geraghty
ager WITHOUT me doing a refresh. This isn't the case on my computer - Win98SE, LS30 connected through an Adaptec SCSI adapter. If I don't switch on the scanner and do a refresh in the device list, all I get from Vuescan is the scan from file option. What OS are you using and how is the scan

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 and ICE/ROC: are they really so bad???

2001-08-23 Thread Rob Geraghty
o >consider to buy the Nikon 8000 REALLY for the ICE and ROC features The problem described was about banding, not a problem with ICE, ROC or GEM. ICE works just fine. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: SS4000 and brush

2001-08-23 Thread Rob Geraghty
still cycles continuously. Since it's three months out of warranty I'm going to try opening the case and using a "normal" brush on the sensor. Rob (but first find a brush...) Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Do I need Digital ICE? & Scanner selection Advice

2001-08-24 Thread Rob Geraghty
ew slides per day, ICE will save you hours per week. Amen to that. I *always* use Infrared dust removal in Vuescan with my LS30 and it saves a huge amount of time scanning. It takes long enough to get the curves, levls, colours, contrast etc right. I can do without spotting as well! Rob Rob

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and brush

2001-08-24 Thread Rob Geraghty
"David Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, although the brush does work - I have seen it fix "my" problem on a > friends machine, you may have more serious trouble. > Good luck opening the box but I think you may be sending it to Polaroid. Maybe, but it's worth at least giving cleaning a try

Getting around the firewire problem was Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've considered it--but how would I get the pictures back and forth between the > two machines? I'd need to buy a router, at the very least, so add a few hundred > more dollars. Huh? Where did you get that idea? Worst case scenario you could use

Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > don't get mad at nikon. > Why not? They could have just as easily included an SCSI interface and NT > drivers, as they did for previous scanners. I know I'm not alone in running > configurations like this. I guess they didn't want our business.

Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have USB, and Windows NT is not supported for the LS-40. So scratch the > LS-40 as well. Actually, scratch all the USB scanners since NT 4.0 doesn't support USB. Even a PCI USB card wouldn't help without changing OS. Rob

Re: filmscanners: Review on Canon FS4000/film is dead

2001-08-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Tomasz Zakrzewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a question to people writing to this list: do all of you use still > film only because digital cameras as not good enough yet? Or are here people > who see clear benefits of silver halide technology for themselves? There's still a lot of peo

Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay. What other options are there besides the LS-4000? It has to run under > Windows NT, no later than SP4, and it has to be SCSI. You forgot to mention ICE, which is the requirement that paints you into a corner. > > Either way your computer w

Re: Getting around the firewire problem was Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I currently have a continuous external Internet connection on the NIC. Then you have a security issue, but you don't necessarily need a router. A four port switch would do it, and that won't cost you thousands - for that matter there are combined s

Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rob writes: > > You forgot to mention ICE, which is the > > requirement that paints you into a corner. > I can do without ICE, as long as I get substantially better resolution and/or > dynamic range (and no _less_ than the LS-2000, in any case). Th

Re: Getting around the firewire problem was Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CD-R is too slow. CD-RW is ten times worse. So you're painted yourself into a corner again. > I have always heard that Polaroid scanners are not as good as Nikon scanners. I > would not want to take a step backwards. =8^o I've heard quite the

Re: Getting around the firewire problem was Re: filmscanners:Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Arthur Entlich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyway, my main point is that France, if like much of Europe, would tend > to be more expensive for consumer electronics, so quoting US prices, or > even English or Australian ones, doesn't mean a whole lot. France has higher prices than Australia wit

Re: Getting around the firewire problem was Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So you're painted yourself into a corner again. > How so? Everything works for me. You can't upgrade. > I was thinking of the LS-2000, not the LS-30. The hardware is identical, of > course, but the firmware is crippled in the LS-30, and one of

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
be about as good as it gets. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: SS4K - Good news

2001-08-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
d for sending the brush even though it didn't resolve the problem in this case - they even sent a replacement when the first one took over a week to arrive. Now I can bring in some slides tomorrow and try a comparison with the LS30. :) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-27 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The VueScan documentation warns that it might not work very well on Polaroid > scanners, though, as I recall. I doubt that it would. The Polaroid has more dynamic range than the LS30 without multiscanning. What I *don't* know is whether the SS400

Re: filmscanners: Best film scanner, period!!!

2001-08-27 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've consistently heard that it isn't as good as the LS-2000, and some sample > scans I've seen appear to support this. Specifically, it appears to have a > smaller dynamic range. Anthony, can I ask *where* you've "consistently heard" this? What

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Back to Basics

2001-08-27 Thread Rob Geraghty
storage sheets in a binder for a while after processing seems to help flatten the film - although the plastic does retain some memory of the curl. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Comparing scanners

2001-08-27 Thread Rob Geraghty
e LS30, the data from the Polaroid seemed to need pushing to a brightness setting of 2.0 or even more. This was not something I expected. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Back to Basics

2001-08-27 Thread Rob Geraghty
insert the strip to count the frames, so hesitating too long before scanning frame one will curl it before you begin. I've never tried 6 frame strips, but the curl would be worse. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Histograms

2001-08-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
OK, I had a go at scanning some slides on the SS4K at work and scanning the same slides on my LS30 at home. I had to recrop a photo to get a comparison of the crop histograms because the brightness on the screen at work is clearly utterly different to the one at home - which is why the brightness

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan - crop files missing

2001-08-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
tments for the scanner profile, the film profile etc. If you're scanning neg film it's not inverted either. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan - crop files missing

2001-08-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
ased B&W - I don't have many such negs and the LS30 isn't really up to the task. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Comparing scanners

2001-08-29 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Mike Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Just a thought - I don't know the guts of how Photoshop produces histograms, > >so this may not work as well as I think it could... Would it be a useful > >comparison of scanners to scan the same slide with Vuescan to raw files > >and compare the histogr

filmscanners: Histograms?

2001-08-29 Thread Rob Geraghty
ave a great weekend all! Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: New auto adjust software on it's way

2001-08-30 Thread Rob Geraghty
ul if it could be used in a scanner, because theoretically it ought to be possible to remove aliasing and lens aberrations from the scanner optics. (but I've discussed it before and I won't bore everyone with it again! :) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Re: Nikon Super coolscan problem

2001-09-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
Martin wrote: > My problem is that, in pursuit of perfection and with a reluctant > willingness to spend big bucks, I try to shoot everything with the best of > Canon lenses, though away any shots that aren't tack-sharp, and use films > live Velvia and Provia 100F. Consequently, I am able to see

Re: filmscanners: Dust removal software?

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Austin Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is not necessarily that simple, though your suggestion is first and > foremost. The SS4k and other scanners like it, can have a dust problem, no > matter how clean your film is going into the scanner. FWIW I have my Nikon scanner on the bench on

Scratches was Re: filmscanners: Dust removal software?

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
"SKID Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With regards to labs scratching negs and not slides: Perhaps you are using the wrong lab? Most high end E-6 > machines are 'dip & dunk', and that goes for high end C41 developing machines as well. Most scratches (in > development) are caused by ro

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: My 8000 does NOT band using Vuescan!

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
on the LS30 and LS2000. And isn't it funny that Ed's Vuescan cured both... Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
gs in Vuescan since about version 7.0 have been impossible to open in Paintshop Pro, but can be opened in Photoshop. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
to get decent scans out of my LS30. If it wasn't for Vuescan I would have had to sell the scanner ages ago because of the problem with jaggies. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: My 8000 does NOT band using Vuescan!

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
rs can be resolved in software - but of course it means the hardware isn't behaving as it was originally designed to. Much the same as the jaggies problem being related to the use of a command to reading 64K of data at a time and how the hardware behaved when that command was used. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan Image or Slide film

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
Maris wrote: >The developer Ed Hamrick also suggests using "Image" for slide film. Under what circumstances should "Image" be used? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Dust removal software?

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
t on negs is bonded into the emulsion during processing, or was in contact with the film during processing so that a spot is left where the film didn't get developed properly. Colour neg film also seems to hold static charge better than slide film, but I may be imagining it. Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: My 8000 does NOT ba nd using Vuescan!

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
esign fault. I didn't mean to say it *couldn't* work. Just as lots of scanners work happily at 2700ppi without getting jaggies like the LS30 does. ;) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: VueScan Problem & ACDsee

2001-09-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use standard TIFF files, as evidenced by the many, many > programs that have no problem reading them. I suspect ACDSee has > a bug in handling the TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR tag. The predictor seems to be an unusual combination for 48bit files. Paintshop Pro 7 doesn't like

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-04 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ed wrote: > VueScan uses a predictor of 2 - 7 isn't a valid predictor. All 2 means is > to take the difference between adjacent pixel values before compressing. I don't understand. If a predictor of 2 is invalid why would you use it? The error I get from PSP is "A predictor of 2 is only support

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-04 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ed wrote: > > > VueScan uses a predictor of 2 - 7 isn't a valid predictor. All 2 means is > > > to take the difference between adjacent pixel values before compressing. > > I don't understand. If a predictor of 2 is invalid why would you use it? > A predictor of 7 is invalid. > A predictor of

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: SS4000 problem

2001-09-04 Thread Rob Geraghty
h which fits the carrier and allows you to clean the sensor. In my case the brush didn't work and I had to use canned air, but give the brush a try first. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: OT (a bit): Publishing pictures :)

2001-09-04 Thread Rob Geraghty
n the list, but this is still exciting for me being able to go into a newsagency and see a photo I took on the cover of a magazine. Especially when I took the photo and scanned it! :) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-04 Thread Rob Geraghty
ry well. Could be. In the case of PSP I think it's likely to be the earlier guess that they weren't serious about supporting 48bit files in a 24bit editor. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Re:Dust removal software/ Question forEd Hamrick

2001-09-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
wanted wrinkles today!) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: supra 400

2001-09-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
gle rolls, but Fuji Superia 400 scans OK on the LS30. Yes, it's grainy, but it has helped a lot for situations like taking aerial shots from ultralights that vibrate or leave the photographer in the breeze! I want to try Provia 400F to get the same sort of speed which hopefully less appare

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: New to Viewscan/Ed Hamrick

2001-09-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
s stated that the firewire connection will only work on a Mac under OS/X? It sounds like you won't be able to use it on your Mac with the current OS. You hadn't mentioned prior to this what platform you were using. Rob PS It's called Vuescan. :) Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: supra 400

2001-09-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Jawed Ashraf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >the photographer in the breeze! I want to try Provia 400F to get the same > >sort of speed which hopefully less apparent grain. > Provia 400 (F? are there variants?) scans beautifully - no grain aliasing in > shadows on the LS40 (my mate Joel's Provia

Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan & VS Negative dynamic range

2001-09-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Jawed Ashraf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've never seen these options in Nikon Scan 3.0/3.1. Where should I be > looking (I can be blind like this sometimes)? > >= Original Message From Julian Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = > >Have you tried Scanner Extras / Prescan mode / low cont ne

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: OT (a bit): Publishing pictures :)

2001-09-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
e to A3 or more and print well on any medium. It just depends on how picky you are. :) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan & VS Negative dynamic range

2001-09-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
nstead. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Nikon Scan & VS Negative dynamic range

2001-09-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
the slide adapter in the LS30 so that's probably the answer to the mystery. Nevertheless I'm glad I found the % settings. :) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: OT (a bit): Publishing pictures :)

2001-09-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
ly >> if you have to crop. > How many photos are printed at A4 size, though? A full front cover on a magazine is close! But for magazine purposes, larger than A4 is unlikely to be needed - again it depends on how much you have to crop. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

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