RE: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 Extended Service Contracts
I forgot to mention that my contract is also for five years. What does that work out to be? Cornerstone estimates that their monitor is about 40 times more reliable than Polaroid estimates the SS4000 to be? That should tell us something. Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Julie, female Galah (3 1/2 years and going strong at the moment) Little Birdie, male Splendid Parakeet (13 years) Snowflake, male cockatiel (12 years) http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frank Paris Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 8:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 Extended Service Contracts The fact that the service contract is so expensive tells you how reliable Polaroid thinks these things are. I have a similar contract for my Cornerstone p1700 21" monitor, which costs almost as much as the SS4000. The price of the contract? $35. It works the same way. You call them up and tell them it's broken. They send you a new one. When you get it, you send them the broken one. In this case, however, I don't think you have to send the new one back. It's a trade. Obviously, Cornerstone doesn't think their monitor is going to break (what's the break?).
Re: filmscanners: Vuescan ~ manual exposure
In a message dated 11/29/2000 1:39:44 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was playing with the newest distribution of Vuescan last night, trying to determine how and when VS determined the exposure. I had a difficult time with consistent determinations ... it would seemingly determine the exposure (RGB and IR) only if I asked for 'scan|device'. Yes, that's correct. The reason for this is that doing batch scanning doesn't do the color correction for the preview (to save time). In addition, sometimes people move the crop box, but don't do a "Preview|Memory" command to refresh the preview. It was easier to implement (and more reliable) the way it is now. Regards, Ed Hamrick
Re: filmscanners: Vusecan problem
In a message dated 11/29/2000 5:06:52 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am sure that in the past, when I have scanned slides, I have done so at 48 bit and then ended up with a Tiff file which is 36 bit in PS (maximum bit depth on the scanner). Now, when I scan, even set at 48bit in vuescan, all I get is a 24 bit file. You need to set both the "Device|Bits per pixel" option and the "Files|TIFF file type" option. I suspect you didn't change the option in the Files tab. Regards, Ed Hamrick
Re: filmscanners: scan dual-scan dual II
Roger, Thank you for the reply. The scans look very good. I have tons of slides dating back to 1960 that I want to scan and place on CDs. So my initial use of the scanner will be for that purpose. Again thanks Dale - Original Message - From: "Richard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 5:41 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: scan dual-scan dual II Hi Here are a few examples of scans from a Canoscan FS2710 if it's of any help. http://homepage.eircom.net/~ricwalsh/ -- Regards Richard // | @ @ --- Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] C _) ) --- ' __ / Is there much improvement between Minolta Scan Dual and Scan Dual II ? I'm considering purchasing the Dual II or the Canon FS 2710 as they seem to be pretty close in specs. If not one of them maybe the Minolta Elite as it also has D Ice. Any suggestions, comments on the about the scanners mentioned would be appreciated. Thank you
RE: filmscanners: Vusecan problem
Ah, that's it - thanks Ed. I had looked all over trying to find which box I may not have set - missed that. Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 30, 2000 1:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Vusecan problem In a message dated 11/29/2000 5:06:52 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am sure that in the past, when I have scanned slides, I have done so at 48 bit and then ended up with a Tiff file which is 36 bit in PS (maximum bit depth on the scanner). Now, when I scan, even set at 48bit in vuescan, all I get is a 24 bit file. You need to set both the "Device|Bits per pixel" option and the "Files|TIFF file type" option. I suspect you didn't change the option in the Files tab. Regards, Ed Hamrick
Re: Re[2]: filmscanners: Film Scanners and what they see.
Yes, probably a factor. Another possibility is the limited bit depth of the LS30. This would be more of an issue on negs than slides due to the compressed range of negatives. It should be the opposite. Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info comparisons
Re: filmscanners: 4x5 budget flatbed scanners - opinions
You got me on this one. I understand "dust and crud" and "limited Dmax" but what are Newton's rings? Newton's rings are an optical interference artifact, which appear as concentric rings of greater and lesser density. They are caused by intimate contact between the shiny film base and smooth glass. The emulsion side is generally matt enough to avoid the problem. Humidity and pressure are factors. Anti-Newton ring glass is often used in the upper half of enlarger neg carriers and in slide mounts, which has a slightly dimpled surface, and it's just about impossible to get rid of them any other way. Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info comparisons
RE: filmscanners: 4x5 budget flatbed scanners - opinions
Perfection 1640 What is the maximum film size this model can accomodate? And is there a limit to the thickness? I've got to find some way of quickly and cheaply scanning 35mm negs a roll at a time for a contact sheet, and want to use the 10x8" glass from an old Paterson contact frame, which is about 4mm thick and holds 6x 6frame strips. Any other suggestions for suitable flatbeds? Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info comparisons
RE: filmscanners: 4x5 budget flatbed scanners - opinions
BTW, on these lower end (albeit 48bit 1200dpi scanners) the manufacturers don't even seem to give dmax - which would be useful, but I'll have to double check It's a dubious specification anyhow, since there's no standardised measurement technique. Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info comparisons
Re: filmscanners: Monitor Calibration And Others
From: photoscientia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:47 PM Hi all, Can I steer this back to monitor calibration please? I've been experimenting further with dithered tones, and I'd like your collective opinion on these little 'greyscales' that I've come up with. They're very small little GIFs, so I've taken the liberty of attaching them. There's a greyscale GIF for each of 8 target gammas, in 0.2 steps from 1.0 to 2.4. The idea is to get the closest match between the inner and outer squares. The best method is to view them from a distance of 3 or 4 ft (1 to 1.5 metres), and half close your eyes to blur the dithered centre square; then you can see if the tones match more easily. The square with the number in it is a 'key' tone, and is the one most critical to assessing the gamma, but the other 3 squares should be a good match as well. Oh, yes. They must be viewed at 1:1 scale as well, otherwise they won't work. I know the idea isn't original, but I've only ever seen single tone examples before. These cover a wider brightness range, and I think they should give a pretty good gamma match, or indication of system gamma, within the limits of simple visual comparison. I don't have a huge range of systems and monitors to test them on, so I hope some of you will act as guinea pigs, sorry, beta testers, for me. I'm not asking you to change the settings of your monitor or video card, but I hope that a lot of you reading this list will know the gamma of your system fairly accurately. If you could check the relevant GIF and some of the others against your known system, and give me some feedback, I'd be most grateful. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Regards,Pete. Maybe a better Monitor Gamma Calibrator: http://www.spurgeonstudio.com/NoFrame/moncal.htm Mark L.
RE: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 Extended Service Contracts
The fact that the service contract is so expensive tells you how reliable Polaroid thinks these things are. I have a similar contract for my Cornerstone p1700 21" monitor, which costs almost as much as the SS4000. The price of the contract? $35. Yeah, but fixing a monitor will usually be a quick swap-out of a board, if done by a mfr, electromechanical bits aren't often so modular and require more workshop time. Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info comparisons
Re: filmscanners: cd storage
At 11:49 AM 29-11-00 -, you wrote: Alan, I recently purchased the Complete National Geographics 31 CDs of all of their 110 years of magazines plus the set of 8 CDs of every pull-out map that they have published. My Yamaha CD Reader/Writer has a Hell of a job reading the Instalation Disc for the complete set of maps. All the other CDs read just fine. Both sets were brand new unopened and not a visible scratch on the dodgy CD. Chris. Chris, see if you can copy the disc, then check if the copy reads OK -- sometimes commercial pressings do this in *some* readers. We have an audio player (Sony, current model, almost new) that can't read several perfectly good looking discs which all our other players (Panasonic (Technics), Pioneer, Wintel DVD, computer reader, computer re-writer) recognise without a problem. If I copy them, the Sony plays the *copies* without trouble. If you can't copy it and it's not copy-protected, throw it back at the vendor. Regards Charles
RE: Re[3]: filmscanners: Film Scanners and what they see.
Weird - I just received truncated messages from the list (they're empty). Any ideas, Tony? Unfortunately not, though I have noticed them as well:( Run as it is now, via a remote listserver, I have no more insight than anyone else except for a few admin commands I have to send by email. I have to take problems up with my ISP. Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info comparisons
RE: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 Extended Service Contracts
Service contracts generally seem bad value to me, as price must be based on statistical probabilities + a healthy profit element. My attitude is generally to believe that the company knows what it is doing, therefore I'd be more likely to come out ahead if I don't buy the contract g. My five year service contract for the Nikon LS-30 was only $100, which seems like a good deal to me. By the time that is up I'll probably be buying a better one anyway. They initially wanted $165 for a 3 year contract, and when I said I wasn't interested, the seller wanted to negotiate and I ended up with a five year for $100. Plus the repair center in right down the road in Atlanta, Georgia. Hopefully I'll never need it, but the $100 seemed like money well spent at the time.
Re: filmscanners: 4x5 budget flatbed scanners - opinions
on 30/11/00 6:00 am, Tony Sleep at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perfection 1640 What is the maximum film size this model can accomodate? I think this has a 5x7 aperture so it's no good for you. -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
Re: filmscanners: scan dual-scan dual II
Thank you for the reply. The scans look very good. I have tons of slides dating back to 1960 that I want to scan and place on CDs. So my initial use of the scanner will be for that purpose. Again thanks Dale Dale If you have to scan "tons of slides" I would steer away from the FS2710 as it doesn't support batch scanning. -- Regards Richard // | @ @ --- Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] C _) ) --- ' __ /
Re: filmscanners: scan dual-scan dual II
Sorry Richard. I don't know how I got Roger out of Richard. Dale - Original Message - From: "Dale Gail" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:23 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: scan dual-scan dual II Roger, Thank you for the reply. The scans look very good. I have tons of slides dating back to 1960 that I want to scan and place on CDs. So my initial use of the scanner will be for that purpose. Again thanks Dale - Original Message - From: "Richard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 5:41 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: scan dual-scan dual II Hi Here are a few examples of scans from a Canoscan FS2710 if it's of any help. http://homepage.eircom.net/~ricwalsh/ -- Regards Richard // | @ @ --- Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] C _) ) --- ' __ / Is there much improvement between Minolta Scan Dual and Scan Dual II ? I'm considering purchasing the Dual II or the Canon FS 2710 as they seem to be pretty close in specs. If not one of them maybe the Minolta Elite as it also has D Ice. Any suggestions, comments on the about the scanners mentioned would be appreciated. Thank you
Re: Re[2]: filmscanners: Film Scanners and what they see.
Tony Sleep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, probably a factor. Another possibility is the limited bit depth of the LS30. This would be more of an issue on negs than slides due to the compressed range of negatives. It should be the opposite. Agreed!!! Rob
RE: filmscanners: 4x5 budget flatbed scanners - opinions
Tony, The Perfection 1640 has a 4x5 inch window for transparency adaptor, and would therefore not work for making a contact sheet from 35mm. The system uses plastic holders, keeping the film roughly 1/16 inch above the glass. Jim Perfection 1640 What is the maximum film size this model can accomodate? And is there a limit to the thickness? I've got to find some way of quickly and cheaply scanning 35mm negs a roll at a time for a contact sheet, and want to use the 10x8" glass from an old Paterson contact frame, which is about 4mm thick and holds 6x 6frame strips. Any other suggestions for suitable flatbeds? Regards Tony Sleep
filmscanners: recommending scanners
I'm the one querying on which scanner to buy for my 35 slides and wanted to tell you all how informative all of your replies and conversations have been. I am still listening in as I determine what to do and am learning more everyday. I'll jump in soon as soon as I decide and start working... can't wait! Thanks so much. -- Sara Jane Boyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.teenpowerpolitics.com TEEN POWER POLITICS: MAKE YOURSELF HEARD A Millbrook Press/Twenty-First Century Book ISBN: 0-7613-1391-5, paper $9.95/ISBN 0-7613-1307-9 hardcover, $24.90 Email me if you'd like to be on my newsletter update list! LIFE DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ME Stewart, Tabori Chang A Publisher's Weekly "Best Book" of the Year, NYPL "Best Books for Teens", ALA "Book for Reluctant Readers", AIGA "50 Best Designed Books" O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES Chronicle Books
RE: filmscanners: Vuescan ~ manual exposure
Ed Hamrick writes ...
In a message dated 11/29/2000 1:39:44 PM EST,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was playing with the newest distribution of Vuescan last night,
trying to determine how and when VS determined the
exposure. I had a
difficult time with consistent determinations ... it
would seemingly
determine the exposure (RGB and IR) only if I asked for
'scan|device'.
Yes, that's correct. The reason for this is that doing
batch scanning
doesn't do the color correction for the preview (to save time). In
addition, sometimes people move the crop box, but don't do a
"Preview|Memory" command to refresh the preview. It was easier
to implement (and more reliable) the way it is now.
...
In one sense, this philosophy accommodates users who "forget" how
Vuescan works, and heavily weights Vuescan's common usage towards
"automatic" and "batch" scanning. If I want to experiment, and
accommodate individual exposures for particular film frames, I seem to
be left with changing 'scan|device' parameters from being quick enough
for "sampling" (... e.g, single pass, low res, low depth, no crop file
...), to "careful" (... e.g, multiple pass, high res, highbits, crop
file ...).
Why not allow "determine exposure" settings similar to how you allow
"determine focus". Is there something which doesn't allow Vuescan to
disable reading for exposure ("manual" mode), and putting it with
'focus' in the "device" menu list(?) In addition to the "modes"
Vuescan allows for 'exposure' and 'focus', you could add a "batch"
mode, which does both during the scan automatically ... and disables
preview.
Don't let me to appear ungrateful ... au contraire ... it's just that
if I'm going to dedicate 15minutes to a highbit scan and archiving
50Mbs of RGB, I'd like something to say about the exposure (... altho
an automatic determination by Vuescan is not a bad way to go
...*smile*...)
shAf :o)
Re: filmscanners: calibration
i need to get something that will calibrate monitor, scanner and printer. what is a reasonablly priced program/ hardware. monaco was over $500. i know we already talked about it but i am sorry. thanks, joanna
RE: Re[3]: filmscanners: Film Scanners and what they see.
I did also; and they all appeared to be coming from Tony or in response to messages from Tony. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 1:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re[3]: filmscanners: Film Scanners and what they see. Weird - I just received truncated messages from the list (they're empty). Any ideas, Tony? -- Original Message -- Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com
filmscanners: ACER ScanWit
Is there any news about the release of the ScanWit 2740S? Judging from the dump of new 2720s on E-Bay for under US$300, it must be near. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
Re: filmscanners: Monitor Calibration And Others
Hi Berry. Berry Ives wrote: I thought the gamma for my monitor was about 1.5 based on the test at: http://www.zonezero.com/calibration/english.html Using your test, however, it appears to be about 1.8 - 2.0. My monitor is a NEC XV15. Don't know if that helps any. The zonezero gamma test given above uses a dither pattern that's prone to 'risetime' errors that vary from monitor to monitor. It looks as if my monitor has a gamma of 1.5 on that test as well, although I've set mine up with a photometer, and I know it's 1.8. I made the same mistake of trying to use too fine a dither pattern when I first started messing about with these things. Regards, Pete.
RE: filmscanners: calibration
Get the ColorVision RGB Suite 1, consisting of photocal/monitor spyder/ profiler RGB bundle for $299. http://www.colorcal.com/solutions.html?page=digital_photography This will calibrate profile your monitor (extremely well) and allow you to build good custom profiles for your printer/ink/paper combinations using a flatbed scanner (cheap) instead of a spectrophotometer (expensive). This package does not include scanner calibration/profiling, but once your monitor printer are properly profiled, I think you will find that's not necessary or even helpful. Richard Wolfson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: calibration i need to get something that will calibrate monitor, scanner and printer. what is a reasonablly priced program/ hardware. monaco was over $500. i know we already talked about it but i am sorry. thanks, joanna
RE: filmscanners: calibration
i need to get something that will calibrate monitor, scanner and printer. what is a reasonablly priced program/ hardware. monaco was over $500. i know we already talked about it but i am sorry. thanks, joanna I recommend ColorVision RGB Suite I ( http://www.colorcal.com/cgi-bin/shop.cgi ) for $300. It consists of a combination of Profiler RGB A powerful Photoshop plug-in that produces RGB ICC/ColorSync printer profiles optimized for the color output of your favorite printer to provide you with accurate color output from any RGB printer. and Monitor Spyder with PhotoCal Software A monitor calibration and profiling system that teams a simple, user-friendly assistant based on Color Vision's highly acclaimed OptiCal with a specially developed seven-filter monitor measurement device, the Spyder sensor. Dean Shough [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re[2]: filmscanners: Film Scanners and what they see.
- Original Message - From: "Rob Geraghty" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 10:56 PM Subject: Re: Re[2]: filmscanners: Film Scanners and what they see. Byron wrote: Yes, probably a factor. Another possibility is the limited bit depth of the LS30. This would be more of an issue on negs than slides due to the compressed range of negatives. Surely the bit range used by negs should be in the midrange of possible values precisely because it is compressed? Yes but these values are quantized to 10 bits on a LS30 rather than 12 bits as in other scanners. So there is four times the quantization noise. When decompressed (ie expanded) this extra quantization noise becomes objectionable. Wouldn't the least significant bits be the dark areas in slides and beyond the brightest parts of negs? No, the least significant bits apply at all brightness levels not just the darkest/lightest. Byron
filmscanners: opinions kodak rfs 3600 scanner Vs Minolta dual II
Wondering if we have any users of the new kodak rfs 3600. I had asked a few weeks ago. Hopefully there are more in the pipeline by now. Looking for opinions and or reviews. Have been holding back buying a scanner. The specs look great for the money. But i'm leery about buying it without feedback from people who have actually used it. My second choice is the Minolta dimage scan dual II. Will be using it primaraly for negatives tri x bw and misc color negs. These are all hand held shots. Wondering how critical the resolution difference between the two would be for larger prints. Any advice would be most appreciated. Dave Small
Re: filmscanners: Monitor Calibration And Others
on 11/30/00 5:13 AM, Mark Ligtenberg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: photoscientia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:47 PM Hi all, Can I steer this back to monitor calibration please? I've been experimenting further with dithered tones, and I'd like your collective opinion on these little 'greyscales' that I've come up with. They're very small little GIFs, so I've taken the liberty of attaching them. There's a greyscale GIF for each of 8 target gammas, in 0.2 steps from 1.0 to 2.4. The idea is to get the closest match between the inner and outer squares. The best method is to view them from a distance of 3 or 4 ft (1 to 1.5 metres), and half close your eyes to blur the dithered centre square; then you can see if the tones match more easily. The square with the number in it is a 'key' tone, and is the one most critical to assessing the gamma, but the other 3 squares should be a good match as well. Oh, yes. They must be viewed at 1:1 scale as well, otherwise they won't work. I know the idea isn't original, but I've only ever seen single tone examples before. These cover a wider brightness range, and I think they should give a pretty good gamma match, or indication of system gamma, within the limits of simple visual comparison. I don't have a huge range of systems and monitors to test them on, so I hope some of you will act as guinea pigs, sorry, beta testers, for me. I'm not asking you to change the settings of your monitor or video card, but I hope that a lot of you reading this list will know the gamma of your system fairly accurately. If you could check the relevant GIF and some of the others against your known system, and give me some feedback, I'd be most grateful. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Regards,Pete. Maybe a better Monitor Gamma Calibrator: http://www.spurgeonstudio.com/NoFrame/moncal.htm Mark L. I get the same result with this spurgeonstudio.com link as I did with Pete's Photoscientia test. It provides more precision, however. It comes out 1.9, which is right in the middle of the 1.8 - 2.0 range I got using Pete's test. My monitor, as I said before, is an NEC XV15, and I might add that it is about 5 years old. It has not been in use professionally, but probably used an average of about 1 or 2 hours per day, so for you pros it is about a year old I suppose. --Berry
filmscanners: Scan Dual II
Hi, Anyone on this list have the Minolta scan Dual II? Does it do a good job with slides. What is the software like? Have you sample unaltered scans that are available for view? Thank you Dale
filmscanners: Does anyone have Vuescan 6.3.12
Hello All, For some reason Vuescan 6.3.13 and above do not work on my computers. Is anyone able to send me a copy of 6.3.12, the last version that worked? Thanks, Sam Kennard
RE: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 Extended Service Contracts
That is precisely my point. Highly mechanical things are less reliable and so the service contracts are more expensive. I generally get them for mechanical things but not for purely electronic things, unless they're dirt cheap like that Cornerstone monitor. I always get them for CD players because they invariably pay for themselves, because eventually the manufacturers don't have the parts to fix the old machines when they inevitably break and they have to replace them with a brand new one. I invested $60 in (two) three year service contracts ($30 apiece) for a Philips CD player over the course of five years and this is exactly what happened. I got a brand new machine from them (that actually had more features than the original) when they couldn't repair the old one. Did I pay the $30 for a new contract for the new machine? You betcha. Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Julie, female Galah (3 1/2 years and going strong at the moment) Little Birdie, male Splendid Parakeet (13 years) Snowflake, male cockatiel (12 years) http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony Sleep Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 3:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 Extended Service Contracts The fact that the service contract is so expensive tells you how reliable Polaroid thinks these things are. I have a similar contract for my Cornerstone p1700 21" monitor, which costs almost as much as the SS4000. The price of the contract? $35. Yeah, but fixing a monitor will usually be a quick swap-out of a board, if done by a mfr, electromechanical bits aren't often so modular and require more workshop time. Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info comparisons
RE: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 Extended Service Contracts
Hopefully I'll never need it, but the $100 seemed like money well spent at the time. Hopefully you WILL need it, but after parts are no longer available to repair it. Then you'll get a brand new machine probably higher performance and reliability than the last. Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Julie, female Galah (3 1/2 years and going strong at the moment) Little Birdie, male Splendid Parakeet (13 years) Snowflake, male cockatiel (12 years) http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Edwin Eleazer Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 Extended Service Contracts Service contracts generally seem bad value to me, as price must be based on statistical probabilities + a healthy profit element. My attitude is generally to believe that the company knows what it is doing, therefore I'd be more likely to come out ahead if I don't buy the contract g. My five year service contract for the Nikon LS-30 was only $100, which seems like a good deal to me. By the time that is up I'll probably be buying a better one anyway. They initially wanted $165 for a 3 year contract, and when I said I wasn't interested, the seller wanted to negotiate and I ended up with a five year for $100. Plus the repair center in right down the road in Atlanta, Georgia. Hopefully I'll never need it, but the $100 seemed like money well spent at the time.
RE: filmscanners: Scan Dual II
Title: RE: filmscanners: Scan Dual II I have been very happy with mine, but I use VueScan. I scan mostly slides (Kodachrome and Provia). It has some troubles with certain Velvia images, as most CCD scanners seem to. I wish I had a Q-60 to scan on it, but I may be able to come up with some other things to scan for you if you give me an idea of what you might like to see (trannies or negs, type of shot, color or bw etc.). Again, overall I'm very pleased. It outperforms all other in it's price range in my opinion and for my purposes. And VueScan is the greatest piece of software ever. ;) Daryl -Original Message- From: Dale Gail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 8:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: filmscanners: Scan Dual II Hi, Anyone on this list have the Minolta scan Dual II? Does it do a good job with slides. What is the software like? Have you sample unaltered scans that are available for view? Thank you Dale
Re: filmscanners: calibration
I have a Minolta Scan Multi, film scanner and an Epson 1200, printer but no flat bed scanner, will I still be able to successfully use the ColorVision equipment, mentioned here, to calibrate my monitor and printer ? Regards, John - Original Message - From: Mystic [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: vendredi 1 décembre 2000 02:05 Subject: Re: filmscanners: calibration You will need to have Photo Shop (version 5.02 (I think) or higher) to use Profiler RGB. The PhotoCal and Spyder are really good. Mike - Original Message - From: "Shough, Dean" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 12:05 Subject: RE: filmscanners: calibration i need to get something that will calibrate monitor, scanner and printer. what is a reasonablly priced program/ hardware. monaco was over $500. i know we already talked about it but i am sorry. thanks, joanna I recommend ColorVision RGB Suite I ( http://www.colorcal.com/cgi-bin/shop.cgi ) for $300. It consists of a combination of Profiler RGB A powerful Photoshop plug-in that produces RGB ICC/ColorSync printer profiles optimized for the color output of your favorite printer to provide you with accurate color output from any RGB printer. and Monitor Spyder with PhotoCal Software A monitor calibration and profiling system that teams a simple, user-friendly assistant based on Color Vision's highly acclaimed OptiCal with a specially developed seven-filter monitor measurement device, the Spyder sensor. Dean Shough [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: filmscanners: Film Scanners and what they see.
I haven't been in the loop on this, but Rob's preference for slides over negs on his LS30 surprises me - I get satisfying negative scans now out of my Nikon scanner but still have trouble with slides. I was initially v disappointed re negs (hence a number of my confused questions to this and other lists) but it seems to be generally sorted out now. My "solutions" were: a) I scan EVERYTHING at 12 bit depth into PS. This makes any subsequent adjustments feasible and 'non-destructive', which was not the case with images I initially captured in 8-bit depth. b) I choose my films a bit more carefully, although I can now get acceptable scans from consumer films. I like Supra for grain although not mad about the colour. c) I probably expose more carefully (in the camera I mean). d) Maybe I understand the workflow of the scanner and software better than I did - at least I feel as though I know what is happening now and can make adequate and predictable use of the excellent control offered by choices of lo-contrast prescan mode, multi-scanning, exposure control and ICE. e) I use ICE for all scans - it reduces grain visibility somewhat which presumably means it is degrading sharpness but I can't notice it. f) Maybe I have lowered my standards, but I would have thought this unlikely - usually it goes the other way with experience. OTOH I still am constantly frustrated by lack of ability to scan the entire dynamic range of slides - my histograms are always cut off at the top or bottom, and I find it hard to believe that my slides are so contrasty that not one of them scans as well as I would expect. So - it is strange that it seems I can do negs but not slides, you can do slides but don't like negs. Julian At 10:24 30/11/00, Rob wrote: Frank wrote: I understand your explanation perfectly, but it shows that in very contrasty situations, you're better off chosing negatives than positives because the positives will be more likely to saturate in both directions, the negative capturing more of the total range. Except that scanned negatives look like crap on my scanner, so what good does the increased tonal range do for me? *sigh* Obviously I should give up on the whole idea of having a digital darkroom. It's all too damned expensive and all too hard. I definitely won't ever suggest to anyone else to buy a Nikon LS30 or any other Nikon scanner. Julian Robinson in usually sunny, smog free Canberra, Australia
