Re: filmscanners: SS120: Reflections on edge of neg
- Original Message - From: "Barbara White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > () and cured it by running a black magic > marker along it. I'm going to try this with the film holder for the 6x6 > negs - will report back if it works. Yes this is interesting: I wait for your results, please, because those 3mm of reflexions on*every* neg would simply make me go for another scanner than the Polaroid 120 - probably the Minolta Pro. Thanks in advance for posting your results Barbara, greetings Bernhard
Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc
Having been on the road now a lot since Sept 11, the deal is that unless you do the kind of search and interview that El Al does, all the 1st World airport screening does is screen out the idiots who after having one two many cocktails on the plane, MIGHT pull out a gun. It doesn't take much knowledge to figure out how to get enough stuff on board to repeat Sept 11. Mind you with this being a UK alias, and Carnivore running around, if you don't see anymore posts from me, you know John Ashcroft and his buddies got to me. This is a very scary time for anyone with a thinking mind here in the USA. - Original Message - From: "B.Rumary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 4:28 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc > Doug Segar wrote: > > In addition, 1-2 out of ten result in a question from the screener "film?" and a > nod OK when you say yes. > > > A typical example of the intelligence of most "security" staff these days - you're > hardly likely to reply "no its dynamite/a gun" are you! > > The real problem is that security firms are chosen on the basis of the lowest bid for > the contract. So they hire a firm who get staff at the lowest pay, with the longest > hours and the worst working conditions. Result: they tend to get the "sickos & > thickos" - those who like dressing up in a uniform and throwing their weight about, > or who are too dense to get a job anywhere else. Also the really desperate, who only > take this lousy job until they can get a real job. > > So you get poor quality staff working long hours, on a job that is basically > mind-numbingly boring for 99% of the time, with occasional brief moments of terror or > aggression. Is it any wonder that its so easy for crooks or terrorists to dodge such > controls? And the rest of us have to put up with a gorilla chucking his weight about > because he is afraid for his job, or just wants to take his frustrations out on > someone? > > Brian Rumary, England > > http://freespace.virgin.net/brian.rumary/homepage.htm > >
filmscanners: SS120: Reflections on edge of neg
I just noticed this problem on my negs, as a few other people have. I had a problem sort of like this on my 4x5 film a few years ago, was told that it was a reflection from a part of the holder (don't know what it's called or how to describe it), and cured it by running a black magic marker along it. I'm going to try this with the film holder for the 6x6 negs - will report back if it works. Barbara -- Barbara White/Architectural Photography http://www.barbarawhitephoto.com
filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Scanning large quantities of slides...
Ron wrote: > I'm being transferred into the tropics, and I don't really want > to carry my slide collection into that kind of environment... Probably a good idea. Some of mine have been badly damaged by mould and I live in a sub-tropical area. A friend of mine went to great lengths to make a cooled cabinet for his films. > I'm looking at acquiring a slide scanner to do this job...and > I don't have an unlimited budget... It's all 35mm, no APS. > It's a mix of Kodachrome, Ektachrome and Fujichrome... I don't > want to do them one at a time, and yet I'm not sure I can afford > the cost of the bulk loader with the Nikon 4000ED or some > equivalent... I know I will need some form of help with the > dust/scratches (ICE or FARE, or something else?)... Not on all, > but certainly on the older ones... However, the older ones are > Kodachrome, which I understand isn't helped much... Speed is the problem. My LS30 is quite fast, and the LS2000 should be as well. You might be able to pick up a second hand LS2000 with the slide feeder, although it had a reputation for jamming. The only other thing I could suggest would be to put the best ones on PhotoCD. Unfortunately the SS4000 is quite slow with no hardware dust and scratch removal, and the Acer even slower especially when using ICE. AFAIK the holders for the Canon 2710 have to be set for each slide so it would be slow to use as well. The Nikon slide feeder is the only option I can think of for batch scanning large numbers of slides. If you really need the 4000dpi and 14bit dynamic range of the LS4000, you'll probably have to find the money. But if the 2700dpi and 12 bits of the LS2000 is enough, a second hand or refurb unit would be worth looking into. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com
RE: filmscanners: Scanning large quantities of slides...
Ron-- Digital ICE works well on many if not most Kodachrome slides. What happens is that when there is a lot of cyan content, Digital ICE sometimes gives unpredictable results. Of course, any dark part of the image will have a lot of cyan. What happens is that you loose high frequency detail. White lettering on a dark background becomes fuzzy. To get around this, you can scan the image twice, once with Digital ICE on and once with it off. Then depending on the image, combine the images on different layers (an image with a lot of cyan content should go on top, an image with a lot of defects should go on top). Then erase the top layer reveling the image below. The Acer 2740 S is a very good, inexpensive scanner that can scan four slides at once. That may not be much consolation when you have hundreds, but it is an option. Good luck. Jack Phipps Applied Science Fiction -Original Message- From: Ronald Vyhmeister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: filmscanners: Scanning large quantities of slides... I'm being transferred into the tropics, and I don't really want to carry my slide collection into that kind of environment... I'm looking at acquiring a slide scanner to do this job...and I don't have an unlimited budget... It's all 35mm, no APS. It's a mix of Kodachrome, Ektachrome and Fujichrome... I don't want to do them one at a time, and yet I'm not sure I can afford the cost of the bulk loader with the Nikon 4000ED or some equivalent... I know I will need some form of help with the dust/scratches (ICE or FARE, or something else?)... Not on all, but certainly on the older ones... However, the older ones are Kodachrome, which I understand isn't helped much... Any suggestions are appreciated... Ron
Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED nightmares!!!
Mikael wrote: > I wonder if Im missing something's here! The only thing you can do is: > 1.Allocate more RAM memory to Photoshop if you are using NikonScan as a > plugin and have a MAC computer. Give Photoshop at least 800Mb of your 1.5 > Gb RAAM memory Then I've done everything I can. The 8000ED is just plain slow with my Mac. Thanks for your help. Joyfully, -david soderman- <><
Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED nightmares!!!
> If you have not experienced banding how do you run the LS8000 ? Is it in the > fine mode? Which makes scanning slow. I've just been running it in the normal (not fine) mode. At 4000 ppi w/ICE, 8 bit, 1 pass...a 6x6 neg takes about 10 minutes. That's on a 400 mhz G4 w/1.5 gigs of RAM. I have virtual memory turned off. I have maximum memory alloted to photoshop. (Just shy of 1 gig). Don't know if it's possible to increase the amount of memory in NikonScan when used as a plugin. I'm starting to think it isn't. I'm a portrait photographer; not a scenic landscape photographer. I haven't used the scanner all that much, but so far the banding hasn't been visible in the normal mode. Aside from the hassles of using it, I really can't complain about the actual scan quality itself. I'm quite impressed with the scan results. Joyfully, -david soderman- <><
filmscanners: Scanning large quantities of slides...
I'm being transferred into the tropics, and I don't really want to carry my slide collection into that kind of environment... I'm looking at acquiring a slide scanner to do this job...and I don't have an unlimited budget... It's all 35mm, no APS. It's a mix of Kodachrome, Ektachrome and Fujichrome... I don't want to do them one at a time, and yet I'm not sure I can afford the cost of the bulk loader with the Nikon 4000ED or some equivalent... I know I will need some form of help with the dust/scratches (ICE or FARE, or something else?)... Not on all, but certainly on the older ones... However, the older ones are Kodachrome, which I understand isn't helped much... Any suggestions are appreciated... Ron
RE: filmscanners: S400 final result
I have about 30 or so different varieties planted on my side hill. I think I have that variety. David -Original Message- From: Ken Durling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:filmscanners: S400 final result Thanks for all the great help. This is what I finally came up with. Wondering if you think the colors look natural. These _are_ pretty creatures. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=455020&size=lg Ken Durling Photo.net portfolio: http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member?user_id=402251
Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED nightmares!!!
david/lisa soderman wrote: > > Let me ask why did you buy the Nikon LS8000 if you recognised that it had > > problems with the banding? > > > > I ask - as I was considering both the SS120 and the LS8000. > > ICE was an important factor for me. The new Minolta Scan Multi Pro was not > shipping at the time. Others have claimed to *not* experience the banding > problem with the LS8000. > > Looking back, it was a risk that doesn't seem to be working out very well at > this point. I have to admit though that I have *not* experienced any > banding so far. If you have not experienced banding how do you run the LS8000 ? Is it in the fine mode? Which makes scanning slow. Rob
Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED nightmares!!!
David wrote If there's a way to effectively allocate more RAM to NikonScan (used as a plugin)...I'd be happy as a clam. I wonder if Im missing something's here! The only thing you can do is: 1.Allocate more RAM memory to Photoshop if you are using NikonScan as a plugin and have a MAC computer. Give Photoshop at least 800Mb of your 1.5 Gb RAAM memory 2. If you are using NikonScan alone allocate 600Mb RAAM memory of your 1.5 Gb RAAM memory 3 There are no problem to allocate more RAAM memory to a software, if you dont know how to do it : read the help function in your MAC. Mikael Risedal -- >From: "david/lisa soderman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED nightmares!!! >Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:39:30 -0600 > > > Let me ask why did you buy the Nikon LS8000 if you recognised that it >had > > problems with the banding? > > > > I ask - as I was considering both the SS120 and the LS8000. > >ICE was an important factor for me. The new Minolta Scan Multi Pro was not >shipping at the time. Others have claimed to *not* experience the banding >problem with the LS8000. > >Looking back, it was a risk that doesn't seem to be working out very well >at >this point. I have to admit though that I have *not* experienced any >banding so far. I have had an old mounted slide be killer out of focus due >to shallow d.o.f.. The main problem is slow speed and horrible color. I >suspect, however, that the color problem is a simple matter of figuring out >color spaces between NikonScan and Photoshop. If I could solve that, speed >would be the only problem. I've got 1.5 gigs of RAM on a G4. If there's a >way to effectively allocate more RAM to NikonScan (used as a plugin)...I'd >be happy as a clam. ;-) > >Joyfully, -david soderman- <>< > > > _ Hämta MSN Explorer kostnadsfritt på http://explorer.msn.se
filmscanners: S400 final result
Thanks for all the great help. This is what I finally came up with. Wondering if you think the colors look natural. These _are_ pretty creatures. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=455020&size=lg Ken Durling Photo.net portfolio: http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member?user_id=402251
RE: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED nightmares!!!
> ICE was an important factor for me. I haven't had any dust problems with my scanner, and it doesn't have ICE...but I do make sure my film doesn't have any dust on it before putting it in the scanner. The Nikon, because of its LED illumination tends to exaggerate the dust...so it does need ICE, but you may not need it with the SS120.
Re: filmscanners: Re: Polaroid SS4000
At 09:01 AM 11/28/01 -0800, Tris Schuler wrote: >Does anyone know of decent tutorial for SilverFast? That looks to be a >superior scanning program, but I can't make heads or tails of the copy >that shipped with my SS4000--the documentation's slim. Hi Tris, SilverFast does a very good job of scanning Olympus shots once you get your hands around the program. You'll probably want the $10 upgrade to NegaFix if you're shooting negatives though. A good tutorial can be found at: http://www.rgbnet.co.uk/ilyons/sf5_contents.htm Later, Johnny __ Johnny Johnson Lilburn, GA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: filmscanners: Re: Polaroid SS4000
Thanks, David. I've been there many times and have grabbed everything pertinent. I'm back up and running at the moment. Tris
Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED nightmares!!!
If you turn color management off then you're on your own for adjusting the colors. Now I've been scanning only Kodachromes recently and here's what I did: I turned color management off, went to preferences and set the gamma to match the gamma at which I'm running my screen, then scanned a Kodachrome IT8 target and made a custom profile based on that scan. That was the setup. Now for scanning I simply scan a Kodachrome slide, NikonScan tags it as AdobeRGB (which is dumb), I assign it my custom profile, and the colors look very good. While setting up the scan I adjust the master analog gain (if necessary) to fill the histogram in the Curves control panel, then I check the separate R, G and B histograms and increase the analog gain of any channel that doesn't fill the histogram (this assumes of course that there actually is some pure white somewhere in the slide). OK, that's for slides. If you're scanning negs the story would be different. I haven't spent as much time with negs, but I think what I'd do is turn color management ON, set it to use the "wide gamut (compensated)" color space, then later in photoshop assign the "wide gamut" profile to the scan. Good luck, --Bill At 9:45 AM -0600 11/28/01, david/lisa soderman wrote: > >What about if I have color management *OFF*? -- == Bill Fernandez * User Interface Architect * Bill Fernandez Design (505) 346-3080 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://billfernandez.com ==
RE: filmscanners: Re: Polaroid SS4000
Tris, Lasersoft has recently posted new documentation on their web site but the very best tutorial in on Ian Lyons site. www.computer-darkroom.com David -Original Message- From: Tris Schuler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 12:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: filmscanners: Re: Polaroid SS4000 Thank you, Pat. You're right regarding the SCSI BIOS message on boot. I called Adaptec and the tech guy got me into the utility program to rid myself of this nuisance--I didn't mind the message so much as I knew that wasn't the problem (my scanner worked perfectly in Win98 SE) but it seemed to hang up the OS installation for a short time. Anyway, my scanner works again. Two changes: the SCSI card wasn't recognizing it internally, probably due to an ASPI layer issue (this is not supported in 2000/XP I'm told). Curiously, the Adaptec fellow sent me back to Polaroid for a fix on this, whereupon Polaroid told me the patch already existed over on the Adaptec site. I loved that. No matter, as I was able to get the SCSI card to recognize the scanner correctly by simply using Insight's Driver IO Utility and toggling that from ASPI to STI. It's also possible that part of my problem revolves around my installation of XP on top of Win98 SE. I intend to reformat my drive and do a clean install of XP, but I'd prefer to wait until early next week when I have a couple of weekdays off with peace and quiet and no time pressure--plus better phone support from companies like Adaptec should that prove necessary (knock on wood). Does anyone know of decent tutorial for SilverFast? That looks to be a superior scanning program, but I can't make heads or tails of the copy that shipped with my SS4000--the documentation's slim. Tris > sounds like the scanner isn't being recognized during the boot process. >The SCSI bios not found message just means that the bootstrap enabling bios >isn't on your scsi card (or not enabled in the scsi card's setup). It >shouldn't prevent the scsi card from working. During the DOS portion of your >PC's boot process, does the scsi card announce the presence of the scanner? >If not, it might be a termination problem. It might also be something as >prosaic as the scanner not being powered up when booting. This is a deal >breaker with scsi under NT/2K/XP. > >Pat
Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED nightmares!!!
> Let me ask why did you buy the Nikon LS8000 if you recognised that it had > problems with the banding? > > I ask - as I was considering both the SS120 and the LS8000. ICE was an important factor for me. The new Minolta Scan Multi Pro was not shipping at the time. Others have claimed to *not* experience the banding problem with the LS8000. Looking back, it was a risk that doesn't seem to be working out very well at this point. I have to admit though that I have *not* experienced any banding so far. I have had an old mounted slide be killer out of focus due to shallow d.o.f.. The main problem is slow speed and horrible color. I suspect, however, that the color problem is a simple matter of figuring out color spaces between NikonScan and Photoshop. If I could solve that, speed would be the only problem. I've got 1.5 gigs of RAM on a G4. If there's a way to effectively allocate more RAM to NikonScan (used as a plugin)...I'd be happy as a clam. ;-) Joyfully, -david soderman- <><
Re: filmscanners: Re: Polaroid SS4000
Thank you, Pat. You're right regarding the SCSI BIOS message on boot. I called Adaptec and the tech guy got me into the utility program to rid myself of this nuisance--I didn't mind the message so much as I knew that wasn't the problem (my scanner worked perfectly in Win98 SE) but it seemed to hang up the OS installation for a short time. Anyway, my scanner works again. Two changes: the SCSI card wasn't recognizing it internally, probably due to an ASPI layer issue (this is not supported in 2000/XP I'm told). Curiously, the Adaptec fellow sent me back to Polaroid for a fix on this, whereupon Polaroid told me the patch already existed over on the Adaptec site. I loved that. No matter, as I was able to get the SCSI card to recognize the scanner correctly by simply using Insight's Driver IO Utility and toggling that from ASPI to STI. It's also possible that part of my problem revolves around my installation of XP on top of Win98 SE. I intend to reformat my drive and do a clean install of XP, but I'd prefer to wait until early next week when I have a couple of weekdays off with peace and quiet and no time pressure--plus better phone support from companies like Adaptec should that prove necessary (knock on wood). Does anyone know of decent tutorial for SilverFast? That looks to be a superior scanning program, but I can't make heads or tails of the copy that shipped with my SS4000--the documentation's slim. Tris > sounds like the scanner isn't being recognized during the boot process. >The SCSI bios not found message just means that the bootstrap enabling bios >isn't on your scsi card (or not enabled in the scsi card's setup). It >shouldn't prevent the scsi card from working. During the DOS portion of your >PC's boot process, does the scsi card announce the presence of the scanner? >If not, it might be a termination problem. It might also be something as >prosaic as the scanner not being powered up when booting. This is a deal >breaker with scsi under NT/2K/XP. > >Pat
RE: filmscanners: Re: Polaroid SS4000
Tris, If you go to www.polaroidwork.com , select service and support, then the Frequently Asked Questions section you will find the correct procedure. You should also be using Insight 5.x which can be downloaded from the same web site. David -Original Message- From: Tris Schuler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:filmscanners: Re: Polaroid SS4000 I have a question re the Polaroid SS4000 installation with Windows XP. This scanner ran okay on my Win 98 SE setup, but since I installed Windows XP I'm told the system can't find my SCSI board. XP itself says the board is there and running properly, and it's listed as a device driver. I've read what I could at the Polaroid site, where a fairly comprehensive guide is provided for getting this scanner to operate in XP, but so far it's a no go. When I boot up my system, ,when it's still a black screen, I'm told the SS4000 is installed but that I have no SCSI BIOS installed--again,, even though once inside XP the OS tells me everything is fine. But then when I try to load Insight I get an error message telling me that no SCSI board can be found. XP does have the correct driver from my Adaptec Ultra SCSI 2930U card, and I've installed the latest version (5.03) of Polaroid Insight. I've checked the Microsoft Knowledge base but there's no reference there to this. Has anyone experience a similar issue? Does anyone have a clue what the problem might be? Any help would be appreciated. Tris
Re: filmscanners: Re: Polaroid SS4000
I mis-spoke(wrote?) when describing a DOS portion of the boot process. I should have said the POST portion (power on self test) when hardware initializes prior to OS loading. WinNT/2k/XP do not, in fact, have DOS boot routines. However, the scsi bios not loaded will not prevent non-bootable scsi devices from working (I have such a setup on my pc; bootable scsi card on which I don't load a scsi bios, and only scanners and cdr/rw drives attached.) Pat --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It sounds like the scanner isn't being recognized > during the boot process. > > The SCSI bios not found message just means that > the bootstrap enabling > > bios isn't on your scsi card (or not enabled in > the scsi card's setup). > > I believe that this is the problem. If the SCSI BIOS > is not installed, then > the driver under XP cannot access the very same SCSI > BIOS to access the > scanner. > > > During the DOS portion of your PC's boot process, > does the scsi card > announce the > > presence of the scanner? > > NT/2K/XP does not *have* a DOS portion of booting, > as far as I know. (I run > NT4, but I run under onboard SCSI (adaptec, too) and > boot from SCSI disk. So > if my SCSI BIOS does not install, I definitely don't > boot up!) > > > If not, it might be a termination problem. It > might also be something as > > prosaic as the scanner not being powered up when > booting. This is a deal > > breaker with scsi under NT/2K/XP. > > When I don't power on my SS4000, it just does not > show up as a device during > SCSI installation. And of course, I cannot access it > later when NT is up. > > I agree on this being possibly a termination > problem. Are there other > devices on the board? If you do a ctrl-A on the > black screen (lets you access the > SCSI setup), make sure that the scanner is marked as > a SCSIII device (less > than 10MB data transfer rate - there's a writeup on > the Polaroid site citing the > specifics). > > I only had my SCSI BIOS not install when I had > changed the BIOS inherent > termination for SE/UW devices (my board is an Asus > P2B-S, similar to adaptec > AHA2940U2W card) to none. > > Best regards, Barbara > > -- > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > http://www.gmx.net > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED nightmares!!!
> I had similar results with my 4000ED. How to address it depends on > how you have color management set up in the preferences dialog. > > If you have color management ON, then first go into the color > management tab in preferences and make sure that the monitor profile > it shows is the one you're actually using. If not then change it. What about if I have color management *OFF*? I'd like to keep it off if possible, to keep the scan times lower. Since my initial post, I've stumbled on to something. If I select "Apple RGB" in Photoshop...and "Apple RGB" in NikonScan, the colors look good. However, if I change Photoshop to "Adobe 1998 RGB" and keep NikonScan as "Apple RGB", colors/saturation are horrible. And if I keep NikonScan at "Adobe 1998 RGB" and change Photoshop to "Adobe 1998RGB", the colors are still horrible. Interesting. So far, the only combination I've found that works is the "Apple RGB" for both Photoshop and NikonScan. Thanks for your help, Bill. I sure can use it. I am a color management "greenhorn". ;-) Joyfully, -david soderman- <><
Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc
Doug Segar wrote: > In addition, 1-2 out of ten result in a question from the screener "film?" and a nod OK when you say yes. > A typical example of the intelligence of most "security" staff these days - you're hardly likely to reply "no its dynamite/a gun" are you! The real problem is that security firms are chosen on the basis of the lowest bid for the contract. So they hire a firm who get staff at the lowest pay, with the longest hours and the worst working conditions. Result: they tend to get the "sickos & thickos" - those who like dressing up in a uniform and throwing their weight about, or who are too dense to get a job anywhere else. Also the really desperate, who only take this lousy job until they can get a real job. So you get poor quality staff working long hours, on a job that is basically mind-numbingly boring for 99% of the time, with occasional brief moments of terror or aggression. Is it any wonder that its so easy for crooks or terrorists to dodge such controls? And the rest of us have to put up with a gorilla chucking his weight about because he is afraid for his job, or just wants to take his frustrations out on someone? Brian Rumary, England http://freespace.virgin.net/brian.rumary/homepage.htm
Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED nightmares!!!
I had similar results with my 4000ED. How to address it depends on how you have color management set up in the preferences dialog. If you have color management ON, then first go into the color management tab in preferences and make sure that the monitor profile it shows is the one you're actually using. If not then change it. Then, if you choose Adobe RGB as the output profile, NikonScan will convert the scan's colors to that color space and tag it with that profile. This is all nice and automatic. However if you choose one of the other color spaces, such as "wide gamut", or "wide gamut (compensated)" NikonScan will CONVERT the colors in the scan to the selected color space but will TAG it with the AdobeRGB profile, which seems brain dead to me! So you have to manually assign the correct profile to the scan, after which its colors should look a lot better. See if any of that helps. --Bill At 9:08 AM -0600 11/27/01, david/lisa soderman wrote: > >When I do actual scans, the image in the NikonScan preview window actually >looks quite good. However, after the scan is done...the image in Photoshop >looks horrible. It's WAY oversaturated with WAY too much reds! >(I had a similar problem with VueScan and my other scanner which was solved >by using the Adobe color space for both VueScan and Photoshop.) >Now I'm using the Adobe 1998 color space in NikonScan and Photoshop. I get >the horrible image described above. -- == Bill Fernandez * User Interface Architect * Bill Fernandez Design (505) 346-3080 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://billfernandez.com ==
Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc
Doug Segar wrote: > > Just another comment about lead lined bags and X-ray scanner intensity. It is true that SOME but by no means all these scanners do increase the X-ray dosage slightly (it still must be very low for health safety reasons) if the scanner sees opaque objects. However, camera bodies and lenses are dense enough to create this response, so putting your film in a lead lined bag does not actually result in higher X-ray intensity than would otherwise be used on a camera bag with both cameras and film inside. There is a new X-ray machine in use in many "first world" countries, and known problem areas, which is used for CHECKED IN luggage. It raises the X-Ray levels until it can penetrate most things, including most standard lead lined bags. However, there are now new bags made by the same company which they claim are thick enough to block even the new machines highest setting. What occurs in this case, is your luggage get kicked out of the line up, you are called in and they are hand inspected in your presence. Of course, if you miss your flight or your luggage does, that's just too bad. Art
Re: filmscanners: VueScan on Minolta Scan Multi Pro???
> Also, it's only a small issue but could the installer have an optional > install directory? I prefer all my apps to go in the 'Program Files' > folder, rather than in the root directory. I also copy the VueScan directory in the "Program Files" directory. But before that I remove the ini-file from the fresh installed VueScan directory. With your suggestion I have to save the ini-file before and put it back after installation of the VueScan files. In this case an option (checkbox) to not overwrite the ini-file by default in the installer program would be helpful, otherwise it is not an improvement in my case. __ With kind regards, Henk de Jong The Netherlands [EMAIL PROTECTED] Burma - Photo Gallery http://burma.wolweb.nl Nepal - Trekking Around Annapurna - Photo Gallery http://annapurna.wolweb.nl
filmscanners: Re: Polaroid SS4000
> It sounds like the scanner isn't being recognized during the boot process. > The SCSI bios not found message just means that the bootstrap enabling > bios isn't on your scsi card (or not enabled in the scsi card's setup). I believe that this is the problem. If the SCSI BIOS is not installed, then the driver under XP cannot access the very same SCSI BIOS to access the scanner. > During the DOS portion of your PC's boot process, does the scsi card announce the > presence of the scanner? NT/2K/XP does not *have* a DOS portion of booting, as far as I know. (I run NT4, but I run under onboard SCSI (adaptec, too) and boot from SCSI disk. So if my SCSI BIOS does not install, I definitely don't boot up!) > If not, it might be a termination problem. It might also be something as > prosaic as the scanner not being powered up when booting. This is a deal > breaker with scsi under NT/2K/XP. When I don't power on my SS4000, it just does not show up as a device during SCSI installation. And of course, I cannot access it later when NT is up. I agree on this being possibly a termination problem. Are there other devices on the board? If you do a ctrl-A on the black screen (lets you access the SCSI setup), make sure that the scanner is marked as a SCSIII device (less than 10MB data transfer rate - there's a writeup on the Polaroid site citing the specifics). I only had my SCSI BIOS not install when I had changed the BIOS inherent termination for SE/UW devices (my board is an Asus P2B-S, similar to adaptec AHA2940U2W card) to none. Best regards, Barbara -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net
RE: filmscanners: VueScan on Minolta Scan Multi Pro???
>> I just released VueScan 7.2.10 Thanks Ed. Any chance that the next version will have 'intelligent' cropping/frame offset added, as discussed earlier in the week? :-) Also, it's only a small issue but could the installer have an optional install directory? I prefer all my apps to go in the 'Program Files' folder, rather than in the root directory. I'm presuming that your installer is cross-platform; if you want a simple (and free) installer which can handle this requirement, I'd suggest Inno-Setup (www.innosetup.com). It's the installer I use for my software[1], and is easy to configure. In fact, so easy I'd be very willing/happy to knock up a quick VueScan install script for you. :-) Regards Mark [1] http://www.webreaper.net - it's free, and it's an offline browser (website grabber). I mention it not just as a blatant plug, but because it's quite a handy tool for (amongst other things) pulling collections of images/photos down from the web - something that may be relevant here.
