[filmscanners] re: Vuescan: batch scanning raw files made by NikonScan.
Is this a recent issue with Vuescan? In the past I scanned my film as RAW files, then went to disk mode, pointed vuescan to the first batch file. Scan0001.raw then told it to scan frames 1 to 36. In about 30 minutes I had 36 finished files. Alan But: I discovered that there is no mean to process files in batch. Vuescan lacks the ability to select a set of files and to process them just like it would do it with film frames. Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
filmscanners: RE: Vuescan Tiger Photo
I ran your 577kb SCAN into 7.1.16 and came up with a gorgeous photo without tweaking anything out of the normal. Generic Color Negative Gamma 1.3 White point .05 black point .1 Auto Levels If you want to email a couple of other scans you are having trouble with, be happy to work them over. Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.17 Available
No, no, that's way too basic an answer, all but the most novice of us know how to use Gamma, but brightness had a more pronounced effect on shadows than gamma does without the side effect of over brighting the top half of the image range. Also playing with Gamma + drops saturation which makes it necessary to pull drastic curves in Photoshop, the brightness allowed a bit of better finese. So I often have white point at .001 and black point at .1 with maximum as my crop, there is VERY little room at the top side of the data for it to get brighter. Saturation is always tough in vuescan. alan What type of adjustment in gamma and the white point % do you suggest for mimicing the effect of Brightness from Vuescan 7.1.16? Adjust gamma downwards to decrease brightness, and upwards to increase brightness. Regards, Ed Hamrick Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan VS Negative dynamic range
Julian, as is with most things that vuescan does, there is a setting for the BUFFER on one of the tabs, crop on the right hand side of the controls. Vuescan defaults to 2.0, I move mine up to 5%. alan I think Ed would make it much more user friendly if the exposure algorithm automatically applied a buffer which blanks out the outer 10% of the image from exposure calculations. Julian Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: Problems with Scanwit or it's SCSI card
Two things to try first: Click on the scsi branch of the device manager, and then try the refresh. This limits the search of new devices to that branch of items. Second, what happens if you turn on your scanner and then boot up the computer or reboot the computer, does the scanner show? Does it function? Does it show under imaging devices in the device manager? alan When i turn on the scanner, go to /my computer/propeties/device manager and refresh the device list computer freeze-up and only reacts on on reset button. First, i fought that problems with logic structure on one of my hard drives i had sometime ago could have left some valuable dll's damaged and reinstalled a whole windows. But it didn't actualy solved any of my problems. Few days before it happend there was no sign of possible problems. I called Acer service center, they told me to bring it in their office but it would take a few days while i have some work scheduled and still hopefull to solve it without them. Any suggestions or particular experience??? Best regards, Gregory Golyshev Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: Washed out sky/Vuescan
What part of the instructions do you find confusing? I find the instructions very confusing. What type of scene are you trying to scan? Different scenes with dominate colors can require different settings within vuescan. I've almost always had trouble with grass scenes myself. My difficulty is that the colors seem somewhat washed out, especially blue sky. I'm using a Mac and scanning slides. I'm not sure what my color settings should be, but I've set it on: White balance is generally the best, also try autolevels. On my Scanwit autolevels is nearly always better. Occassionally you will have to try nuetral and make an adjustment in photoshop. White Balance Your black point is a BIG reason your image is washed out, If you set your region to maximum and your black point to .1 or so the edge of the frame will be taken to nearly 0 which _almost_ always is darker than any portion of your image. This will bring some saturation and contrast into your image. Auto Blackpoint on Black Point 0 The white point is likely too high for the scene, I often use bellow .1 and often .001 for the white point. If you have used LEVELS in photoshop white point is similar, but not exact, to move the white point triangle on levels to the left, it extends the RGB values closer to 255,255,255 and can cause a wash out if set to low. White Point 0.5 Adobe RGB has less saturation than some other spaces, but is considered a good editing space for images as it is sufficiently large to contain most of the colors in real life captured by film. Color Space Adobe RGB This setting is likely fine, If you are scanning neg film try going to 1.4 Gamma 1.8 1 is standard, it boosts more of the 1/4 or so shadows in scans, used mostly for bringing up harse shadows from full sunlight. Image Brightness 1 Automask isn't where you want to mess around with now, it's function is to compute the removal of the orange mask of the film more than the balance of the scene. If you are using slides, it's a moot point. I've tried it both with and without Auto Mask Would appreciate suggestions Martin Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
filmscanners: yellow stain on 2720S
has the yellow stain issue been figured out yet on some Scanwits? alan Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images
I took a look at the engine, if you don't use descriptive names you won't be indexed in a usable manner. No on at google is doing to look at image0001.jpg files and decide that was a cake and note it in the index. alan Harvey writes: The possibility of losses is scary, What sort of losses? Do you do a lot of business in licensing thumbnail images or web-resolution images? Is there any reason why they would be stolen any less frequently from your own site than from any other site? Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan
Vuescan no longer requires me to have the device show in the device manager before vuescan finds it, I think it might even cause windows to put it in the device manager. On my machine, yes indeed it does cause windows to put the scanner into the device manager WITHOUT me doing a refresh. alan 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 Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: Vuescan
Funny, I'm on Windows 98SE with an Adaptec SCSI adapter.. It is the 2902E, and I forced windows to use the actual 2902E family drivers vs. the 7800 family it wants too. I had trouble getting the scanners recognized with the 7800 drivers, almost never trouble (except epson twain) on the 2902E drivers. alan Alan wrote: Vuescan no longer requires me to have the device show in the device manager before vuescan finds it, I think it might even cause windows to put it in the device manager. On my machine, yes indeed it does cause windows to put the scanner into the device manager 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 scanner connected? Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan
Windows 98SE updated to the nines an adaptec 2902E which uses the actual 2902E drivers, not the 7800 family windows wants to use. All I have to due is turn on my scanners and start vuescan, they all show up! alan Alan.. I just tried starting my Microtek 4000T w/o re-booting or re-freshing and NO GO...I'm on W98SE, 733PIII w/ 384MEG ram and I'm on Ed's latest Vuescan7.1.9What version of Windows are YOU on?? Eddie Wiseman Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re[2]: filmscanners: Vuescan Blue's
Normally I set my buffer to 5% because I always use maximum crop and later crop in PS. I'll bet it is sitting at 2% since I loaded 7.1.7 alan Have you set the Crop and Buffer such that you are sure VueScan is looking at actual picture content (and not frame edges or sprocket holes) for setting the white and black points? If it sees a sprocket hole or an opaque frame edge that really messes things up! The picture will be quite flat (low contrast) and the color balance will be way off. --Dana Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: Vuescan
Make sure you have your scanner on BEFORE you start vuescan, it does a scsi bus scan on startup. alan I just downloaded a trial version of vuescan and cant get it to work - presumably it should work without uninstalling nikonscan ? Thanks Steve
re: filmscanners: Vuescan blue anomaly
I cannot say I do use PS Auto Levels often. Will go off and try it quickly to see. On the last couple of photos that I adjusted the white point up .05 for the blue component, auto levels in Photoshop doesn't work out too well. Makes the colors even more off, took the blue out though! Alan Alan, do you find this true after you aply Auto Levels in PS? That's the first thing I do after a scan is loaded, whether from Vuescan or MiraPhoto (Mira *really* needs it), before proceding with corrections. I find this action often puts whatever color(s) might dominate back into proper ralationship. If Auto Levels doesn't help, or makes it worse, I undo the action, then procede. Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: Scanning multiple times (was Re: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes)
Sometime back Ed mentioned there was a SCSI command that causes an extra 20% exposure on the scanwit and he enables it always. Alan I don't think VS controls exposure time on Scanwits directly - they have an autoexposure system with no manual control. However, I agree it appears something Ed is doing appears to result in longer exposures. It would be interesting to know how this happens - maybe Ed could jump in with a theory/explanation? /fn Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: Re: Vuescan gripes
It's curious most of you are doing less modifying in PS from recent scans, I had been doing little PS modifying, but have had to make the substantial curves adjustment lately in PS to bring blue down 20-30 points and red up 5-10 points. I roll I was working on of beach pictures I changed the blue portion of the white balance settings up .05 and got MUCH better pictures, I only needed a gamma curve adjustment of about 20 points and a slight flattening in the bottom quarter tones to keep the contrast realistic. Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re[2]: filmscanners: Vuescan too blue
I am always typing faster than I am thinking. I am scanning almost all negs, the latest roll is Kodak Royal 400. I did play with various film base settings, some have distinctly different casts than others, but non I played with were better than generic. Ed has explained this tries to reproduce the scene as it appeared to us, and the film settings try to reproduce it as the film saw the scene. Two design goals of PhotoCD. I often move blue down substantially, and I think this odd. For settings I am normally a black point of .1 white of .1 gamma around 1.2 brightness 1.0 Autolevels used to give the best color, but now it's white balance since about 7.1. The last few weeks I have been having to adjust my vuescan created images from my Scanwit by what I think is an extreme amount. Usually I move red up 7 points around 150, blue down around 20 points. Are we talking about slides or negatives? Let's suppose we are discussing slides... When scanning Fuji slides (100ASA) with my ScanWit I choose under the Color tab for Slide vendor Generic Most of the scans have the right colour for me. When I choose Slide vendor Kodak, Ektachrome, the colours I get are looking wrong to me... But with Generic they look blue compared to Kodak. Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: Vuescan Settings
My 7.1.3 has a seperate control for Image Brightness and Gamma. Image brightness will affect the blacks of the image, Gamma not so much. I often leave Black to .01 or so which results in the black edge of negs or slide masks going close to 0, I almost always go with Maximum and do any cropping later. It has - the 'image brightness' setting sets both gamma and brightness/contrast according to some fiendish Hamrickian scheme. I still preferred them as separate parameters, but that's the control to twiddle with - in practice it works well - to achieve a scan which does not clip either end of the histogram. You'll also want to set VS white point to 0.01 and black to 0.0. Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re[2]: filmscanners: ACER Scanwit 2720S problem
Well, honestly I almost returned the scanner for defective because when I got mine I didn't squeeze hard enough either! Tech support was clueless.. alan What a great suggestion! The center snaps on the negative carrier don't snap cleanly/crisply like the end snap and sometimes the center of the lid of the carrier appears to bow slightly. I was afraid to force it, and so just left it like that. I have ordered two more negative carriers (so I can be cleaning and loading while scanning) and I will see if they are better. Also, I will fiddle with these and see if I can improve the action. Whatever made you think of that? Thanks, Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: ACER Scanwit 2720S problem
I've never had this happen, only two thoughts come to mind. The clips on the film carrier are not CLIPPED tightly, double squeeze them to make sure. Defective. Check the film strip holders and if those are tight, exchange it! alan Hi, I just got an ACER Scanwit 2720s last week and I see there are some Scanwit users here - so, thought I would ask about a problem I am having. Using either Vuescan 7.1.3 or MiraPhoto the unit will occasionally loose track of the negative carrier position. By this I mean that if I have a 4 neg strip in positions 1-4 or in positions 3-6 and select to scan one of them I will get a different frame back - ie. selecting 4 returns 5. This also occurs when batch scanning - ie. I will only get 3 of the 4 frames and a blank. I have tried both MiraPhoto and Vuescan when this occurs and it is repeatable in both (it happens every time) once it starts happening. I don't see any obvious sequence that leads to it. I somes have scanned in 10 to 15 strips with no problem. Once the problem occurs it is repeatable 100% until I turn the Scanwit off and back on. I have tried both with and without a SCSI terminator. Any suggestions before contact Tech Support? (I called tech support yesterday and was on hold for over an hour before I gave up.) Frank Nichols Newbie - and proud of it! Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan + flat colors
Yes, unless you are using a custom profile the native Epson driver does indeed expect you to be in sRGB. Alan AFAIK this is normal. The gamuts of the colour spaces are different. But it leads me to wonder - if some of the problems I've had with colour matching between the screen and the output on an Epson printer is that the printer driver expects the user to be viewing an image in sRGB not in Adobe RGB? Rob Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
filmscanners: ScanWit Yellow stain
Has anyone gotten an answer from Acer on this yet? My one year warranty expired before I realized I had a problem with the scanner and not the negative itself. :) Alan Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ: http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet
re[2]: filmscanners: re: brown yellow down side of Acer Neg scans
I closely examined the calibration port on the negative film area, there is nothing in there to interfer. I also did a little vaucumning of the entry door on the scanwit and a squirt of compressed air to remove dust etc that may have found refuge in the scanner to no avail. The yellow/brown on the side of the negative continues. I will have to try a kodak neg next as this was with Fuji 100. Alan I just checked a frame with the problem in Miraphoto 2.0 and it exhibits the same yellow/brown cast down the right hand side on this sky negative. A difference of up to 12 points blue. Double-check that you don't have anything blocking the light path in the film holder in the calibration area.
filmscanners: re: brown yellow down side of Acer Neg scans
I have recently noticed this also on the right hand side of some negative scans. I had never seen the problem before a few releases ago in VueScan. I also have not tried Miraphoto to see if the problem persists there also. Guess I will fire up the scanner to see since warranty is ending soon. I just checked a frame with the problem in Miraphoto 2.0 and it exhibits the same yellow/brown cast down the right hand side on this sky negative. A difference of up to 12 points blue. Alan could be some kind of reflection from my slide- and filmholder so they promised me that they would send these items (new). I said Well thanks, but I know that is not the problem and I would prefer you to solve the real problem (symptoms: brown-yellowish bands with negatives along the scan direction at the boundaries of the frame for light parts of the photo, similar problem with positive-film in dark shadowish parts, I've mailed examples to this forum in the past)
filmscanners: Nikon CS-IV could I beg a scan?
I've a completely, grossly, obviously terribly over exposed negative of my little girl getting a cookie off a table some years back. The best photo print I could get is bad, and my Acer cannot get anything in the green or blue channels. If someone could volunteer I would like to try this negative on a CS-!V with it's better shadow ability. I can send a CD to have the scan written to in RAW format from VueScan. Thanks Alan ps I'm in the States
filmscanners: Reflective IT8 group buy extras available
Last month I collected a number of Epson-inkjet subscribers into a pool to purchase several Wolf Faust manufactured reflective IT8.7/2 targets for flat bed profiling. I ended up with a few extra targets and would like to offer them for a modest fee of $15.00 including shipping to any who are interested. (US and Canada) Wolf claims a dE of below 1 _average_ for the target. The standard is dE of 10. For what is worth, on my Epson Perfection 636 with Monaco EzColor v1.6 there was a noticeable improvement in the scanner profile with Wolf target, vs the Monaco target. I cannot use the Wolf target to do the printer profiling because Monaco encrypts their IT8 files and will not accept a differnt non-encrypted file. But it will take another IT8 for the scanner profiling only. Those who are interested can contact me off list please. Futher details on the targets can be found at: http://www.targets.coloraid.de Alan
re: filmscanners: Fast, decent, low res scans
Phil: If you go this route, buying a second or third film holder would speed things up for you also. Using MiraPhoto you will have to save each file individually in the twain running program, e.g. photoshop. If you used VueScan the files would already by written to disk sequentially numbered. VueScan also was an excellent autolevels. I use it almost exclusively on my Scanwit 2720. There will also be the time for the scanner to focus, although 675 dpi may make this a moot point. alan The best price I've seen so far for the Acer Scanwit 2740S in the US is $485 http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?DPNo=956027, and less for the 2720 (about $330, but the 2720 doesn't have ICE; also, I believe that the 2720 cannot be used with a Mac). Jerry, is the 675 ppi scan on the Acer Scanwit 2740S REALLY done in under 10 seconds? Are there any additional thoughts or leads for me to investigate on other scanners out there that can make low res scans quickly? I am obsessed with making fast low res scans. Philippe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nonstock Photography
re: filmscanners: OK, Vuescan is driving me nuts
Rob: have you tired increase the buffer %? Maybe double it do Vuescan ignores #% of the image from the border to make sure it doesn't pick up the black film edge. Alan Vuescan appears to move the whole crop box sometimes when dragging one side. This makes getting the outline right frustrating or impossible. The autocrop doesn't always eliminate strips of black at the edges of a frame, and including them can greatly affect the exposure.
filmscanners: Profiling negative films
Due to the variation in mask on negative films from batch to batch and development to develope of individual rolls, a profile like is done with an IT-8 on slide film doesn't work too well. BUT it occured to me on film scanners that do NOT have the ability to vary their exposure that perhaps profiling the IT-8 and then taking a RAW scan from VueScan through this profile and then back into VueScan might produce a more consistant image? Although Ed does use his own conversion from a Q60 scan.. Wild ass scheme? alan
re: filmscanners: Acer Scanwit 2720s vs 2740s vs HP s20
Lawrence: There are quite a few scanwit owners on the filmscanners list, but general opinion questions I've noticed don't turn up a whole bunch of answers. Personally I am getting quite qwick at fixing dust and scratches on my slides and negatives in Photoshop. If you do not have photoshop, I would put it VERY high on the list. The reason being the manipulation after the scan will take many times longer than the scan itself. When I started I could not get good scans on some of the negs and slides, but now that I have nearly a year under my belt and hundreds of hours in Photoshop, I would consider myself quite proficient for a hobby. I can dust spot and neg or slide in about 5 minutes or less. Therefore I put the personaly worth of ICE at about $100.00. In my opinion, whatever film scanner you buy, VUESCAN is a must from www.hamrick.com. And especially on the ScanWit as Mira Photo is weak. Grain aliasing is a problem with all the 2700 dpi scanners, the 2900 _might_ be a little better. 4000 dpi don't seem to suffer much. This is the single biggest issue with the Scanwit, the optics are very sharp. Alan am new to the filmscanner world, so please bear with the newbie questions. I'm considering either the Acer Scanwit 2720s or the 2740s. My perception after reading the specs, is that the 2740s is 2720s+ICE. Did I miss anything? Would like opinions/experiences of whether the ICE was worth the price. Otherwise, for the 2720s, how much effort did you take to touch up any negative defects (assuming minor blemishes). If you have a 2720s, would you (on hindsight) have bought the 2740s? The other unit I'm considering is HP's s20, but on features, stacks up with the 2720, and is much more expensive here. Thanks Lawrence
re: filmscanners: ColorCorrectionLink
My take on the choice would be how much of your image is out of the gamut of the output device? A gamut warning inside Adobe RGB would be meaningless right? So do you convert each to the printer space by two different methods and see which is better via printing or ?? When reprofiling, use the 'perceptual intent' rendering method except when one of the other choices works better. In which case use that.
re: filmscanners:Focusing with Acer Scanwit WAS SS4000
If you use VueScan you can certainly manually enter focus values. With the new version 7.0.10 and a better alignment for multipass scans I'm going to try with a negative that is grain aliased badly in skin tones a multipass scan with focus set to SCAN so the multiple images are focused at slightly different values and observe the difference. alan I can! I'm experimenting with many different ways to help with grain-aliasing on neg's on my Acer 2720, and de-focussing can help.. Because the Acer does not have manual focus, I have to trick it by using a dummy frame, but it can be done.. It's not the holy grail, but it is one more useful tool.
filmscanners: how much time do you spend futzing with scans...
When I started scanning my own film, I spent about a week fixing the images and printing them out. I've cut that down on my images to about 3 hours from the time I load the film in the carrier and have a print I will hang on the wall. Just curious what the average time is for others on the list, especially those that make a living at this sort of thing. alan
filmscanners: VueScan Beta
I'd like to see the width of the input boxes fixed for a maximum, so they do not extend halfway across the screen in higher resolutions. Second I would like all the controls to go straight down if there is room, I think you moved some to the right column because you don't use them much? Either way a subtle box outline would help seperate these controls perceptually. The Zoom is a great thing. alan
re: filmscanners: Kodak Color Input Targets
A few things to think about in the project of scans. What is your goal? Color accuracy of the current state of the slide or good looking scans that may not reflect the original scene. The main disadvantage with the ScanWit is the exposure is fixed, vuescan does not very the capture time at the CCD since the firmware does not allow this. On slides it's mostly a moot point unless they are underexposed. On negatives it makes it harder to remove the orange mask. Ed had noted the Scanwits are not necessarily the most linear of film scanners... You will have to buy a profiling package such as monaco ezcolor or wiziwig to be able to make profiles from those Q60 slides and then convert the images one at a time in photoshop (could use a batch action) Also Kodachrome is a denser slide generally, which can drop shadows too low for many scanners to distinguish properly. ICE would be nice for getting rid of scratches dust, which gets you into higher prices and the scanwit 2740s. You might pick out a few of the more difficult images and see if you can beg a few sample scans from different scanners to see what differences you might get, although operators make a HUGE difference..:) alan I have a Scanwit 2720s, with which I am well pleased. It's much the best budget scanner, by all accounts. However, even with Ed Hamrick's Vuescan (a nearly essential $40 accessory for most scanners) you can exert only limited control over its initial output. You'll get its own automatic exposure setting whatever you do. You can save the 'raw' scanner data, and play with it afterwards, but there's little or nothing you can do to control the content of that raw file. You can't expose for the shadows specifically, or the highlights, for example. Vuescan allows you to extract the best from the raw data, once you've got it. So if you're into subtleties like accurate calibration, you may need to spend more money than you would on the Scanwit, to get more control over the scanner.
re: filmscanners: OT (slightly): Epson 640U
Technically yes, but I am unaware of software to do so or the settings in Epson's twain driver. A hint from David Miller makes me think different conversions are done based on your destination choice. Can anyone confirm for me that the Epson 640U: a) Can output data in a colour space other than sRGB (eg. Adobe RGB) Unless Ed has changed VueScan it only outputs in sRGB and 8 Bits. The conversion from 16 to 8 is done in the scanner, which can be fed the table to do the conversions _with_ but I don't know of any program doing so. Perhaps silverfast. b) Can output more than 8bits per channel (using Vuescan perhaps?)
re[2]: filmscanners: OT (slightly): Epson 640U
This is after vuescan gets it and does a conversion from the sRGB provided from the scanner. Unless Ed has changed it and not noted this it the release notes he only brings back the values from the scanner under sRGB. I had asked if VueScan could return a RAW Scan for profiling purposes and he replied that techically capable but that featuer is not supported currently. Vuescan outputs in RGB only but not in sRGB alone about 9-10 other RGB color spaces are listed including Adobe, Bruce, Colormatch, Apple. etc. Vuescan also does output in 8 or 16 bits at your option (and 64 bits BTW). Maris
re: filmscanners: Acer or Nikon?
If you were only scanning slides that were well exposed, the Acer would be a good bet. It does fine on negs and great on slides, but without that variable exposure you do give up something on color negatives. Buy the nikon and buy VueScan.. alan Acer Scanwit 2720 as it's a great price, BUT I like Nikon stuff, is the LS30 really a better scanner for the extra cash? I did fancy the Minolta Scandual2 but here in the UK it's a full 33% more expensive then it is in the US and that I object to..
re: filmscanners: OT: How to reset Epsons with chipped cartridges
The epson status monitor does get ink levels from the printer/chip. However, this is NOT stored on the computer. The inklevel is written to the chip periodically. This is proven by moving the printer to another computer or unplugging the printer without turning it off. You will find the ink level follows the chip/cart. It's not clear when or how often the printer reads and writes to the chip. After I reprogrammed it a few times with different carts I would occassioanly get a message that hey this isn't the same cart us it anyways? The HP gets its ink from esitmating the use from squirts just as the epson dees, however if you took that cart out and put it back in, the printer will think it was full, just as the earlier epsons do. alan ? In fact, the computer is sent this information continuously as a print is being made, because I can watch the graphs go down as a large print is being made. Computers these days receive all kinds of information from the printer. Even my HP printer sends my computer information on ink levels and it does it without any visible chip on the cartridge, don't ask me how.
re[2]: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??
Another technique is to Move the image you are about to run the dust and scratches on and NOT run Dust and Scratches. The subsequent history brush does a better job of retaining textures in objects instead of just having them blurred. alan 3. run dust and scratches (See Filters), checking the preview to make sure most of the debris is caught by the filter
filmscanners: OT:Color chart like MacBeth + Gray Scale ramp
I'd like to find a source for an inexpensive MacBeth type color chip card and a neutral gray scale ramp for inclusing in photos for scanning and helping to linerize my flatbed scanner for profiling purposes. Agfa was supposed to make a nice card, but I have unable to find it. thanks alan
filmscanners: Vuescan has too much saturation
Ed's really come a long ways with the last few versions of VueScan. Using 6.6.1 I was finally able to make a scan of one of the slides from the groupscan (the infamous bug hunter hat) that had realistic grass, full detail in the hat, and good contrast. I found settings gamma to 2.2 and brightness to 1.5 worked quite well, along with a White Point of .0001 and a black point of 1%. Now I did get WAY too much saturation and did have to back off the red a bit in PS. How would one control saturation in VueScan? The preview and Scan windows did not match the PS image, as they showed a bit of a color cast and no saturation issues. alan
re: Scanwit Grain Aliasing WAS: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?
I've noticed this with Kodak Gold 100 film and Agfa 400, which surprises me with the Gold 100, it's actually WORSE than th 400 agfa. This summer I shot a couple rolls of Superia and it was WAY better in both the 100 and 400 speeds, but 4 times the cost too. Recently I've started shooting Fuji Suger G in 400 and haven't shot any 100 I have yet. There have been raves about Fuji Reala Superia, and several about Portra recently. Last weekend I shot a wedding on NHG, which I've heard is a little grainy. alan I bought Scanwit 2720S a couple of months ago as a learning tool figuring that I would want to upgrade once I figure out what I need. I'm very happy with the Scanwit except for one thing. Terrible grain alising in fair skin tones. I mostly shoot weddings so I have to use negative film so that I am able to get low priced proofs. The few slides I scanned were much better and if I was primarily scanning slides I wouldn't upgrade.
re: filmscanners: Power Crisis and UPS
There was some discussion a few months back that perhaps a UPS could help with noise in scans, my experiement with a ScanWit and a APC UPS showed no difference what so ever. We've used the APC brand at work for years, and other than a couple of batteries that I think should have been warranty failures, they have been great. The California Power crisis has reminded me that I need and UPS, and I'm looking the APC brand. Some more expensive models seem to offer more for voltage regulation than other models. Any suggestions? If the UPS has 3 battery backup connectors, I was planning to connect the computer, monitor, and the SS4000 scanner. If four connectors, I would add the laser printer, but not the Epson 1200 across the room.
re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.4.x suggestion
Yep, and usually on maximum so I get a bit of black border. alan Or do you always work on the full image area and crop it later? (Arguably this is an easier way to work.) Regards, Alan T
re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.4.x suggestion
On my scanwit, and I would speculate that other none exposure adjusting scanners as well, the preview and the scan image are very close. Close enough to use preview mem while adjusting color settings to get an image that is great in PS and requires very little tweaking. alan I have been doing this for about 10 days because that is when I learned that the Preview couldn't be used for anything but cropping.
filmscanners: Kodak Gold 100 as sandpaper
I took a couple of portraits in window light on Gold 100 which showed about 1 stop less on the side of the face away from the light, fading to two as it rounded the corner. The resulting scans on my ScanWit was extremely "grainny" like sandpaper in appearance. It nearly ruins the portraits. Secondly it appears almost posterized in these regions of shadows. Was wondering if this is a particular characteristic of the Gold 100 film, as I didn't notice it as bad in Supra 100, but it was still significantly higher than the sun light side. alan
re[2]: filmscanners: calibration
The issue of the UV prevents EzColor from working well on the 1270 printers. I have recently wondered if a clear UV protection sheet protector would filter this effect enough? Has anyone tried it? alan One other issue is the UV optical brighteners in many photo papers which will drive a scanner crazy (they can't react correctly to this). So you end up with a profile that's way too blueish or yellowish. Here, a Spectrophotometer with a UV filter will deal with the issues just fine.
re: Real resolution of a 4000 dpi scanner?
What is MTF? AND Where would I look this up? Your own tests show a clear differential in MTF, although only a small increase in resolution. In terms of image quality MTF is *vastly* more important than ultimate resolution. Look it up. In fact look up the whole matter of resolution and MTF and their relative perceptual value. The filmscanners mailing list is hosted by http://www.halftone.co.uk To resign, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with UNSUBSCRIBE FILMSCANNERS in the title, or UNSUBSCRIBE FILMSCANNERS_DIGEST if you are reading the Digest.
