[filmscanners] Re: Sprintscan 120 Film Holder Problems
At 04:14 PM 9/24/2002 -0400, Bard Martin wrote: Of course I am awaiting the availability of the glass carrier Polaroid has been promising us. It's been available for a while. I got one in two days from the Polaroid parts department. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal
That did it. They need to fix either the installer or the instructions. At 08:26 PM 5/21/2002 -0400, wrote: Try looking in the folder where the Polaroid software installed. You should find a file called PolaDSR.8bf. Copy this file (it's the plug-in) to any folder that has plug-ins already that do show up in Photoshop. There should be a folder where Photoshop is installed called Plug-Ins or something similar. That's where you want to copy the Polaroid one to. Then, start of PS and the Polaroid plug-in filter should show up on the Filters list. Joel Rittvo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal It shows up as Dust and Scratch Removal in About Plug-Ins and under Filter Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal in your filters list. Haven't tried it yet... It isn't there in my Photoshop. Just the stand alone program seems to have loaded. Howard Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal
This is very odd. I've rebooted twice, tried it with the scanner on and off, reinstalled, and it still only comes up as a standalone. At 10:23 AM 5/22/2002 +1000, geoff murray wrote: Well that's interesting. I don't have a Polaroid scanner but it loaded as a plug in in 6.01 and as a standalone. Geoff Murray www.geoffmurray.com http://ozimages.com.au/portfolio/gmurray.asp - Original Message - From: Jeff Spirer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 9:30 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal At 03:45 PM 5/21/2002 -0700, Victor Landweber wrote: It shows up as Dust and Scratch Removal in About Plug-Ins and under Filter Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal in your filters list. It didn't show up in mine. PS6.01. Like the original poster, it does show up as a stand-alone application. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Umax Powerlook III any good?
At 02:11 PM 3/16/2002 -0500, Todd Flashner wrote: I'm considering the purchase of a used Umax Powerlook III, and I'd love to hear from anyone who has one what they do or don't like about it. I will be getting one with a transparency adapter but mostly for reflective scans and making contact sheets, as I already have a good film scanner. Is the max scan size of the transparency adapter sufficient for 35mm contacts using 6 rows of 6 frames PrintFile sleeves? Overall, how's the hardware, how's the software? Likes, dislikes??? I used to have a Powerlook III. It was far better than the Epson 1640 I replaced it with, despite the Epson's higher resolution. Good detail in the shadows, very smooth scans. The downside of the Powerlook III for me was the film holders. I made my own as I found the ones that came with the scanner to be useless. The software is pretty good (better than the Epson software) but not as good as Polacolor Insight or Silverfast, both of which I use with a filmscanner. But for the purposes you mention, it's probably OK. Mine came packaged with Binuscan, which I found useful for quick stuff for the web but not much else. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: New Adaptec ASPI version 4.70 released- Not for W95
At 04:13 PM 2/17/2002 -0500, wrote: So folks install a SCSI card, W2K/XP sees it and seems to install everything necessary for it's operation, but at least as regards many (most?) SCSI scanners, they won't function without ASPI layer. The excellent tech support at Polaroid helped me to get my SS120 working with an Adaptec card without ASPI. Interestingly enough, the useless tech support at Adaptech told me it wouldn't work and I needed a new card. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid SS4000, noise, andoversampling (was: VueScan 7.5 beta
At 10:15 PM 2/10/2002 -0500, Hemingway, David J wrote: One minor detail I forgot to mention. The firmware in the Sprintscan 4000 Plus was changed to support multi-scanning. The version of Silverfast shipping with the Plus supports multi-scanning. Any chance there will be a firmware update to the SS120 to allow this? Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: SS4000
www.bhphoto.com At 07:50 PM 12/27/01, Denise E. Kissinger wrote: Hello, I am almost in position to buy the Polaroid but the sites I've looked at don't have them. Any of you know where I can get one? Thanks, Denise [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/01 -- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe' in the title or body Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/ -- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe' in the title or body
Re: filmscanners: SS120 and Kodachrome
At 04:06 PM 12/19/01, Ian Lyons wrote: With Silverfast, the scans are so far off color-wise that it is virtually impossible to correct, while with Insight, I was able to get reasonably close with PS modifications. Hmm, if SilverFast colour management is correctly configured you should see in the preview exactly what you will get in Photoshop. If you are getting something different you have a problem - most likely a screwed monitor profile. What I see in Silverfast is what I see in Photoshop, but it's so far from the original slide it's very bothersome. Oddly enough, another slide from the same roll scanned ok. The one that is difficult has a huge amount of color shift (that I like, one look at my color stuff and it's obvious) but the Epson scanner shows it just fine. Another scan on the SS120 of a more balanced image is far better. I don't really get it. I did try it with VueScan and the results are similar. I will try some more tomorrow, hopefully it isn't the scanner... Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
filmscanners: SS120 Grain Problem
I'm having problems with grain with the Polaroid SS120. This can be seen in the sample at: http://www.spirer.com/images/grain.jpg This is from a 6x7 neg scanned at 2880, unsharpened. I get far less grain with my Epson 1640 and am wondering what is going on. The original neg is Tri-X in Rodinal, grainy, but by no means this radical. I'd like to figure this out, since I have thousands of Tri-X/Rodinal negatives, in fact, virtually everything I have shot. Some are 35mm and are even worse. With this level of grain, I find I can't print much bigger than 5x7 without really noticeable grain at reasonable distances. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
Re: filmscanners: New software from Binuscan
At 11:06 AM 11/26/01, Mikael Risedal wrote: Photo Retouch Pro Try this fantastic software from Binuscan . I have used it with my scan pictures and pictures from my D1X I saw this software at the Newspaper Association of America show in June and it looked pretty good. However, it is Mac only at this point. Also, it appeared to be oriented towards publication work rather than printing. Some types of processing, especially selective corrections, seemed far easier than with PS. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc
At 02:59 AM 11/24/01, Arthur Entlich wrote: Pre 9/11 there was an FAA regulation which required all reasonable requests for hand inspection of film to be carried out by personnel, as long as you gave adequate time prior to boarding for them to do so. This is/was a requirement. And please, don't ask me to cite chapter and verse, because I don't have it in front of me, nor do I have time to track it down. It is probably on the FAA website somewhere. However, with all the special legislation coming down, it also might have been revoked since 9/11... Having read the entire FAA regulations, I will point out that the regulations have ALWAYS allowed for immediate suspension of the film check provision. The right to suspend is not in any way connected to 9/11. Unfortunately, many people have assumed from a variety of paraphrased accounts of the regulations that they had an absolute right, but this is what happens when people don't bother to really understand the laws. I'm not sure what this has to do with film scanners, however... Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc
FAR 108.25 http://www.faa.gov/avr/AFS/FARS/far-108.txt Note that (b)(3) says that rules can be suspended fairly arbitrarily, although it is couched in language that makes that a bit obscure, as it states everything in terms of certificate holders rather than the public. However, this is the way in which the entire regulation is written. At 08:56 AM 11/25/01, Robert Meier wrote: --- Jeff Spirer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having read the entire FAA regulations, I will point out that the regulations have ALWAYS allowed for immediate suspension of the film check provision. The right to suspend is not in any way connected to 9/11. Jeff, can you provide a link to the text that allows the suspension of hand checking film. Just for my personal interest. Robert __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc
At 02:54 PM 11/25/01, Doug Segar wrote: Since the Administrator has issued no such notice regarding the hand checking film provision, the rule does apply WITHOUT exception. It is in no way clear that the Administrator has not done this. It is difficult to find information on where the changes in security are being issued from. For example, the FAA says that they (not the airlines) are now restricting the number of bags, but try and find a government order on that. I'm not sure where the provision for constant random baggage checks is that now occur, either. However, my posting was still just to demonstrate that the public does not have an irrevocable right (under the law) to have film hand-checked, and that point stands. In Mexico, my extra camera batteries were taken away at screening. I was told they should have been in my checked baggage. It's not really safe to assume anything these days. Fed-X apparently no longer guarantees x-ray free travel for film, either. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
Re: filmscanners: SS120: reflexions at the borders of the neg
At 07:47 AM 11/20/01, Bernie Ess wrote: Someone who has the SS120 told me that one cannot really use the whole negative because near the border or the film holders there were reflexions. I don´t know which borders exatly he means but he speaks of 2-3mm which is IMO quite a lot and would make of a 57x57mm neg a 54x54mm one... Do other users of the Polaroid have the same problem? I was away when this was posted, but have had some problems and noticed that no-one responded. It's not quite what you state, it is only along the film carrier edges, so your 57x57 neg would become something like 57x54. I haven't measured the exact area that seems to have a problem (it is lower in contrast, I'm not sure it's a reflection however), but on one of my cameras, it isn't an issue, on another it is. It would appear to be relative to the size of the film gate. It still shouldn't happen - I would guess it is a tradeoff with how much of the negative is grabbed, although this problem doesn't exist with the 35mm carrier. I would be interested in any other comments on this. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
RE: filmscanners: SS4000 Problem
At 12:16 PM 11/12/01, Hemingway, David J wrote: If the carrier seemed to be constantly seeking you may have dirt in the sensor. There is a brush assembly that you can request, free, from Polaroid support. David This brings up something I have wondered about since I recently got my SS120. There isn't a word about cleaning in the manual. Are there any standard maintenance procedures that should be followed? Is the same brush assembly available for the SS120? -Original Message- From: Stewart Musket [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 1:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:filmscanners: SS4000 Problem I have been using the SS4000 successfully for two years. However, last night I turned on the scanner and the flashing yellow light never became steady. I tried rebooting, reseating the SCSI connectors, and several other things, but with no result. I would appreciate the advice of knowledgeable SS4000 users. Stewart Musket Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
RE: filmscanners: 2700ppi a limiting factor in sharpness?
At 06:21 PM 11/6/01, Dave King wrote: Oh I don't know, Cartier Bresson's large format prints from 40 year old negs look pretty good to me. But Bresson was more on intuition than engineering, and I don't think he made his photos or prints for photo geeks who look at a print from 2 inches away. I don't think Cartier-Bresson made his own prints. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
RE: filmscanners: 2700ppi a limiting factor in sharpness?
Cartier-Bresson's prints were made by George Fevre, who also printed for Doisneau, Brassai and others. He was the printer at a big lab in Paris. This is well-documented, but I thought it was somewhat off-topic for the list. There are many articles about it and interviews with Fevrre. At 08:20 PM 11/6/01, Larry Berman wrote: Cartier-Bresson's prints were made by in the darkroom at Magnum. When I was in collage I had a friend that worked there. He could call down to the darkroom at any time and ask for a print (not that he did it that often because they had to be accounted for. He did have a print of one of the most famous Cartier-Bresson images hanging in his apartment. Larry I don't think Cartier-Bresson made his own prints. *** Larry Berman http://BermanGraphics.com *** Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
filmscanners: Still Frustrated with SilverFast
I'd like to thank people for the suggestions on my last post. However, I am still struggling after trying some of the recommendations. I did update to 5.2. I've tried it as both PS Plug-In and Twain. My configuration is Win 98/633MHz/512MB/PS5.5. My biggest problem is that it crashes the system when it loads up much of the time, especially if it has been used once already. So I have to do a reboot after each scan. My email toLaserSoft Customer Service has been unanswered in over a day, which I consider unacceptable for a professional product that really jacked up the price of the scanner. If anyone has fixed problems with crashing due to Silverfast, I'd be interested to know how to fix it. The other problem I have is with the preview window. For some reason, this continued after a complete remove and re-install operation. The preview window shrinks down to the control buttons at the left for any medium format size except 6x4.5. I trashed existing scans, I tried to pull the window (which will only go down), but when I have the size on anything but 645, it just won't do anything. The manual wasn't particularly useful since it said the preview pane can be pulled at the border. Any help is greatly appreciated. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
filmscanners: Silverfast Frustration
I received a SS120 earlier this week and have been plagued with minor problems that are not explained anywhere. However, the worst of these is driving me nuts, and the absence of any useful Silverfast documentation with the product has put me in the position of bothering this list with a very simple problem. I cannot get the software to show me a 6x7 prescan (or scan.) The operation bar (or whatever it's called) let's me switch to 6x7, but it will only display if I scan at 6x4.5. If I click on the frame viewer, it does show a small preview of the correct frame but if I click on it, it goes off and scans but displays nothing. I am sure there is a very simple solution to this. I tried Vuescan for a bit (with another scanner) and decided I didn't like its poor documentation and difficult user interface, so when I bought the SS120, I paid for the extra bundle. Unfortunately, it seems just as difficult. For the price they extract, there should be a useable manual and good help files. Anyway, any answer to this is welcome, since I am essentially shut down. Also, a quick SS120 question - the manual says to insert the carrier until the light starts blinking. Mine doesn't do that. I have to insert the carrier until it grabs it and then decides to suck it in. The light only blinks on eject. Is this normal? Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
