Re: filmscanners: The hunt for a scanner for contact-sheets: Microtek 8700

[Yuri J Sos]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:21 +0100 (BST), you wrote:

>However I haven't been able to 
>find out whether it might be viable for contact sheets of a whole roll of 
>35mm, which is my main interest here.

I struggled with trying to use a flatbed scanner for a whole roll
of 35mm (both neg and slide), but nowadays I use Vuescan's
"index" feature - a 16MB BMP file which prints up nicely on an A4
page for filing.

Yuri.

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Was New Nikon performance, now dust

[Yuri J Sos]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:44:19 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:

>Which is better (Reala or Superia) 
>at the same ISO?  Given that I like Reala, 
>would I like Superia?

At the same ISO, I really can't tell the difference (but I don't do
much portrait photography).  Most of the time now I use Superia 200
where I used to used Reala 100 and for what I do (web and prints to
max 8"x10") it's perfectly satisfactory.  Plus I can get Superia for
AUD $12.90 for 24 exp triple pack, which is about the cost of a roll
of Reala (which doesn't attract mass-market discounts).

Yuri.

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Was New Nikon performance, now dust

[Yuri J Sos]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 06:47:38 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:

>First off, Supra is a C41 print film.  Superia, 
>as I recall, as an E6 positive film.  Fuji's 
>"equivalent" to Supra might be Reala, perhaps.

Not so.  Superia is a C41 colour negative film.  Fuji claims that
Superia contains Reala technology ( the extra colour layer) and is
thus a replacement for Reala.

See this at Fuji's US site (nb long URL - you may need to cut and
paste if your email client wraps it)

>http://www.fujifilm.com/tcm.html?x-tempest-op=generic&ContentType=Product&UserTypeId=2&CategoryId=67&CurrentTopCategory=2&pagetype=UserTypeCategoryHome

I suspect you are thinking of Fuji's E6 positive film Sensia.

Re: filmscanners: VueScan Question

[Yuri J Sos]

On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 02:29:20 EDT, you wrote:

>This is controlled by the "Device|Bits per pixel" setting.  If you can
>with it set to "64 bit RGBI" (the default), there will be an infrared
>channel in the raw scan file.

Great, thanks: that answered my question perfectly.

filmscanners: Vuescan 7.0.14

[Yuri J Sos]

Vuescan 7.0.14 is at http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html

What's new in version 7.0.14

  * Fixed problem dragging crop box with mouse

  * Enabled "Blink crop box" on Mac OS version

What's new in version 7.0.13

  * Added support for Epson Expression 1680

  * Added support for Epson Perfection 1240U to Mac OS
and Linux versions (was already in Windows version)

Re: filmscanners: Burning CD's

[Yuri J Sos]

I saved this filmscanners post from July 2000 which I think might be
useful to current listmembers.

 Original Message -

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:17:34 +1200, Stu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Vlad - 

Mitsui Gold on Gold are often touted as the best CD-Rs - in my
experience TDK are good in that I have never had one with a defect out
of a spindle of 150 CD-Rs. below is an email from earlier in the year
which is very on the topic:

Stu



To:Filmscannerslist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject:OT FYI on CD-R's
From:glenn mclaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Add to Contacts
Date:Fri, May 26 2000 2:54:37 PM -0400

I came across this info and thought everyone might like to  have for
their FYI files. Never can seem to find it when you need it most and
have no time to search.  Full thread may be found at:


Regards,

Glenn McLaughlin

in summry Erich Hammer wrote,

"The warning: Although you may think that archiving your data on CD-Rs
is safe (optical storage supposedly lasts years longer than magnetic),
apparently it ain't. "

Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 15:13:01 -0800
From: RJ Polito
Subject: CD-R failures

Ric, 

A note about Erich Hammer's comment about "cheap CDRs". Unfortunately,
this happens to a ton of people who buy cheap CD-Rs. As a distributor
of Mitsui Gold on Gold (since 1994) and a technical consultant for
CD-R media for the pro audio industry there are way too many factors
that determine the quality and longevity of CDR media. Here are some
visual tests to eliminate the really cheap ones: 

1.    Hold the disc up towards a light source and check for
transparency. If you can see thru it like a piece of wax paper, stay
clear of this stuff. 

2.    If you can see little pin-like holes in the disc, it's a
disaster waiting in the wings.

3.    Avoid any hybrid dye products. There are only 3 types of CD-Rs:
Azu (blue) dye (Verbatim patent), Cyanine (green) dye (Taiyo Yuden
patent), and Phthalocyanine (gold stabilized clear) dye (Mitsui
patent). All other CD-Rs, no matter whose name is on it, are either
OEMs or hybrids of these three dyes. 

4.    And, avoid any media with lots of design "painted" on the
surface of the CD-R. This has been proven to interfere with the read
and/or write session. CD-Rs with surfaces covered entirely with
"paint" are suspect. This technique is usually used to conceal the
very, very thin dye layer under the surface. 

Other factors: 

1.    All dyes EXCEPT Phthalocyanine are unstable (read, moving).
Although your recorder/app may verify the write session, the unstable
dye may have created a less-than-accurate cut causing unreadable
playback. Nothing you can do about this once the CD-R is burned. (To
get the idea, place a sheet of paper on a table, and while someone
shakes the paper try to draw a straight line. Here is your pit and
land geometry from unstable dye CD-Rs.)
Use a stable dye based CD-R and this won't happen.

2.    Cheap green dye CD-Rs are notorious for losing data just after a
few weeks. These unstable dye CD-Rs cannot tolerate even the slightest
change in temperature, humidity or UV light even tho the manufacturer
has published test results like 75 years longevity (anybody remember
the Magneto-Optical spec wars ?). Be aware that even quality green dye
CD-Rs can lose data after a year. This has been going on for a decade
now. Still, very few buyers are aware of this problem. For critical
longevity use gold-stabilized clear dye.

 End copied message 

Regards 

Yuri.

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.9

[Yuri J Sos]

On Tue, 03 Apr 2001 00:58:46 -0400, you wrote:

>VueScan 7.0.9 is available:
>http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html

What's interesting are the Release Notes..

What's new in version 7.0.10

  * Fixed problem with infrared cleaning
  * Fixed problem with occasional 8 second delay at
start of scan when using ScanWit
  * More work to support SprintScan 120

What's new in version 7.0.9

  * If cleaning filter selected, infrared channel
enabled if selected device supports it
  * Improved scan speed and multi-pass alignment
on Acer ScanWit 2720S and 2740S
  * Added support for infrared channel on Acer ScanWit 2740S
  * More work to support SprintScan 120
  * Modified to first try ASPI before native Windows SCSI

I've just loaded it: it's Vuescan 7.0.10.

Yuri.

Re: filmscanners: 7.0.6 Great !

[Yuri J Sos]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:29:28 -0700, you wrote:

>Under Win98SE Vuescan 7.0.6 repeatedly hangs my SS 4000. Went back to ver 6.4
>(been away awhile) and works fine. Already sent Ed log files.

7.0.6 causes my SCSI HP Photosmart scanner to change from "negative"
to "print" mode halfway through a scan with disastrous results for the
last frame on the negative strip as it gets eaten by the scanner.  

Went back to 7.0 and the scanner works fine, but Vuescan can't get rid
of the scratches .

Yuri.

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan 7.0.7 released

[Yuri J Sos]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:07:02 +0200, you wrote:

>Hamrick Software - http://www.hamrick.com/
>VueScan 7.0.7 Release Notes
>March 28, 2001

What's new in version 7.0.7

  * Added preliminary support for SprintScan 120
  * Fixed problem with FireWire scanners on Windows
  * Fixed problem with lamp warmup on some UMAX scanners
  * Fixed problem exiting when Scan Dual II door is open
  * Quick change to Preview or Scan tab when button pressed

(Ezio, you have to scroll down a fair bit to find the "what's new
in.." section, but thanks for the FYI).