Best films for Scanners

2000-09-28 Thread tom
Hi, Could you please tell me your best tips (according to scan quality) of the slide and negative films. What do you think what is better in the fast range (400) slide film or negative ? For taking pictures of my kids the Velvia and Provia100 are too slow. I am using Provia 400F and Ektachrome

Re: Canon FS2710 - APS

2000-09-28 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/27/2000 8:45:27 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anyone tried Vuescan with the APS(IX240) adapter? I cannot find any of the normal settings in Vuescan. I haven't added any special options for this adapter. The problem is that there isn't any way I can figure out

Re: Conversion of 2700dpi to micrometers

2000-09-28 Thread tom
Like apply fourier analysis and transforms to it, or use digital filtering and signal processing. But we don't. Why not? I dunno. Seems we'd rather piddle about with matrix filters, and other amateur-night stuff. Anyone got any idea how to turn a TIFF into a bitstream or WAV file? I

Re: Vuescan - native sharpening applied?

2000-09-28 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/27/2000 1:29:36 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In the last couple of days I have made some comparison scans using both Vuescan (V. 6.1 beta 6) and Polaroid Insite (V. 4.5) on the same negs. You might upgrade to VueScan 6.1.1, although there aren't any sharpness

Re: Vuescan/Old Kodachrome Unable to Focus

2000-09-28 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/27/2000 9:37:31 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nikon specifically say *not* to use ICE on Kodachrome slides in the NikonScan reference manual. I assume this would apply to VueScan for the same reasons (regardless of what they are). The dust removal in VueScan works

Re: Vuescan/Old Kodachrome Unable to Focus

2000-09-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
Bruce Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nikon specifically say *not* to use ICE on Kodachrome slides in the NikonScan reference manual. I assume this would apply to VueScan for the same reasons (regardless of what they are). As with silver based BW films, ICE will probably fail because the

Re: Negs and backlight

2000-09-28 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/27/2000 9:06:21 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It would appear the default "automatic" is not appropriate for backlit subjects. The exposure of the scanner has nothing to do with the existence of a backlit subject. The exposure of the scanner for negative film is

Re: Processor speed with the Nikon LS30

2000-09-28 Thread =shAf=
Vincent writes ... I am using SilverFast (v4.2.8r02) with my Nikon LS30 film scanner. When scanning a negative or slide on 2700 dpi with ICE the computer cannot process the data fast enough so that the LS30 makes a smooth scan. ... ... My computer has a 400 MHz Pentium II processor and a

Re: Negs and backlight

2000-09-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
shAf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW ... I use a LS-2000 ... and I have no idea if these features are available if the software detects a LS-30 ... or even if your scanner comes with the "feeder" adapter(?) AFAIK the only missing settings are the single pass multiscanning and the high bit

Re: Conversion of 2700dpi to micrometers

2000-09-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
Roger Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob, I may have at least part of the answer. I looked at 3 films under a 400x microscope - Kodak Gold 100, Fuji Provia F, and Kodak Elite Chrome 100. It was hard to find areas of comparable colour and density What was on the pieces of film you were

Re: Best films for Scanners

2000-09-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
Could you please tell me your best tips (according to scan quality) of the slide and negative films. What do you think what is better in the fast range (400) slide film or negative ? Tom, I'm just starting an exercise to try to determine which films look best when scanned. What film scanner

Re: Negs and backlight

2000-09-28 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/28/2000 6:11:34 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BTW ... I use a LS-2000 ... and I have no idea if these features are available if the software detects a LS-30 ... or even if your scanner comes with the "feeder" adapter(?) AFAIK the only missing settings are

Re: Processor speed with the Nikon LS30

2000-09-28 Thread Ralf Schmode
Vincent Cleij wrote: I am using SilverFast (v4.2.8r02) with my Nikon LS30 film scanner. When scanning a negative or slide on 2700 dpi with ICE the computer cannot process the data fast enough so that the LS30 makes a smooth scan. It makes the scan with small irregular steps. When scanning

Re: Conversion of 2700dpi to micrometers

2000-09-28 Thread Roman Kielich®
I do not want to start a flame war, but I regard your post as very impolite. I did not quote any Kodak info, nor any Kodak web page. Do not measure others by your own standards. I am professional photographer and I have MSc in chemistry. I spent half of my professional life in photo industry,

Nikonscan vs Vuescan (was Negs and backlight)

2000-09-28 Thread shAf
Ed writes ... The exposure of the scanner for negative film is adjusted to to map the color of the orange mask to roughly white. This lengthens the green and blue exposure time relative to the red exposure time. ... This reminds me of a problem I'm having with one LS adapter versus