filmscanners: Image databases?

2000-11-15 Thread Rob Geraghty
I know this subject has come up before but I'll ask again anyway - are there any decent and reasonably cheap image databases out there? I already have hundreds (thousands?) of scanned images which I need to index and sort so I can find them. The database needs to be able to index a CD so it can

RE: filmscanners: Side Step, Have a question

2000-11-15 Thread Sumtingwong
No problem. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 2:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Side Step, Have a question Thanks this is good news to me, I am rally inept when it

RE: Kodak RFS 3600 (was: filmscanners: Side Step, Have a question)

2000-11-15 Thread Sumtingwong
I have yet to test this. I do have some uncut rolls and a real job that interferes with my scanning time. As soon as I figure this out, I will post it. Spencer Stone -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Shomler Sent: Wednesday, November

Re: filmscanners: Chemical Film Resolution.

2000-11-15 Thread James L. Sims
My expertise, with regard to components of resolution, pretty much stops at the image plain. There are quite a few on this list that are far more qualified to address the film issues. Wish I knew more. Jim Chris McBrien wrote: > James, > thank you very much for that very clear and c

Re: Kodak RFS 3600 (was: filmscanners: Side Step, Have a question)

2000-11-15 Thread DSmall9917
Bob has anyone done a review on the rfs3600 yet? Or any first hand experience using it? Dave Small

Kodak RFS 3600 (was: filmscanners: Side Step, Have a question)

2000-11-15 Thread Bob Shomler
>They have a quick start guide, but no manual. It is a >.pdf. I LIKE paper in this respect. Is it too large to print? >If you have any specific questions, feel free to e-mail me. I read an inquiry some time back asking if it could accept an uncut roll of 37 frames (spec'd for 36). Can you t

Re: filmscanners: Side Step, Have a question

2000-11-15 Thread WRGill
Thanks this is good news to me, I am rally inept when it comes to try and correct anything through Photoshop. Sounds like I can finally show my film the way I intended to when I made my original exposures. I like getting back to basic and not manipulative photography. Thanks for your firsthand

RE: filmscanners: Side Step, Have a question

2000-11-15 Thread Sumtingwong
Just got one from B&H. So far, I am very impressed. All the color negs and reversal that I have put through it have turned out beautifully without a hint of color correction in photoshop. I am afraid, though, that they slacked a little on their black and white film profiles to get this thing to

filmscanners: Human visual system

2000-11-15 Thread Shough, Dean
> Conventional wisdom says that the eye can resolve between 6 to 8 lppm at > normal viewing distance. > (What that is, I don't know. For someone as myopic as myself, it's only > about 6" without glasses!) > Sooo. 2700 ppi is 106 pixels per millimetre, divide by 8 = 13.25, and > divide by 2 (line *

Re: filmscanners: Side Step, Have a question

2000-11-15 Thread WRGill
Just received in the US Mails, a brochure on the Kodak Pro, RFS 3600 Film Scanner. Is there any feedback on this piece of equipment here? WRGill, Carmel, California

filmscanners: VueScan 6.3.11 Available

2000-11-15 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 6.3.11 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 6.3.11: * Fixed problem with infrared channel on the Minolta Scan Elite * Fixed problems with some scanners on Mac OS (especially loading

filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II grainy scans and other problems

2000-11-15 Thread filmscanner
Hi, I've been using the Minolta Scan Dual II scanner for about 2.5 months now and it mostly works fine. However when I scan (mildly) underexposed negatives the resulting scans are horribly "grainy" and sometimes contain some color banding. Two example scans can be found on: http://www.insun.cis

Re: filmscanners: Profiling, Ilford XP2 and Vuescan.

2000-11-15 Thread photoscientia
Hi Jerry. > > However, when I recalibrated my screen using the 6 squares of the (I believe > > www.photoscientia.co.uk) photoscientia website instead of the 3 squares of > > the adobe gamma or basic wiziwyg profiling tool, I got better colors in > > general, even though the squares of the latter

Re: filmscanners: Chemical Film Resolution.

2000-11-15 Thread photoscientia
Hi Chris. > > At risk of starting World War 3, what is the resolution of Chemical > > Film? Was this an idle enquiry, or is it meant to imply some comparison with pixels and digital images? Since it's aimed at this list, and not on Photonet or Philip Greenspun's BB, I suspect you really want

RE: filmscanners: Scanning Polachrome slides

2000-11-15 Thread Hemingway, David J
Bob, I don't know first hand but will ask. David -Original Message- From: Robert E. Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 10:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: filmscanners: Scanning Polachrome slides What experience is out there regarding scanning Polachr

RE: filmscanners: Profiling, Ilford XP2 and Vuescan.

2000-11-15 Thread Laurie Solomon
Thanks for the clarification. >I am trying to say, because colour neg films all have different types of orange base fog, the various software have to make colour adjustments to correct for this, B/W NEG has no such colour in its base, and if you tell the software, that B/W neg is a colour film, i

filmscanners: VueScan TODO list

2000-11-15 Thread EdHamrick
I've attached a rough list of the things I'm thinking about doing to VueScan, and I'd appreciate it if people would send me e-mail (not posting to this list, but e-mailing directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) with their top 5 priority list. This will help me prioritize the things people want. I'll sum

Re: filmscanners: Chemical Film Resolution.

2000-11-15 Thread Chris McBrien
James, thank you very much for that very clear and concise explanation. Could you possibly add something about film speed and grain size as I find this affects scan quality when using say 64 ASA in the Summer and 400 ASA in the Winter. Regards Chris MCBrien. - Original Message -

Re: filmscanners: Profiling, Ilford XP2 and Vuescan.

2000-11-15 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 11/14/2000 5:50:54 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Am I being naive here or does the settings for colour film take into > account, neutralizing the orange mask on the film base Scanning black/white film with VueScan is very similar to scanning color negative film. VueSc

RE: filmscanners: Prints using Acer ScanWit

2000-11-15 Thread Oostrom, Jerry
> -Original Message- > From: photoscientia [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 10:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: filmscanners: Prints using Acer ScanWit > > Hi Geoff > > Geoff Stafford wrote: > > > I have an Acer ScanWit 2720S. > > > > Rece

Re: filmscanners: Scanning Polachrome slides

2000-11-15 Thread Erlend Sæteren
The trick is to get the focus right,otherwise you get problems with the linestructure. i think you have to go to polaroid to get the instructionmanual. Think I´ve been told that the focus should be behind the emolutionlayers.I guess depht of field on your scanner do matter .Best luck from Erlend

RE: filmscanners: Profiling, Ilford XP2 and Vuescan.

2000-11-15 Thread Oostrom, Jerry
Thank you for all your replies. I will tell more on some of the parts in which I didn't express myself clearly and risk the danger of becoming even more unclear: * I scan the negative film, not the print. * XP2 seems to have a 'purple' mask instead of an orange mask. * I was mo

Re: filmscanners: Scanning Polachrome slides

2000-11-15 Thread Erlend Sæteren
The trick is to get the focus right,otherwise you get problems with the linestructure. i think you have to go to polaroid to get the instructionmanual. Think I´ve been told that the focus should be behind the emolutionlayers.I guess depht of field on your scanner do matter .Best luck from Erlend