Re: filmscanners: RE: Here's a place...

2001-01-08 Thread OK Photo
>Please , anybody having problems in downloading or succeeding in it ? > >I don't understand any more what's happening. Just d/l it this morningno problems. Paul

Re: filmscanners: RE: Here's a place...

2001-01-08 Thread IronWorks
I downloaded successfully shortly after you posted the WhaleMail Fwd: at 11:04 PM.   IronWorks - Original Message - From: Ezio To: Mystic ; Filmscanners Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 3:06 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: RE: Here's a place... Yes ... right click o

Re: filmscanners: Image Management Software

2001-01-08 Thread Tony Sleep
On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 17:25:21 -0800 OK Photo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Unless I'm missing something, it appears that you still > need a purchased version of portfolio in order to make > use of the free browser. Certainly not with the version I have - MyPortfolio is a complete program, capable

Re: filmscanners: Lenses in scanners

2001-01-08 Thread Tony Sleep
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 20:03:47 +0100 Jan Copier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Nikon scanners have 6 lenses in 4 groups (L30-LS2000), why do not other = > scanners mention this in their specs, is it because they do not have'm = > and do not need them because they are enlarging their images by = > int

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 Problems involving Specific Win98 Files?

2001-01-08 Thread Tony Sleep
On Sat, 06 Jan 2001 18:32:00 -0400 Terry Danks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Apparently! Now that I know what is happening, I can deal with it. It is > relegated to being > a rather minor nuisance. However, until it became clear what was going on, well > . . . . getting a rocket to the moon wa

Re: filmscanners: RE: Here's a place...

2001-01-08 Thread IronWorks
I downloaded it successfully from the WhaleMail forward - thanks.   The first time I had tried before that forward using just the website and the user ID and Password Seguace - I guess that was for upload only.   IronWorks - Original Message - From: Ezio To: [EMAIL PROTECT

filmscanners: Kodak RFS 3600 Information

2001-01-08 Thread EdHamrick
I've been doing a bit of research on the Kodak RFS 3600 film scanner, and found out a few interesting things. It's actually made by Pacific Image Electronics, the same company that makes the PrimeFilm 1800u film scanner. The RFS 3600 is apparently just the next generation of the PrimeFilm 1800u

RE: filmscanners: Lenses in scanners

2001-01-08 Thread Austin Franklin
> All CCD filmscanners use lenses to image the film onto the CCD. You mean the CCDs AREN'T 8.5" wide? Damn ;-)

filmscanners: filmscanner ok , but witch one is good enough !

2001-01-08 Thread Luc
Hi,   Well I'm quite new here and like to say hello to everyone. I'm looking for a good filmscanner but still don't know witch one to take. It is important for me that the scanner use SCSI interface, so I guess there are only 3 available .   Nikon LS 30 , Minolta scan elite and the new Cano

filmscanners: test - please ignore

2001-01-08 Thread Marc S. Fogel
thanks

RE: filmscanners: LS30 Jaggies FYI

2001-01-08 Thread Laurie Solomon
>Are the 'jaggies' perhaps related to the bit depth??? I don't think so; I think they are related more to resolution than bit depth. The more ppi or dpi ( depending on what technocratic dictionary that you use) the fewer jaggies up to a point. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: filmscanners: flatbed scanner

2001-01-08 Thread Laurie Solomon
Michael, I have no argument with what you have said and in fact concur. My only additional caveat is that when originally purchasing an item of digital equipment one has no way of being sure in advance that it will have a serviceable lifespan of any length beyond the immediate future no matte

filmscanners: How to get the best from a raw neg scan output fromVuescan?

2001-01-08 Thread Richard
HI all Can someone please explain the process in PS to obtain the best from a raw neg scan output from Vuescan. Is it simply a matter of Invert and Levels or is there more to it? Or is it not possible to achieve the same results as a processed scan? I had never tried the raw scan option before a

Re: filmscanners: Acer ScanWit 2740S

2001-01-08 Thread Gordon Tassi
Marc: I bought an LS-30 and Vuescan this summer. I use Vuescan for almost all my scans, rather than Nikonscan. I have had very good, usable scans from the LS-30. With Vuescan there have been no "Jaggies." The multipass capability of the unit and Vuescan does tend to increase the dynamic range

filmscanners: Photoshop influence on image quality

2001-01-08 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
Some guy dealing with professional scanners told me that even by minor adjustments in Photoshop (changing colour, levels, contrast) you loose information on colour of you file and as a result you get a lesser quality file as compared to adjustments made with the scanner software in the scanning pr

Re: filmscanners: filmscanner ok , but witch one is good enough !

2001-01-08 Thread Gordon Tassi
Luc: See my post to Marc Fogel, dated today, about the LS-30. You can add the following to it that relates to your question(s). The quality of the prints I have received from the LS-30 scans has provided prints comprable to an original photo. I did a scan for a friend of mine and he was able

Re: filmscanners: Acer ScanWit 2740S

2001-01-08 Thread Larry Schellhase
Gordon implied that only the LS-30 has ICE, the Acer 2740S also has ICE - see: http://www.acercm.com/imaging/scanwit_ice.html --- Gordon Tassi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marc: I bought an LS-30 and Vuescan this summer. I use > Vuescan for almost > all my scans, rather than Nikonscan. I have

Re: filmscanners: filmscanner ok , but witch one is good enough !

2001-01-08 Thread Michael Moore
I'll put my two cents in for the Minolta Scan Elite... costs a little more than the LS-30, but its specs are comparable to the more expensive LS2000 Nikon... the scans I get from 35mm neg Reala shot u8nder mixed light conditions are great I have also scanned B/W and Kodachrome with excellent r

Re: filmscanners: RE: Here's a place...

2001-01-08 Thread Robert Kehl
Downloaded and installed last night. Works great. No problems. Thanks much Bob Kehl - Original Message - From: OK Photo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 7:54 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: RE: Here's a place... > > >Please , anybody having

RE: filmscanners: How to get the best from a raw neg scan output fromVuescan?

2001-01-08 Thread shAf
Richard writes ... > Can someone please explain the process in PS to obtain > the best from a raw neg scan output from Vuescan. > Is it simply a matter of Invert and Levels or > is there more to it? Or is it not possible to achieve the > same results as a processed scan? I'm a bit confus

filmscanners: Re:FS2710 and W2000

2001-01-08 Thread Colin Maddock
Dear Eric, I have the Canon FS2710 going fine on W2000 with its own SCSI card. It wasn't quite straighforward, but with help from Alex on this list, it was sorted out. The funny thing was that the Canon supplied SCSI card worked fine with my Microtek flatbed on the same cable, bu

RE: filmscanners: Photoshop influence on image quality

2001-01-08 Thread shAf
tomasz writes ... > Some guy dealing with professional scanners told me that > even by minor adjustments in Photoshop (changing colour, levels, > contrast) you loose information on colour of you file and as a result you get a > lesser quality file as compared to adjustments made with the scanner

RE: filmscanners: How to get the best from a raw neg scan output fromVuescan?

2001-01-08 Thread Stan Schwartz
Richard, I was able to save your image labelled "raw_scan" and rework it briefly in Photoshop to look almost the same as your processed image. It required both manual levels adjustment and some color balancing. I don't think there is any problem with detail being burned out in the raw scan. If y

filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-01-08 Thread Marc S. Fogel
How does the "Clean" option work in Vuescan with the Minolta Scan Dual II, HP S20 and other scanners without Digital ICE. Thank, Marc

Re: filmscanners: Lenses in scanners

2001-01-08 Thread photoscientia
Hi Austin. Austin Franklin wrote: > > All CCD filmscanners use lenses to image the film onto the CCD. > > You mean the CCDs AREN'T 8.5" wide? > > Damn ;-) LOL. Mind you, Kodak's 14,400 pixel tri-linear sensor is 72 mm long, that's pretty darn big as these things go. I wonder if I could con the

Re: filmscanners: Acer ScanWit 2740S

2001-01-08 Thread photoscientia
Hi Marc. "Marc S. Fogel" wrote: > Hello, > Has anyone used the Acer ScanWit 2740S? Yes. How can I put this? If Acer do some work on the firmware and software, then it'll be adequate for the money. If they do some more work on the hardware, then it'll be good value. If, as I supect, they do noth

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-01-08 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 1/8/2001 5:15:41 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > How does the "Clean" option work in Vuescan with the Minolta Scan Dual II, > HP S20 and other scanners without Digital ICE. Unfortunately, the Clean option just doesn't work very well without the infrared channel of the Min

Re: filmscanners: filmscanner ok , but witch one is good enough !

2001-01-08 Thread Richard
Hi Luc Check out a few examples of scans from a Canoscan FS2710 here: http://homepage.eircom.net/~ricwalsh/ If you would like a full res scan to print out as a test mail me and I'll post one for download on my website. -- Regards Richard // | @ @ --->>> Richard <[EMAIL PRO

Re: filmscanners: How to get the best from a raw neg scan outputfrom Vuescan?

2001-01-08 Thread Richard
> Richard, > > I was able to save your image labelled "raw_scan" and rework it briefly in > Photoshop to look almost the same as your processed image. It required both > manual levels adjustment and some color balancing. I don't think there is > any problem with detail being burned out in the raw

Re: filmscanners: How to get the best from a raw neg scan outputfromVuescan?

2001-01-08 Thread Richard
> Richard writes ... > >> Can someone please explain the process in PS to obtain >> the best from a raw neg scan output from Vuescan. >> Is it simply a matter of Invert and Levels or >> is there more to it? Or is it not possible to achieve the >> same results as a processed scan? > > I'm a bit

Re: filmscanners: Acer ScanWit 2740S

2001-01-08 Thread Geoffrey McKell
Hi Marc I have a Scanwit and am very pleased with it. Had it for a year now and have used both the supplied MiraPhoto software and Vuescan to effect. It is sharp and the images coming out of it look great to me. I print up to A3 with no worries. If you look at Tony's site there is a section on

filmscanners: Removal from list

2001-01-08 Thread Joseiw
Sorry to be thick, but how would I temporarily remove myself from this fine and informative list? Thanks.

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-01-08 Thread Marc S. Fogel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Unfortunately, the Clean option just doesn't work very well without > the infrared channel of the Minolta Scan Elite, Nikon LS-30 and > Nikon LS-2000. I hope to improve this, but it's hard to clean > dust spots without an infrared channel without also losing image d

RE: filmscanners: filmscanner ok , but witch one is good enough !

2001-01-08 Thread Frank Paris
The Polaroid SprintScan 4000 also uses a SCSI interface and I regularly make stunning, photographic quality prints from my scans on an Epson 2000p printer.   Frank Paris[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: filmscanners: Photoshop influence on image quality

2001-01-08 Thread Frank Paris
Wouldn't this be true only for 8 bit scans? Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of fotografia > - tomasz zakrzewski > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:54 AM >

filmscanners: Re: Newbie VueScan Questions

2001-01-08 Thread Richard Drdul
Rob: Thanks for the feedback -- that helps me a great deal in understanding how Vuescan works. Cheers! -- -- -- Richard Drdul -- Vancouver, BC, Canada -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --

Re: filmscanners: How to get the best from a raw neg scan output from Vuescan?

2001-01-08 Thread Julian Robinson
Richard, I adjusted your scan in PS (both full image and detail combined in the same image so that they received the same treatment) so that the full image looked roughly the same as your processed image. Then you can see that the detail ends up with the same degree of grain as your processed

Re: filmscanners: Acer ScanWit 2740S

2001-01-08 Thread Mike Gaston
I've just started scanning negs after many years of having my own darkroom. I bought a Scanwit 2720S thinking for the $325 I paid for it, if I didn't like the digital darkroom then I wouldn't have to much invested. I figured I'd learn on the Scanwit then upgrade to a more respected scanner when I

RE: filmscanners: RDRAM

2001-01-08 Thread Austin Franklin
> Why not to go for an upgrade of DISKS ... going to SCSI ... possibly 80MB/s > or 160MB/s. > 2 x 18GB SCSI Ultra160 IBM 10Krpm + > 1 x 36GB SCSI U2 10Krpm (80MBs nominally). > All of them are pumping 30MB/s EACH ! Disks are limited to their overall throughput because of the media transfer rate f

Re: filmscanners: RDRAM

2001-01-08 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ezio wrote: >My system is [snip] 2 x 18GB SCSI Ultra160 IBM 10Krpm >All of them are pumping 30MB/s EACH ! >Moreover ... SCSI can let you have many I/O operation at the same time on >each unit and on several units ... IDE doesn't and the slowest IDE is >arbitrating the clock of the channel. I know

filmscanners: Vuescan/LS-2000/Strip Film Holder

2001-01-08 Thread Alan Shaw
Hello Ed, I believe I've found a little bug... The LS-2000's Strip Film Holder fits into the slide adapter. I'm scanning black-and-white negative film. Vuescan will not let me change Mode from 35mm Slide to anything else as long as the slide adapter is inserted into the scanner. With Media typ

filmscanners: Sprintscan 120 now on B+H web site ...

2001-01-08 Thread David Freedman
B+H (www.bhphoto.com) has just added the eagerly-awaited Polaroid Sprintscan 120 to its web site. Price shown is MSRP, $3999.95. Not currently in stock (of course) but expected late February. Dave F.

RE: filmscanners: Sprintscan 120 now on B+H web site ...

2001-01-08 Thread Frank Paris
The 3.9 dynamic range sounds unbelievable. I wonder how they achieve that? Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Freedman > Sent: Monday, January 08, 200

filmscanners: but which printer is good enough?

2001-01-08 Thread Berry Ives
Title: filmscanners: but which printer is good enough? Could be OT, but among filmscanners, maybe not: In considering Epson 1160 vs 1200 vs 2000p, given the following: 1.  1160 has 4 colors and 4 picoliter droplets and can use bulk Generations pigments with  CIS 1200 has 6 colors and 6 pi

Re: filmscanners: Kodak RFS 3600 Information

2001-01-08 Thread Berry Ives
on 1/8/01 9:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Pacific Image Electronics, the > same company that makes the PrimeFilm 1800u That summary of your research was very interesting. Thanks. I read one review of the Pacific Image Electronics PrimeFilm 1800u (MacUser) that was very

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 Problems involving Specific Win98 Files?

2001-01-08 Thread Terry Danks
Tony Sleep wrote: > ISTM that the problem is your flatbed's software messing with the SCSI .dll's, not > the Polaroid 4000's Insight nor Vuescan. There seems little doubt this was the problem. (Silverfast - as I haven't used Insight much yet). It has been solved thanks to my following the ins