RE: filmscanners: Any Reviews?: Kodak RFS 3600

2001-05-02 Thread Rick Berk
I have the scanner, but can't compare it to the LS2000 since I've never used it. On it's own tho, I will say I'm fairly happy with it. Good scans the first time, with minimal playing in Photoshop to match the original. Makes some noise, which doesn't bother me, but others have complained. Al

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.16 Available

2001-05-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
Colin wrote: >Ed Hamrick wrote: >> I fixed a bug that caused colors (especially reds) to be >> excessively saturated. >Very interesting. My Canon FS2710 also produces excessive reds on objects >such as Santa Claus suits, or red baseball caps, for instance. They have >a clipped out look. Will the c

RE: filmscanners: Cleaning slides (PEC tips)

2001-05-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
jack wrote: >>Hopefully I'll be able to remove the fingerprint with some careful >>use of the cloning tool. >Digital ICE should solve this problem for you. No, it doesn't, because ing Nikon refuse to fix the jaggies problem. Until that is fixed, ICE is of exactly zero use to me. Sorry about

RE: filmscanners: Cleaning slides

2001-05-02 Thread Oostrom, Jerry
> -Original Message- > From: Lynn Allen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 3:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: filmscanners: Cleaning slides > > > I hope that Honda Lo is still auditing this list. If not, Jerry, I'd be > happy to supply you with hi

Re: filmscanners: OT: Film lengths was: Cleaning slides (PEC tips)

2001-05-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
Laurie Solomon wrote: > That is the safest conclusion. > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Maris V. Lidaka, > Sr. > > So the conclusion is - don't try to squeeze out an extra frame or two? > > Maris > When mentally reviewing my own many thousands of rolls of film, I think I can h

Re: filmscanners: OT: Film lengths was: Cleaning slides (PEC tips)

2001-05-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
Laurie Solomon wrote: >> I pay and have paid for and expect 36 exposure for many, many years - >> everything over and above that is a gift. > > > While that is not in question; what often is in question is the fact that > given the shorter lengths of leader any attempts to squeeze that extra

Re: filmscanners: Cleaning slides

2001-05-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
Oostrom, Jerry wrote: > > > [Oostrom, Jerry] I have my Acer scanner sent in for service, but > here in Holland they had not heard about a replacement programme. In fact > they are trying to repair my defective one. And they are until now > unable/unwilling to see the problem of the sca

Re: filmscanners: OT: Film lengths was: Cleaning slides (PEC tips)

2001-05-02 Thread B.Rumary
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arthur Entlich wrote: > What I see mainly is wasted > leader due to too much of it being "used" during the autoload process. > The autoload feature should actually allow for extra frames is anything. > This, I believe, is an "agreement" with maybe both film manufacturer

filmscanners: Noise in scans - Silverfast v Vuescan

2001-05-02 Thread Steve Greenbank
I previously mentioned that I had been suffering some problems with noise with the artixscan 4000. I have been trying to scan (with both Silverfast and Scan Wizard Pro) a slide that is high contrast that looks great when projected. I have been unable to get a usable scan particularly in the area

RE: filmscanners: Cleaning slides using Digital ICE

2001-05-02 Thread Jack Phipps
Laurie Solomon wrote: >In some cases, you are suggesting - nay, recommending - the >user buy a new scanner that has your product bundled with it if the user >happens not to have a scanner that came with Digital ICE. Not necessarily. One option is to take the negative to a scanning service. I kno

RE: filmscanners: OT: Film lengths was: Cleaning slides (PEC tips)

2001-05-02 Thread Laurie Solomon
>Of course it could be that they are making _absolutely_ sure that no >pictures are being fogged by the loading process being a bit too short. I suppose that could be used as a rationalization; but for years, the preferred procedure in the instruction books for manual loading cameras was to attac

RE: filmscanners: Cleaning slides (PEC tips)

2001-05-02 Thread Bill Ross
While I am not seeking to challenge the validity of your claim for Digital ICE, I do question your offering it as a solution to a user's problem when you know that the user cannot get Digital ICE as a separate application and that not every scanner has a

RE: filmscanners: OT: Film lengths was: Cleaning slides (PEC tips)

2001-05-02 Thread Laurie Solomon
>Well, I thought I was done with this thread... I thought you were too; so we will chalk it up to a senior moment in which you forgot you were done with the thread. :-) >My experiments show that the loss of film is not at the rear end, but at >the leader. MY personal experience both in terms of

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.16 Available

2001-05-02 Thread DRP
> > People using the SprintScan 35+ or ScanWit to scan negatives will > be pleased to note that I fixed a bug that caused colors (especially > reds) to be excessively saturated. Hi Ed I've got a similar problem using a HPS20 with Vuescan and scanning negatives: Some "strong" reds are totally

RE: filmscanners: Cleaning slides (PEC tips)

2001-05-02 Thread Shough, Dean
> However, I wonder how ICE can compensate for fingerprints that are > in the shape of the emulsion: I thought it just detected opaque > material. > One of the subtle points about ICE is that it works with defects that block just a portion of the IR light. From the patent, ICE measures the amou

Re: filmscanners: Exposure in VueScan

2001-05-02 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/1/2001 2:19:10 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It appears that any exposure value less than unity gives the same scan > as an exposure value of unity. Is this expected? Yes, the field for controlling the exposure only allows for increasing the exposure. Regards, Ed Ham

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.16 Available

2001-05-02 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/2/2001 12:18:46 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I've got a similar problem using a HPS20 with Vuescan and scanning > negatives: > Some "strong" reds are totally burnt. Yes, I think it's the same bug. I think I know an easy way to fix this for all scanners, and I'll

Re: filmscanners: Exposure in VueScan

2001-05-02 Thread Dana Trout
You might want to change the code in "autoexposure" so it does not fill this field with a value less than unity. It tends to give one ideas... --Dana -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Exposure in VueScan Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 10:31 AM In

filmscanners: greatpixin,greatpixout

2001-05-02 Thread Michael Moore
I want to throw this out for open comment and discussion... I had the chance to speak with a real live lab tech (from Replicolor in Salt Lake City, they are on the web at www.replicolor.com) this week... I asked him about his perception of reality when it comes to filmscanning and getting photogr

RE: filmscanners: Cleaning slides (PEC tips)

2001-05-02 Thread Laurie Solomon
>I don't see anything wrong with this. People are allowed to buy >new scanners if they want, and some do; ICE is a valid reason to >buy; if ICE is good for fingerprints, so much the better for it. I never said that there was anything wrong with it or even unethical. I questioned the offering it

RE: filmscanners: Cleaning slides using Digital ICE

2001-05-02 Thread Laurie Solomon
Jack, as I noted in the unquoted part of the message, I was not challenging the validity of your suggestion or the ethics of your believing it your product and promoting it. If I came off that way, I apologize. I was just really questioning your recommending it as a practical solution to a user