Tim
I don't have either of them, but I understand the Artixscan and Polaroid have
the same innards and are both made in the same Microtek factory. They differ in
minor details of hardware (such as firmware) and in the package of software they
come with. I have not heard of a firewire version of
Actually, that works out just about right: your 16.5MB compressed file
took 7 seconds to load on a computer that has a CPU about 2.2 times
faster than mine.
My 53MB compressed file is 3.2 times the size of yours, so if I take
the 7 seconds and multiply that by 3.2 to account for the difference
That's what he told me about 10 days ago
P.S. David -- it's great to have you on this list.
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From: Hemingway, David J [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 7:11 PM
Subject: RE: filmscanners: VueScan and MF
It was my understanding
Sorry I forgot to give address with scannes
have a look:
http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~jacho/vu/redish.htm
Jan
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From: Jan Gorski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 2:11 PM
Subject: filmscanners: Redish cast in Vuescan with 48bit in Epson
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001 15:18:22 +0100 Eddie Cairns ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
This machine is of no use as it does not have the
scan to the web button.
What the hell is a 'scan to web' button, and why do you think we need one?
I haven't noticed the lack of one in the past 6yrs! :)
Regards
On Sun, 29 Jul 2001 15:03:22 EDT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
any lpi you get in the
final scan? (I noted in a Pop Photo review the IV ED's optical
resolution was 53.3 lpi while the nikon 4000 was 60 lpi, so despite
having roughly 75% of the 4000's stated dpi it achieved roughly 90% of
On Sun, 29 Jul 2001 01:10:13 +0100 Steve Greenbank
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I have not checked but I suspect lossless is actually very nearly
lossless.
i.e. there are some rounding errors from the compression algorithms.
Shouldn't be, in the ZIP/LZW type compression found in compressed
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001 20:04:43 EDT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Last but not least the new low end nikon IV ED is tempting with ICE3
but only 2900 dpi. Will the decreased resolution of the Nikon be offset
by the Genuine Fractals software??? Will it make a difference in the
quality of the
I seem to remember many months ago, prior to the release of the
SS120, that Polaroid were considering producing a mod in the future
to enable the 120 to scan up to 6x12.
Anyone aware if this is still being consideredI'm assuming of
course that the scanner is actually capable of going
On Sun, 29 Jul 2001 01:09:57 +1000 Rob Geraghty ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
Obscanning - I wonder how many of those using Windows with filmscanners
are
running NT or Win2K?
I even bought NT4, but never installed it as the W98 machine I use for PS
is unbelievably stable, probably because
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Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 02:50:55 EDT
Roger said:
but with the price of the Polaroid SS4000 running
less than $700US (I assume the $200 rebate is still in effect),
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001 16:17:22 +1200 Colin Maddock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
Slightly off topic here, sorry about that. Recently installed a Matrox
G450 on my W98 (not SE) machine, and now I can't wake the
computer/monitor up after the monitor only has gone into Standby after x
minutes
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I have the SCSI (didn't know there was a firewire vesion) Artixscan 4000T.
Unsurprisingly it perfroms much the same as the SS4000.
The ScanWizard Pro software is very easy to use and has been completely
stable from day 1. But the results in my experience are far inferior to
Vuescan (US$40 I
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001 12:40:17 +1000 Rob Geraghty ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
I wonder if anyone has tried PAN-F with a SS4000 or other Polaroid
scanner?
I have some negs on it from years ago, so will have a look. But PanF always
was notorious stuff, very easy to develop to such extreme DMax
Trevor,
Presently the scanner will officially only go to 6 x 9 but unofficially
several users are currently scanning 6 x 17 panoramic. Because the
inter-frame gap in medium format cameras is very inconsistent the crop boxes
are VERY generous and this allows for frame overlap. If you set the
On the tackier new cheap scanners they come with a scan to the web button
and free webspace. You set up an automatic ftp client integrated into the
scanner software when you install the scanner. Although most of the people
who use it will not know that!! The clever stuff is done behind the scenes
Larry Berman wrote:
Matrox has an uninstall program you can download from their web site. I've
used it before for the same purpose. It also deletes any references in the
registry to the Matrox drivers.
The download page is:
http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/files/ftp_util2.cfm
The
I seem to remember many months ago, prior to the release of the
SS120, that Polaroid were considering producing a mod in the future
to enable the 120 to scan up to 6x12.
Anyone aware if this is still being consideredI'm assuming of
course that the scanner is actually capable of going
I recently got Photoshop and set it as my default viewer. Scanning with
Vuescan, the first image scanned opens PS but the image NEVER opens but only
a blank screen with the wrong dimensions, whether PS is already open or not.
I can close that image and open the scanned image from disk fine.
The
I have my VueScan set to not open an editor. Instead I use ACDSee and have
it already open to the VueScan folder on my second monitor. As the scans
are completed, each image pop-ups into ACDSee as a thumbnail. Then I leave
ACDSee open after closing VueScan and drop the images onto Photoshop to
Tom, the Polaroid SprintScan 4000 should, indeed, be available for $700US. B
H says, "$889.95 Our Price" on their web page and then states that the $200
Polaroid Rebate Coupon expires at the end of September. So, your final cost
should be about $700. Like I said before, I paid double that just a
OK - so why won't PS do the same even if I have that already open? The
first scan does not pop in, but all subsequent scans do.
Maris
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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 7:24 PM
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