[filmscanners] Re: Supra for scanning?

2002-02-25 Thread Tris Schuler
Hello! On their site, and in their literature, Kodak extols the virtues of Supra for scanning. Does anyone have experience with this film? I like Fuji Superia a lot, but I do get some grain aliasing problems with the 400 ISO, and VueScan doesn't have a profile for it g! I will shoot a few

[filmscanners] Re: Where can I actually *buy* an Nikon 8000ED?

2002-02-25 Thread Brad Smith
Austin Franklin, So now you want to challenge his credentials to have opinions. You've obviously got heartburn about Entlich. It is evident that it is personal in the way that you never seem to miss the opportunity to challenge whatever he is saying. I, for one, am bored to death. Please take

[filmscanners] OT - Informed opinion debate/cle

2002-02-25 Thread
Siiiggghhh :-( Maybe I'm just having a bad day... Out of curiosity, do you have a web site What does having a web site have to do with quality of opinions? Sorry for this sounding like a personal attack. Why be sorry? It is one. And I for one am very sick of this stuff. We are all

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon D100

2002-02-25 Thread Dickbo
- Original Message - From: ThomasH [EMAIL PROTECTED] The race against our old good 35mm film is on and it will not stop till the film will be gone. Buddy you may not know it but you are a kind of a poet and you have a lot of things you want to say.. When your gloomy I surely

[filmscanners] Re: Where can I actually *buy* an Nikon8000ED?

2002-02-25 Thread Tris Schuler
You have a definite bias against Nikon, which is fine by me. At least you're open about it. However, you should be more forthcoming about the fact that Polaroid has been providing you with a scanner, and that this may bias your opinion towards their products. I don't what bias the other person

[filmscanners] Re: Supra for scanning?

2002-02-25 Thread Tris Schuler
Hello! On their site, and in their literature, Kodak extols the virtues of Supra for scanning. Does anyone have experience with this film? I like Fuji Superia a lot, but I do get some grain aliasing problems with the 400 ISO, and VueScan doesn't have a profile for it g! I will shoot a few

[filmscanners] RE: Nikon D100

2002-02-25 Thread Austin Franklin
The problem with flatness of the CCD and CMOS sensors dictated even modifications in lens design. How does lense design help solve this? The light rays come from what ever angle they come from, and I don't believe lense design can do anything to help. This issue is only pertinent with wider

[filmscanners] 4 new semi and pro dig.cameras around 3000USD

2002-02-25 Thread Mikael Risedal
Best site IMO - digital cameras. Go to dpreview.com http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02022309fourdslrs.asp Still doing all my works ( since Aug 2001) with my D1X, superior results compare to 24 x 36 film and my LS2000 , LS4000 and Polaroid scanners. No grain. dirt and other problems.

[filmscanners] Re: Where can I actually *buy* an Nikon 8000ED?

2002-02-25 Thread Op's
Art You have it wrong- re banding ( its not - they are fine lines ) http://www.maxwell.com.au/support/faq/ls8000/11414_ls8000_jw.html Question. Sometimes I get very fine lines in my final scan. Is there a way to minimise this? Answer Yes. In Tool PaletteScanner Extras tick the check

[filmscanners] Re: Supra for scanning?

2002-02-25 Thread Tris Schuler
Sorry, forgot to add that I scanned this with my Polaroid SS4000 RAW), then had to work with it for awhile in Paint Shop Pro before achieving the final image. Use a different scanner and you might well end up with a different image, use a different approach in PSP (or PS for that matter) and the

[filmscanners] David Hemingway at PMA

2002-02-25 Thread Larry Berman
I spent about a half hour with David Hemingway earlier today. I had a chance to discuss with him his participation in the forums and felt it would make a good informational piece for my web site. So here's my short interview with David: http://bermangraphics.com/events/pma2002.htm I also want to

[filmscanners] Re: oil mount on the glass carrier?

2002-02-25 Thread Moreno Polloni
Since the Minolta Scan Multi Pro comes with glass carriers would it be possible to use oil mounting techniques with this scanner. I use them with my CreoScitex Jazz+ (at work) and it does improve the scan. I'd be leary of any mounting fluid leaking inside the mechanism. It could cause some

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon D100

2002-02-25 Thread ThomasH
Austin Franklin wrote: The problem with flatness of the CCD and CMOS sensors dictated even modifications in lens design. How does lense design help solve this? The light rays come from what ever angle they come from, and I don't believe lense design can do anything to help. This issue

[filmscanners] Re: OT - Informed opinion debate/cle

2002-02-25 Thread Tris Schuler
I don't wish to add fuel here but I must say I tend to come down in the Art camp on this one. I don't know this gentleman, have only read what he's posted to this list. It reads like sober stuff to me, but then I'm no authority in particular in this area. On the other hand I have some experience

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon D100

2002-02-25 Thread Arthur Entlich
I think what Les is trying to say is that his lens would act like a 32-65 or whatever as it would appear on a 35mm field, if it was placed on a reduced size digital chip. Art izzet wrote: Well, actually your 18-35 zoom is not turning into anything, it is still 18-35 regarding dof,

[filmscanners] RE: OT - Informed opinion debate/cle

2002-02-25 Thread Mark Otway
And I for one am very sick of this stuff. I'll second that. This whole debate between Moreno, Art and Austin is *soo* tiresome. :-( As for me, well, my website will fail professional scrutiny quite miserably. So I'll now take some time off the list - my opinions will not be

[filmscanners] RE: Where can I actually *buy* an Nikon8000ED?

2002-02-25 Thread Mark Otway
there are people are there buying Nikons _in spite of_ these issues solely for the reason they wish to associate themselves with the Nikon brand. That, and the fact that with the Nikon you can also get ICE packaged. I think people are also forgetting that the depth-of-field issue affects

[filmscanners] Re: OT - Informed opinion debate/cle

2002-02-25 Thread Ian Boag
Anthony. Anthony. Wherefore art thou Anthony A :-) At 10:42 25/02/02 +1100, you wrote: Siiiggghhh :-( Maybe I'm just having a bad day... Out of curiosity, do you have a web site What does having a web site have to do with quality of opinions? Sorry for this sounding like a personal

[filmscanners] Re: Supra for scanning?

2002-02-25 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Les, I haven't used it. I do recall some displeasure expressed over this film some time back by people who were scanning it. Whether the success depends upon the operator, the film speed and grain size, or even the scanner in question (lighting source, optics, or resolution (DPI/LPI)) I

[filmscanners] Re: Supra for scanning?

2002-02-25 Thread James Morgan
I use Supra 400 for nighttime racing photos and scan them with a Canon 2710. For the most part I have been pleased with the way it scans over other 400 speed films I've tried. - Original Message - From: Tris Schuler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 24,

[filmscanners] Re: 4 new semi and pro dig.cameras around 3000USD

2002-02-25 Thread Arthur Entlich
Mikael Risedal wrote: Best site IMO - digital cameras. Go to dpreview.com http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02022309fourdslrs.asp Still doing all my works ( since Aug 2001) with my D1X, superior results compare to 24 x 36 film and my LS2000 , LS4000 and Polaroid scanners. No

[filmscanners] Re: Where can I actually *buy* an Nikon 8000ED?

2002-02-25 Thread Arthur Entlich
I don't mean to sound thick, but your posting is too cryptic for me to understand how in any way it discredits what I have said (and I even went to the website you site... which just repeats what you wrote below...) Can you please expand on this further so my thick head can understand your fine

[filmscanners] Colormatching with Canon S820/S900

2002-02-25 Thread
With the help of the filmscanners group I've spent about 200 man-hours tweaking the color management profile in my Epson 2000P last year. Much thanks to all for your direction and encouragement in that seemingly endless trial.! No, seriously. If it wasn't for input from this grouip I wouldn't

[filmscanners] RE: 35mm CCD's (was Nikon D100)

2002-02-25 Thread andfamily
I'd think it would be possible to design a digital camera back that had such a back element built-in, to redirect the light from a standard 35mm lens and either collimate it for the larger sensor, or concentrate it onto the smaller sensor. More glass involved, thus somewhat compromised quality,

[filmscanners] Re: Supra for scanning?

2002-02-25 Thread DRP
Supra is really easy to scan with Vs. Never had the shadow of a pb with it. I used 400 and 800. Great range, grain is more than correct. No aliasing at 2400dpi. Another yhing is how you'll like the color and tonal rendition of this film. I personnally prefer Portra NC, which I find more subtile,

[filmscanners] Re: Grain from negs with Multi Pro

2002-02-25 Thread John Pendley
My scans have improved dramatically since you gave me some pointers. Thank's very much. Grain is no more a problem for me now than it was in a wet darkroom. You mention unsharp mask. I really don't know how this feature should be used (I don't have docs with PS). I commonly use about 50 in

[filmscanners] Re: OT - Informed opinion debate/cle

2002-02-25 Thread Arthur Entlich
Peter, Just for the sake of accuracy, the second line attributed to me, was not written by me. I did not reply to Austin's posting, in general, I don't anymore. Art Peter Marquis-Kyle wrote: [Austin] Out of curiosity, do you have a web site [Arthur] What does having a web site have to

[filmscanners] AW: Slide scratches when using Nikon feeder

2002-02-25 Thread Andreas Wistuba
No, I never had problems like this. From what I can see in my SF200 there are no parts that even can touch the surface. Are you sure it's the feeder? -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 26.

[filmscanners] Re: Colormatching with Canon S820/S900

2002-02-25 Thread ThomasH
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the help of the filmscanners group I've spent about 200 man-hours tweaking the color management profile in my Epson 2000P last year. Much thanks to all for your direction and encouragement in that seemingly endless trial.! No, seriously. If it wasn't for

[filmscanners] Re: Grain from negs with Multi Pro

2002-02-25 Thread Arthur Entlich
John Pendley wrote: My scans have improved dramatically since you gave me some pointers. Thank's very much. Grain is no more a problem for me now than it was in a wet darkroom. I'm really glad to hear that. It's always nice when I get a bit of positive feedback. (Publicly, no less...

[filmscanners] Re: Getting images printed Large

2002-02-25 Thread
I have a number of square color images that I would like to have printed large. Can anyone point me to a web site (or to an actual location, if in the Boston, MA area) that can handle custom sizes (I'm thinking 2' by 2' to 3' x 3') and surfaces at prices that are not going to bankrupt me?

[filmscanners] Re: Grain from negs with Multi Pro

2002-02-25 Thread Hersch Nitikman
I would append to your advice that I find it helps to zoom into the image edges till one starts to see individual pixels, then apply the unsharp mask, increasing gradually and observing the effect on the preview, until strange things start happening, and then back off a bit. In Photoshop, there

[filmscanners] Re: Slide scratches when using Nikon feeder

2002-02-25 Thread ThomasH
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have experience using the 50 slide feeder for the Nikon Scanner 4000ED. When using this feeder, I noticed slight parallel rub/scratch marks on the slide that run the length of it. Any similar experience? Fortunately not, but I got a series of close calls