[filmscanners] Re: film scanner

2002-08-29 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Brad, You are correct, I had a laps of memory that the person was using a Mac. I do not believe the Mac version exists yet. Art Brad Smith wrote: Art, If I remember correctly, they only wrote a Windows version. Have they done a Mac version and I've missed it? The person asking the

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range

2002-08-29 Thread David J. Littleboy
Todd, My primary point was that with DyR defined as Dmax - Dmin, as it is by the ISO, it is the range between the minimum discernable signal (which is what the ISO calls Dmax) and the maximum signal before clipping (which is what the ISO calls Dmin). Period. But what do you mean when you say

[filmscanners] RE: Dynamic range

2002-08-29 Thread Austin Franklin
Hi Todd, This paper appears to speak to many of the issues discussed in this thread: http://www.analog.com/library/whitepapers/dsp/32bit_wa.html#3 I had a chance to look over that paper. The diagram you mention (I believe you were referring to the sinusoidal wave +-5V signal...) that

[filmscanners] Re: Vuescan/FS2710

2002-08-29 Thread Robert Michael
alternatvely, if you just want to follow what is happening there concerning vuescan, try this link to google groups (It's copied from the vuescan site): http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=enas_ugroup=comp.periphs. scannersas_q=VueScanas_scoring=d you can add your own search

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range

2002-08-29 Thread Roy Harrington
on 8/29/02 5:42 PM, Austin Franklin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Roy, I can't figure out why you and Austin have such a mental block about ranges and ratios. And I can't figure out why you want to argue about this. Every reference I've cited (and others have cited) agrees with me

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range

2002-08-29 Thread David J. Littleboy
Julian Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... It is not hard to understand - 1dB is a small range (about 1.26 to 1), 100dB is a big range (100 to 1). The range we are discussing is the range from MDS to max signal, which in scanner case is Dmax to Dmin. There are _two_ ways to talk

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range

2002-08-29 Thread Julian Robinson
There's a large number of ways you can write down numbers to define a range. There is only one way in common use to express a range in a single number that is independent of gain and other things that are irrelevant - as a ratio. You can express that ratio in a number of ways, dimensionless

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range

2002-08-29 Thread Todd Flashner
To David and Austin Austin replies to me: Let me repeat, this paper says DyR is: if noise is present, the difference between the loudest (maximum level) signal to the noise floor. This is in contrast to Austin who says DyR is: (maximum signal level - minimum signal level) / noise) They

[filmscanners] Re: film scanner

2002-08-29 Thread Brad Smith
That is great news! Could we ask that you post a note here when it is available. Thanks very much Brad On 8/29/02 5:02 AM, Kapetanakis, Constantine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There will be OS X support for the Polaroid scanners. We are currently in testing. -Original Message-