[filmscanners] RE: OT: DVD formats

2003-09-02 Thread Robert Meier
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brentley Beerline > >The Sony 4x plus minus drive is down to 239 here in >Silicon Valley after rebates and is a good deal. The >plextor will be 299 when it ships. That seems quite a high price. You can get

[filmscanners] RE: additional remarks about 8bit / hi bit

2003-09-02 Thread LAURIE SOLOMON
>LAURIE SOLOMON asked if my digital prints apparently look better "because of >their scanning in 8-bit versus 16-bit and not because of some other >factor...?" In addition to the hi bit factor, I make serious efforts in >color balance, defect removal, perspective correction, and anything else i >ca

[filmscanners] additional remarks about 8bit / hi bit

2003-09-02 Thread HPA
LAURIE SOLOMON asked if my digital prints apparently look better "because of their scanning in 8-bit versus 16-bit and not because of some other factor...?" In addition to the hi bit factor, I make serious efforts in color balance, defect removal, perspective correction, and anything else i can fig

[filmscanners] Kodak High Definition Film

2003-09-02 Thread Bruce
I just shot a bunch of snapshots with this new consumer 400 speed film. I just wanted to pass along a note that it gives wonderful scans (on my Nikon 8000). This film is rather contrasty for a color negative film and makes scans that are kind of true to it's name--very sharp looking with punchy hi

[filmscanners] Re: OT: DVD formats

2003-09-02 Thread Brentley Beerline
While it is true that DVD speeds are expressed differently, it is important to note that for burning CD media they never burn at the same speed as DVD. If you just want to burn CDs a dedicated CD burner will always be faster than a DVD. Also 8x DVD is coming out soon (along with combo drives that

[filmscanners] RE: OT: DVD formats

2003-09-02 Thread Lucans, Gunars
Those are the figures I was thinking of ... I was just off a bit on the result ... DVD 2.4X is about CD-R 21.6X. > -Original Message- > From: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 2:06 PM > To: Lucans, Gunars > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: OT: DVD formats > > > H

[filmscanners] RE: LS-2000 Dead

2003-09-02 Thread Rob Suisted
Hi Les Sounds like what happened to mine about a one ago. With a bit of bravado (and not much to lose), I took the cover off (4 small screws on rear) and fired it up and watched. Everything seemed to function normally except the sled was stuck at it's limit. I gave it a solid push (on the motor

[filmscanners] RE: OT: DVD formats

2003-09-02 Thread Nagaraj, Ramesh
This I too bought a DVD writer for 139usd. Thanks for speed realted info. Thanks Ramesh -Original Message- From: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 3:06 PM To: Nagaraj, Ramesh Subject: [filmscanners] Re: OT: DVD formats Hi, On 2 Sep 2003 at 13:44, Lucans, Gu

[filmscanners] Re: OT: DVD formats

2003-09-02 Thread
Hi, On 2 Sep 2003 at 13:44, Lucans, Gunars wrote: > Note that 2.4x for DVD is not the same as 2.4x for CD-R and is quite a > bit faster (although I can't find a reference just now, it's more on > the order of 30x for cd-r). This topic is coming up lately. Could be the price breaks, so people ar

[filmscanners] RE: OT: DVD formats

2003-09-02 Thread Lucans, Gunars
Note that 2.4x for DVD is not the same as 2.4x for CD-R and is quite a bit faster (although I can't find a reference just now, it's more on the order of 30x for cd-r). Gunars > -Original Message- > From: W. Xato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 1:21 AM > To: L

[filmscanners] RE: [filmscanners_Digest] filmscanners Digest for Tue 2 Sep, 2003

2003-09-02 Thread LAURIE SOLOMON
A few comments which may bear mentioning and enquiring about: >My digital prints look better than most of the rest of the >photographers where I sell. Are you sure this is because of their scanning in 8-bit versus 16-bit and not because of some other factor in their workflows or the consequence o

[filmscanners] RE: LS2000 dead

2003-09-02 Thread Les Berkley
Hi! Don't know about things in your wombat-haunted lands, but you can get the NK Coolscan IV (with slightly better res than the 2000) for $440 US online. That's tempting, and probably not much over the repair costs...! Les > "Les Berkley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone know what the repa