[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-10 Thread Arthur Entlich
I will try taking some reject slides or dupes and create a warp of similar magnitude and see how the scanners respond. I may have to turn off autofocus. This will take me several days to get to, I'm afraid. Art Paul D. DeRocco wrote: From: Arthur Entlich Well, that's hard to say without

[filmscanners] Re: Canon's FARE

2004-01-10 Thread Arthur Entlich
FARE (the one in the film scanners) is indeed an IR cleaning method. I'm not quite sure what they are doing in FARE 2 for reflective scans. Art Paul D. DeRocco wrote: Does this technology employ an IR channel? I notice that they say it doesn't work on BW and Kodachrome, which would imply it's

[filmscanners] Imacon scans

2004-01-10 Thread David Lewiston
Remember when Polaroid remaindered the SS4000? I bought one at the ridiculously low price... and it's still waiting to be installed! My main activity is editing music, my computer is set up as a digital audio workstation, and I simply haven't found the time to learn scanning Photoshop. Needing

[filmscanners] JPEG2000 as archive format

2004-01-10 Thread Lloyd O'Daniel
Having just recently upgraded to Photoshop CS, I've been playing around with the JPEG2000 plugin. I'm considering using that format to save 16-bit film scans from a Sprintscan 4000 Plus using the lossless setting. This would help reduce the 115 Mb file size of those scans. (I'm using NEF for my

[filmscanners] Re: Imacon scans

2004-01-10 Thread Matt Haber
On 10 Jan 2004 at 10:59, David Lewiston wrote: Needing really good scans from a few significant 35mm images, I took them to my preferred lab, the Light Room in Berkeley. Rob, the owner, has an excellent track record with my work.or body David-- the Light Room is literally down the street

[filmscanners] Canon's FARE

2004-01-10 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
Does this technology employ an IR channel? I notice that they say it doesn't work on BW and Kodachrome, which would imply it's IR. But I also notice that they put it in their top-of-the-line flatbeds--or is FARE 2.0 in the flatbeds different from the FARE used in the FS4000 film scanner? I'd also

[filmscanners] Does brand of film really make any difference nowadays?

2004-01-10 Thread Dieder Bylsma
With the big catch being that grain structure is different at a fixed ISO rating between brands of films i.e. Portra 160 vs NPC 160 etc... and with the observation *our film scanners can scan an incredible range of colours at high bit depth *digital photo editing tools are

[filmscanners] Re: Canon's FARE

2004-01-10 Thread Doug Franklin
Hi Paul, On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 15:48:42 -0800, Paul D. DeRocco wrote: Does [FARE] employ an IR channel? Yes. But I also notice that they put it in their top-of-the-line flatbeds--or is FARE 2.0 in the flatbeds different from the FARE used in the FS4000 film scanner? That I don't know. I'd

[filmscanners] Re: Does brand of film really make any differencenowadays?

2004-01-10 Thread alan
[From a lurker on this list] Well, I think so. Two simple examples--one from film per se, one from scanning. Last year I tested some film on a 4x5, comparing Velvia to Astia. Photos were on the coast, mid afternoon, clear skies but high humidity, hence the light was a little blue. The difference

[filmscanners] Re: Does brand of film really make any differencenowadays?

2004-01-10 Thread Ellis Vener
On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 12:27 PM, alan wrote: Well, I think so. Two simple examples--one from film per se, one from scanning. Excellent points and examples Alan. Though I mostly use digital cameras these days (Nikon D1X, Canon EOS 1Ds, and Kodak Pro Back) , I still shoot film. And