[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal

2002-05-26 Thread Arthur Entlich
available for the plugin version? I did see the help files for the standalone version but it seems rather sparse. Thanks... Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:25 PM To: [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: Scanner printer

2002-05-26 Thread Arthur Entlich
David J. Littleboy wrote: It seems to be between the Canon 9000 (dye-based inks) and the pigment ink Epson 2100, 2200, or 4000 (same printer: the only difference is where you buy it). The Canon (as I understand it) doesn't do full-bleed A3. However, I'm finding the Epson 950C _very_ slow

[filmscanners] Re: Channel alignment test for BW scanned as RGB

2002-05-23 Thread Arthur Entlich
Are you sure this isn't a result of the different focal points of different colors? You've probably noted that infrared, for instance, has a fairly large difference in focal point than the visible spectrum (the offset is indicated on most lenses as a red line or dot). This holds true for the

[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal

2002-05-22 Thread Arthur Entlich
I have not installed the release version of this software yet, but I worked with it in several versions in beta for months, and spent many long nights helping it along to its final version 1.0. This software is not a replacement for IR cleaning, but then again it doesn't really need to be on a

[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal

2002-05-22 Thread Arthur Entlich
Doesn't Photoshop work with WinNT? If so, you can surely use the plug in. Or have we changed subjects and I'm confused as to what the reference is now... ;-) Art Eric wrote: Bummer that there isn't a version for WinNT, either. That's one of the reasons I went with Polaroid. Eric

[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal

2002-05-22 Thread Arthur Entlich
manifests problems from dust and scratches - the dust and scratches are on the film, not in the Nikon scanner hardware, are they not? Maris - Original Message - From: Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 5:37 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Re

[filmscanners] Re: Microtek vs Polaroid (was SS4000 Plus not toEurope!)

2002-05-19 Thread Arthur Entlich
I just noticed today (and I have no idea how long it has been there) that Polaroid UK is advertising a major price reduction on the SS4000 to 599 pounds. I have no idea if that is pre or post VAT, but it seems cheaper than the price you found, which seems to imply the price reduction is recent.

[filmscanners] Re: SS4000 Plus not to Europe!

2002-05-19 Thread Arthur Entlich
It is more the other way around. Microtek makes the SS4000 and SS4000+ for Polaroid, and they are basically the same scanner with different firmware and software. The Artixscan 4000f was available some months after the Polaroid SS4000. Same for the SS4000+ and Artixscan 4000tf. Polaroid has

[filmscanners] Re: no subject

2002-05-19 Thread Arthur Entlich
It would appear Miegapixels is mega not functioning. I'm getting no connections with either Netscape or I.E. for any of the links Chris has posted. Art Simon Lamb wrote: Is this list an advertising forum for Megapixels? It is good that contribution can be made regarding comparisons between

[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid SS4000

2002-05-18 Thread Arthur Entlich
I just noticed, for any UK residents, that Polaroid UK is showing the SS4000 for sale with a 599 pound list price. It seems to be a still active product there. Art Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED],

[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid SS4000

2002-05-17 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Ed, To my knowledge, you will be hard pressed finding this scanner new. Polaroid sold off the stock in their warehouse just prior to the SS4000+ coming out. They also were liquidating them to bring in some money during their Chapter 11 proceeding. At that time, the SS4000 scanners were

[filmscanners] Re: OT - anal(ly) retentive...

2002-05-12 Thread Arthur Entlich
Austin, You regularly chastise people for using inaccurate or incomplete terms. Shall we discuss depth of FIELD versus depth of FILM as an example, in spite of the fact that EVERYONE knew what the people were referring to? Yet you found it necessary to parrot out of some obscure book not once,

[filmscanners] Re: 3 year wait

2002-05-12 Thread Arthur Entlich
Fair enough. I still tend to believe there is more than 4000 dpi in medium to low speed films. Or at least that there is more than the 4000 dpi captured by prosumer scanners, which might not be a true 4000 dpi. Otherwise we wouldn't need drum scans anymore. Now, don't get me wrong, I think

[filmscanners] Re: 3 year wait

2002-05-12 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Laurie, Sorry for the misappropriated quotes. It was bad editing on my part. I was trying to respond to your questions about the several different measures being used, but I fear I might have further confused the matter, as I was trying to convert it all into ppi, rather than lpi. Am I

[filmscanners] Re: 3 year wait

2002-05-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
Austin Franklin wrote: T-Max 100 has a resolution rating of around 200 line pair/mm, that's over 10k samples per inch, and would be a file of APPROXIMATELY FOR EXAMPLE SAKE (since you are being anal about arithmetic ;-) ~10k x ~15k or ~150M pixels. Austin The term Austin is looking

[filmscanners] Re: 3 year wait

2002-05-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
Laurie Solomon wrote: 4K simply means 4000 (and 96) pixels across the 36mm film chip. Actually, 2889.9ppi. The problem above is the direction of the film being measured. A film recorder refers to the longer dimension as 4K, so the 4096 pixels across, represents the approximate 1 and

[filmscanners] Re: [OT] VuescanX, Mac OS X, Canon N1240U,and burning CDs

2002-05-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
Alan Harper wrote: I have been thinking of switching to Windows--I can't imagine that it is worse than this. (This is one of about 5 similar problems I am having due to flakey software and strange interactions between Mac OS X and Classic.) Only 5, and you're complaining? Any OS that

[filmscanners] Re: Firewire Card

2002-05-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
If Bill gave everyone who bought all the other garbage OS's his company has sold them previously a free copy of XP (and maybe compensated everyone for the wasted hours and days and months of hardship as a result of those bug-infected vermin he called software) I'd be much kinder to him. Mr.

[filmscanners] Re: 3 year wait

2002-05-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
Don't ask me why I am refereeing between these two, but I'll make one stab at it. Since both people are anal retentive, at least I shouldn't get any sh*t on me ;-) I believe what Anthony is saying is that it is rare that a 10 stop difference would occur in adjacent areas of an image, not that a

[filmscanners] Re: 3 year wait

2002-05-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
As I recall it was someone who was trying to decide if he should now jump in and buy a film scanner (now that they were at 4000 dpi) or wait even longer (he had already waited for 3 years watching the film scanner progression) until they got even higher resolution and better dynamic range. So,

[filmscanners] Re: Re:Computer size(New Topic)

2002-05-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
How big? Bigger than a bread box ;-) Adobe suggests that you should have at least 3-5 times the amount of RAM memory in your system as the image size to avoid needing the scratch disk. SO, a gig of memory should be close to doing that. However, the use of the history pallet in recent PS

[filmscanners] Re: 3 year wait

2002-05-10 Thread Arthur Entlich
it. There are not many lenses that have the resolving power of the Leica 90 AA and Zeiss 180 Sonnar. Tell mw what is a more valid test than using the exact same image in both scanners and I will give it a try. Simon on 9/5/02 11:10 pm, Arthur Entlich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is possible

[filmscanners] Re: Firewire Card

2002-05-10 Thread Arthur Entlich
As odd as this might sound for a MS product, that is, in principle, all that is involved. However, I have found it is usually wise when adding hardware to a MS OS to rest your vocal cords for several days prior, in case you require them for a session of screamed 4 letter words, when you whole

[filmscanners] Re: Scan Elite XP?

2002-05-10 Thread Arthur Entlich
I would ask Minolta if they have Win2000 drivers, and if so, I'd go that route. Everything I have read indicates that at least for now, XP is no deal. A lot of it's structure is based upon the NT OS, which is what WIN 2000 is as well. WIN 2000, overall got reviews as one of the most stable OS

[filmscanners] Re: 3 year wait

2002-05-09 Thread Arthur Entlich
It would be a very large waste of that CCD size. A 10,000 element CCD could make over a 10,000 dpi/ppi scan (at least in one direction). 10,000 divided by 2.5 (nearly medium format dimension) = 4000 (dpi/ppi) The SS4000 probably uses a 4000-5000 element CCD. Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[filmscanners] Re: Scanner purchase info

2002-05-06 Thread Arthur Entlich
It's a good start, but their website needs a lot of corrections. SOme links are dead ends. Several links for Minolta products point to the first generation products when the source page indicates the second generation products. The Minolta Dual II refers to Tony's review of the original Dual,

[filmscanners] Re: Archiving to CD - is there a file sizelimit ?

2002-05-04 Thread Arthur Entlich
I use Creator 4.0. on a Plextor 8X drive without buffer underrun protection. I had a rate of failures with version 3.5 and 4.0 both with this drive of about 25% until I changed to brand name disks. Since then I have had a ZERO failure rate. I always shut down all programs in my task bar prior

[filmscanners] Re: LS2000 Coolscan shadow noise issues gettingworse?

2002-05-04 Thread Arthur Entlich
I would agree that this sounds like a failure of the calibration process within the scanner. Was the CCD unit itself cleaned, or can it be accessed? Is it possible some dirt/dust was transferred from the mirror onto the CCD unit? Still more likely a calibration issue, especially if sudden and

[filmscanners] Re: LS2000 Coolscan shadow noise issues gettingworse?

2002-05-04 Thread Arthur Entlich
I would assume all mirrors used in scanners are front surfaced. Front surfaced mirrors are VERY delicate and easily scratched and should be handled with the greatest respect. Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob writes ... A few months back I wrote asking whether anyone had seen very pronounced

[filmscanners] Re: LS2000 Coolscan shadow noise issues gettingworse?

2002-05-04 Thread Arthur Entlich
This halo-ing is a likely result of hazy residue on either lenses or mirrors as you suggest. Streaking is more likely a result of dust on the CCD or calibration problems. Art Anthony Atkielski wrote: Also a general loss in vibrancy of images if a general and even haze on it. The symptom

[filmscanners] Re: LS2000 Coolscan shadow noise issuesgettingworse?

2002-05-04 Thread Arthur Entlich
, I've managed to clean it without damaging it, as far as I can tell. Besides, what choice do I have? If the mirror gets dirty, what else can you do? - Original Message - From: Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 12:17 Subject

[filmscanners] Re: Vuescan and multipass algorithm

2002-05-03 Thread Arthur Entlich
This sounds very interesting. Can you step through the process in a bit more detail? Which version of Photoshop are you using, and how does one Apply Image in Darken Mode, what menu items and tools are you using exactly. I'm new to this approach. Thanks, Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

[filmscanners] Re: Printers

2002-05-01 Thread Arthur Entlich
Two comments: 1) Epson dye ink based printers always need good quality clay coated or other specialized inkjet paper to provide the best quality result. If you are after a printer than gives best results with standard bonded paper, the HP will win, but the inks are sometimes Velvia

[filmscanners] Re: Printers

2002-05-01 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Ted, You're welcome. By the way, I just live a good swim from you - just outside of Victoria, BC Art Ted Bayer wrote: Hi Arthur: Thanks you -- this is very informative... and much appreciated. I use the Ted in Olalla signature because there is another Ted on the Leica Users Group

[filmscanners] Re: OT:Great Customer Service

2002-04-30 Thread Arthur Entlich
Since we are sliding into OT land, I'll just make this last short comment. As compared to drives I've had previously, which were slower, and were cooler. The tech support guy mentioned to me that their new 10,000 rpm SCSI drives run so hot that they had to incorporate heat sink fins into the

[filmscanners] Re: Epson Printing Post Scanning...continued

2002-04-28 Thread Arthur Entlich
more grain aliasing than the current crop of 3 x 10,000 CCDs/4000ppi scanners. If that is the case, why would anyone buy the Photo for example. Simon Arthur Entlich wrote: I'll reply to you in more detail in private mail. One of the principle advantages of the 4000 dpi native resolution

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-28 Thread Arthur Entlich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would just gall me to spend that much on a scanner and still have to worry about focus. (I cut my teeth on a Minolta Elite which had fixed focus and yet was sharp over the whole frame.) Al Bond A fixed focus scanner would likely be such because it has a

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-25 Thread Arthur Entlich
dickbo wrote: Just mount in glass and the problem ceases to exist, not only that your originals are better protected. Most, if not all, photo archivists will tell you today that glass mounting of slides is considered to accelerate aging due to chemical off-gassing getting trapped between

[filmscanners] Re: Epson Printing Post Scanning...continued

2002-04-24 Thread Arthur Entlich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am starting with a 4000ppi image with the scan being the same size as the slide when I scan in Vuescan. When I print in PS I go to Image Size and then change the image size to, say 8x10 with image proportions constrained and change the resolution to 360 dpi.

[filmscanners] Re: Scanner calibration

2002-04-24 Thread Arthur Entlich
Yes, exactly. He used color filters when shooting his exposures, used dodging and burning, used toners, and at later times, used someone else to print his work in the darkroom... Heck, worst of all, he turned most of the world into black and white Such deceit! Obviously, his prints can't

[filmscanners] Re: Microtek vs Polaroid (was SS4000 Plus nottoEurope!)

2002-04-24 Thread Arthur Entlich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So far, the only reference to the ss4000 Plus on dealers' websites is just coming soon with a guestimate of cost between UKP 900-1000 (inc VAT). The price for the 4000tf is around the UKP800 mark, including a (Win98 compatible) Firewire card and Silverfast.

[filmscanners] Re: SS 4000 Plus

2002-04-21 Thread Arthur Entlich
What is the sound of a half joke? A stifled laugh, perhaps? Or maybe a hidden tear We don't need Macs, we just need PCs that run the Mac OS, that all ;-) Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howard - I'm only half joking when I suggest that you keep the scanner, dump your Windows XP

[filmscanners] Re: SS4000 Plus not to Europe!

2002-04-21 Thread Arthur Entlich
anyone who has one say if a US model has a 230v selection or auto selection switch which would make a personal import viable? Regards Philip Elkin - Original Message - From: Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 2:38 PM Subject

[filmscanners] Re: Canned Air

2002-04-20 Thread Arthur Entlich
As I probably mentioned before, HP provides an ear syringe with their S-10/20 series film scanners. It is a lovely dark blue. Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 06:28:06 -0400 Julian Vrieslander ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: In practice, I find that my Bausch Lomb ear syringe

[filmscanners] Re: Canned Air

2002-04-20 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Tony, I guess what I am saying is that I DO live right smack in the middle of a Pacific Northwest Temperate Rain Forest (a highly endangered one, at that), so yes, about 8 months of the year it is very damp. I use a dehumidifier to keep the moisture down. One advantage is we get very little

[filmscanners] Re: My Public Apology

2002-04-19 Thread Arthur Entlich
Anthony Atkielski wrote: Arthur writes: The dust, or defect is above the jet streak at the very top of the image. It is a gray smudge, which seems to be dust or a defect in the slide. So there is. You must have spent a lot of time examining the sky. Remind me to shoot only on days

[filmscanners] Re: ThePepper Grain problem

2002-04-18 Thread Arthur Entlich
I'm assured this is just some sort of statistical abnormality, and not a trend. ;-) Art Austin Franklin wrote: Art, Slides have certain advantages over negatives, even if the only one were that one can look at the film and see the image shot rather than an inversion with an orange mask;

[filmscanners] Re: My Public Apology

2002-04-18 Thread Arthur Entlich
Anthony Atkielski wrote: Arthur writes: On my monitor, there is some distinct, what appears to be Newton Ring color distortion in the sky of this scan. Yes, I see it, now that it has been pointed out. I see another ring up near the condensation trail in the sky. They are pretty faint

[filmscanners] Re: My Public Apology

2002-04-17 Thread Arthur Entlich
Anthony Atkielski wrote: For an example of a recent scan, see http://www.atkielski.com/Wallpapers/images/EiffelInvalidesPaper1600x1200.jpg This is a scan of a Velvia 6x6 transparency, ICE set to normal, no GEM or ROC, no other adjustments, and then tweaked in Photoshop (slight

[filmscanners] Re: ThePepper Grain problem

2002-04-17 Thread Arthur Entlich
, will you promise me you won't use it? Being an old, tired issue, and all... ;-) Art Lawrence Smith wrote: On 4/17/02 5:09 PM, Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No it doesn't, and that's the problem, Dicko. Negative stock makes negatives (most of the time). I'd love to sit around

[filmscanners] Re: Why this horizontal line pattern in my night shotscans?

2002-04-15 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Titis, I took a look at your two scans (I'm biting my tongue not to make a comment about the rhyme between two scans and your last name.) ;-) Anyway, from what I can see, these two samples show two different problems. You'll note the Scanwit lines are somewhat random in position and

[filmscanners] Re: Tri-X on Nikon 4000

2002-04-15 Thread Arthur Entlich
So they cooked the film for you and then threw cold water on it to cool it down afterward, eh? Well, just call it an artistic filter permanently etched into the film ;-) Art Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: Some findings/thoughts on the Sprintscan 120(comments verywelcome please)

2002-04-14 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Lloyd, I'll ask the question that Simon may have anyway... What platform are you and your friend using, Mac or PC? Art Lloyd O'Daniel wrote: I have the SS4000, but I have access to a friend's SS120. Your experience does not mirror his or mine. We both actually prefer Insight to

[filmscanners] Re: Some findings/thoughts on the Sprintscan 120(comments verywelcome please)

2002-04-14 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Simon, I am pleased you have brought these issues into the public list because there are people here who have more experience with Insight than I, especially in terms of how it functions with the SS120. Further, I had another thought. It is possible that there are aspects of the software

[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid SS4000 shadow detail

2002-04-13 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Al, I tried to send this in pribvate mail, but it is claiming an illegal or unknown alias... I see you mentioned Insight 5.0. Although there has been mention that shadow detail isn't improved with 5.5, if you have not done so, you may wish to try 5.5.1, and also make sure that you have the

[filmscanners] Re: GRAIN/ICE SHOWDOWN: Nikon LS8000 vs.MinoltaScan Multi Pro!

2002-04-08 Thread Arthur Entlich
I didn't take the two samples into Photoshop yet and play with them and do USM filtering, etc., but I did look at them closely. The Minolta seems to be excessively contrasty, and the shadows block up quicker than the Nikon. Take a look at the area under the blue-purple flower, especially right

[filmscanners] Re: GRAIN/ICE SHOWDOWN: Nikon LS8000 vs.MinoltaScanMulti Pro!

2002-04-08 Thread Arthur Entlich
Berry Ives wrote: I can't obtain the Multi Pro image; just a white image. Berry My browser (Netscape 6.2) didn't like opening it on a separate page (I wanted to click between them), so I left the NIkon on the one browser page and cut and pasted the URL into the other open browser page,

[filmscanners] Re: GRAIN/ICE SHOWDOWN: Nikon LS8000 vs.MinoltaScanMulti Pro!

2002-04-08 Thread Arthur Entlich
david/lisa soderman wrote: I saved one @2000ppi w/no ICE...and one @4000ppi w/ICE. Just to clarify, does that mean we are looking at the non-dICE scan that was scanned at 2000 dpi on the Nikon samples? Meanwhile... any thoughts, comments, questions or suggestions are warmly welcome.

[filmscanners] Re: Help with Vuescan?

2002-04-06 Thread Arthur Entlich
in 16 bit? Thanks a lot Titus - Original Message - From: Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 4:35 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Help with Vuescan? In general, it is suggested that USM or sharpening be the last thing done on an image

[filmscanners] Re: Acer Scanwit 2720S color depth

2002-04-06 Thread Arthur Entlich
In a word, yes, you get some advantage. For one thing, you get 4 bits extra per color (RGB) which is a fairly major difference in the number of colors produced. There are 8 bit, 10 bit, 12, 14 bit scanners, and beyond. Photoshop uses the standard 8/24 and 16/48 bit. Of course, Photoshop can't

[filmscanners] Re: GRAIN/ICE SHOWDOWN: Nikon LS8000 vs. Minolta ScanMulti Pro!

2002-04-06 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi David, Very interesting comparisons. What I find particularly interesting is that the Minolta shows more detail (including all the junk (DDSG-dust, dirt, scratches and grain)) than the Nikon does. Have you attempted defocusing yet? The Minolta claims to be about 20% higher resolution, 4800

[filmscanners] Re: X rays was Digital PIC

2002-04-04 Thread Arthur Entlich
Chest X-rays are some of the lowest used on people. I think they are even less than an X-ray done for a tooth. In terms of danger to health, chest X-rays, due to both the location, and the level of radiation required, are of quite low risk to adults. Pilots and flight attendants are probably

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon Super Coolscan 4000ED and sharpness/focus

2002-04-04 Thread Arthur Entlich
As Kennedy has been discussing, some defocusing may not be a defect, but a way to lessen aliasing of high frequency detail. Most 4000 dpi scanners probably do not need to defocus much to prevent aliasing, but the Nikon may need a bit more due to the lighting type. Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[filmscanners] Re: X rays was Digital PIC

2002-04-04 Thread Arthur Entlich
I hope we are not going to have this same drawn out discussion about using local processors versus using the processors available when we travel, again. If so, how about I save you the time and just upload the whole d*mn argument from last time. (actually I don't have it archived, but I'm sure

[filmscanners] Re: Re:Digital PIC

2002-03-31 Thread Arthur Entlich
Digital Cameras certainly have their place, and you'll get no argument about it. It is just that an erasable reusable film would have many advantages digital cameras do not. It is still the cheapest method to temporarily (assuming it could be reused) storage method. When I go on a shoot, or a

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-40 vs Polaroid SS4000

2002-03-30 Thread Arthur Entlich
Jack Phipps wrote: Actually, the Nikon 8000 has a diffuse light source. Jack Phipps Applied Science Fiction That's one for Nikon, only half a dozen to go, and they'll finally have it figured out ;-p Art

[filmscanners] Re: Re:Digital PIC

2002-03-30 Thread Arthur Entlich
Jack Phipps wrote: You walk up to a kiosk and drop your exposed, undeveloped 35 mm film canister into our processor. The processor automatically extracts the tongue (not a simple task, a first in the industry we believe), Can't speak of a fully non-assisted tongue expressor but our lab

[filmscanners] Re: Re:Digital PIC

2002-03-30 Thread Arthur Entlich
David Lewiston wrote: Can the customer use the developed film after processing? Yes, to tie up your recyclable newspaper with. I think I read the machine keeps your film. As I understand it, the image degrades rather quickly after the Pixel dust is applied. I believe I read that the

[filmscanners] Re: Power Line Filter

2002-03-30 Thread Arthur Entlich
By the time most of use can afford audio equipment that actually has a detectable difference from the mainstream, most of us (will) have ears that can no longer detect it. ;-) Art Owen P. Evans wrote: I find this to be the hogwash of audiophilia! I once was part of all of this snakeoil,

[filmscanners] Re: Re:Using dICE with glass carriers (was: DepthofFocus)

2002-03-30 Thread Arthur Entlich
Since I inspired this thread by my question, I think I'll jump in here. I think Jack was simply making a comment about the external most surfaces (since those are the ones most in question in terms of whether they would be able to be corrected via dICE). He was not implying that the inner

[filmscanners] Re: Power Line Filter

2002-03-30 Thread Arthur Entlich
Arthur Entlich wrote: That should read: By the time most of us can afford audio equipment that actually has a detectable difference from the mainstream, most of us (will) have ears that can no longer detect it. ;-) Art

[filmscanners] Re: Re:Digital PIC

2002-03-30 Thread Arthur Entlich
Well, if digital cameras fulfilled all the criteria, then film would have been gone a long time ago. Obviously, it still doesn't. I haven't yet found a media card that stores the equivalent of 7400 megabytes (36-38 exposures at about 200 megs each), costs under $5, and fits into a canister that

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-40 vs Polaroid SS4000

2002-03-28 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Jack, I think, more than you may realize, I agree with you. I think any scanner can benefit from the dICE trio, and I was being quite straight with you when I said I respect what your company is doing and the ingenuity of the concepts. However, we seem to be mixing apples and oranges,

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-40 vs Polaroid SS4000

2002-03-28 Thread Arthur Entlich
The few people who still consider me sane are probably going to think me unbalanced by the end of this posting. Yes, Jack does indeed sell dICE. He signs his name with Applied Science Fiction, which is indeed the company that owns the rights to dICE, ROC, GEM, and a few other acronyms I can't

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-40 vs Polaroid SS4000

2002-03-27 Thread Arthur Entlich
Arthur Entlich wrote: In my haste, I made a few errors which made reading this difficult: It should read: If you can get a SS4000 for a good price, I would grab it. It was, and is, a great scanner. Both units are supported by Silverfast, both units can use the full features of Insight

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-40 vs Polaroid SS4000

2002-03-26 Thread Arthur Entlich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:14:19 -0500 From: Hemingway, David J [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gees Al, we introduced the 4000 Plus only weeks ago. How elderly can that be He's referring to the old, now-obsolete,

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-40 vs Polaroid SS4000

2002-03-25 Thread Arthur Entlich
Sure, the SS4000+ is a very nice product, and if you're in that market as a first time purchaser, or upgrading from a 2700 dpi scanner, you'll be very happy with it. But, the SS4000 is no slouch. People who bought it at closeout got the best buy in a prosumer film scanner available. And even

[filmscanners] Re: Minolta Scan Multi Pro (was focus problems)

2002-03-23 Thread Arthur Entlich
of a sample scan, then I'll see what I can do. David --- Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't refer to the Minolta Multi Pro because I haven't used it, don't know anyone personally who owns one, and no one has yet sent me any sample scans to test. But I know the Dimage II. And I

[filmscanners] Re: Photoshop 7 ??? anybody tried it ... yet ?

2002-03-15 Thread Arthur Entlich
I was listening to the news today, but only caught the tail end of this story... I think someone here in BC was busted with many millions of dollars (street value) of MS, Adobe and Corel counterfeit software that he was selling both on line and through local buy and sell papers. He was producing

[filmscanners] Re: Flattening negatives

2002-03-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
The curvature of film is directly related to the drying technique used. (Air temperature dry, force hot air dry, hang dry, loop over and dry, etc.) Most of my dip and dunk suffer from a curve in the other direction at the middle of the roll (frame 18-19-20) because the labs I use all seem to

[filmscanners] Re: Flattening negatives

2002-03-09 Thread Arthur Entlich
If the negs are really bowed, speak to your lab. They are using incorrect drying technique. Chances are they are using too hot a temperature, or the drying is being done unevenly. All force-dried negs tend to have a bit of a curve, but if it is severe, they need to change who they are doing

[filmscanners] Re: New price on Flextight Photo in UK

2002-03-09 Thread Arthur Entlich
Although I agree that hardware sharpening, or even non-disclosed software sharpening, is problematic in testing for non-sharpened images in analyzing sharpness, I question the value of looking at a non-sharpened image in terms of determining which scanner has higher resolution, unless there is an

[filmscanners] Re: glass film holders (was Panoramic neg support onMinolta SMP withVs)

2002-03-06 Thread Arthur Entlich
DRP wrote: le 5/03/02 7:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : You'll need to use the glass Medium Format film holder to do this. You can actually scan up to 38mm x 83mm at 4800 dpi. Hi all. For me, glass holder = more dust, less def, Newton rings and time loss.

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic?

2002-03-03 Thread Arthur Entlich
I have now read several histories of the LS-2000 and the LS-30 scanners which involve problems with halos/flare that developed over time. This probably happens with most film scanners over time, as they pick up dust, evaporated or vaporized lubricants, plasticizers from wiring, residue off

[filmscanners] Re: cdrw drives

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
I actually got to speak to a chief engineer at Plextor at one point, after I was having problems with my drive and was not getting to far with the tech people. He was really very nice about it, especially since, as it turned out, after we checked into the Adaptec codes for the failures/errors I

[filmscanners] Re: cdrw drives

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
Based on what Plextor told me, I suspect you may be right. Art Steve Greenbank wrote: I have always been led to believe Plextors were the best. When I with the vendor who actually made TDK drives - I was told Plextor. I already suspected this as the depth of the equivalent (and the other

[filmscanners] Re: cdrw drives

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
I think you are being unfair, then. Yes, failures occur in any product line or any manufacturer, but Plextor has a reasonable warranty (I don't know if HP has cut their drive warranties to 90 day like many of their printers and scanners or not), but Plextor is one year. I found them to be very

[filmscanners] Re: Is Minolta's Scan dual II a good buy?

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
I can attest to there having been production run problems with this and the Elite II scanners which are both made by the same company (not Minolta, BTW). Some are fine, and good value for their cost, some are problematic and downright defective out of box. A pity, really, if their QC was

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic?

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
When you use the term flare do you mean that light areas near dark ones tend to be washed out around the edges, almost like a soft focus halo around the very brightest areas? If so, you've brought up an issue that has been discussed before in this group and the other scanner group without

[filmscanners] Re: Is Minolta's Scan dual II a good buy?

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
I suggest you might wish to read the archives on this and the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. The streaking problems are an unfortunate quality control defect that has appeared in numerous of these scanners, both the Elite II line and the Dual II line. If you get a good one, and I have no idea what the

[filmscanners] Re: Firewire and Windows98

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
OK, that probably explains things. It is something Nikon worked out with WIN98SE and with Microsoft. I think most of us are not going to easily make Firewire work with Win98SE and our scanners. Too bad! Art Bob Frost wrote: Art, The NEC Firewarden IEEE 1394 Host Controller driver for the

[filmscanners] Re: cdrw drives

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
I think you have something there. Simply, those drives probably originally sold for a lot more money, and were probably better made as a result. There seems to be a mid-point in most products where the technology is finally sound (earlier CDR product was well built and very expensive, but

[filmscanners] Re: cdrw drives

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:29 PM 3/1/2002 , Austin Franklin wrote: Take it back and...do what? Keep it and give me my money back. I know that's not going to happen. They will just replace it with a refurbished one. Of course I can try and sell it off and then switch brands.

[filmscanners] Re: Is Minolta's Scan dual II a good buy?

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
Arthur Entlich wrote: I suggest you might wish to read the archives on this and the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. Sorry, that's an error on my part... it should read [EMAIL PROTECTED] Art Unsubscribe

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic?

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
Vegetarians please ignore: One of the best things I've found to clean front surfaced mirrors (and it is also good for lenses) is a CLEAN chammy (chamois). I found even lens tissue was too abrasive for the mirror unless extreme care was taken. Art Op's wrote: The mirror is a top coat type

[filmscanners] darkroom@ix.netcom.com

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
Don't say I never gave you anything ;-) CAVEAT EMPTOR - CDD2000. Some users of Philips CDD2000 and derivative units (like the HP4020i) have reported that the drives went bad over a short period of time, often 1 to 3 months. While these cases represent the minority of users, reports have been

[filmscanners] Re: Is Minolta's Scan dual II a good buy?

2002-03-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
Berry Ives wrote: Mine had to be sent back, but it was purchased prior to June, 2001. Berry, can you elaborate on this statement? What was wrong with the first one? Was it replaced or repaired? What is the significance of the June, 2001 date, or are you just suggesting the early units

[filmscanners] Re: New Version of Polaroid Insight?

2002-02-28 Thread Arthur Entlich
I have been running Beta 5.5e for a while and I believe I am now running Beta 5.5_1, which is I believe the newest (I've had quite a few on this system, so forgive me)... The few bugs I ran into were in earlier versions than either of those, so I don't think you'll find any fatal bugs in the

[filmscanners] Re: New Version of Polaroid Insight?

2002-02-28 Thread Arthur Entlich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, forgot to mention- I am interested in the MAC version - is there a difference (IE the Mac doesn't have a right mouse button)?. Oops... That is an important aspect... I never tested the Mac version. Sorry. Art

[filmscanners] Re: OT: Choosing a high End CRT

2002-02-28 Thread Arthur Entlich
I second that... I'd love to find an LCD model that had reasonably accurate color and luma levels for a closed loop system. Art Robert Meier wrote: --- Moreno Polloni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The biggest issue for me was that the newer flatscreen CRT's I tried were not as sharp in the edges

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