Re: Getting around the firewire problem was Re: filmscanners: Best film scan...

2001-09-01 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 8/26/2001 4:59:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As I've said, if Nikon marketed camera equipment in the same way, regularly making older equipment obsolete, Canon would have squished the company long ago. Nobody pays Nikon prices and then tolerates

Re: filmscanners: Shadows and Scanwit 2720s

2001-08-09 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 08/09/2001 8:22:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The second Dimage Scan has fewer bad elements, but it appears to suffer from a wide area of miscalibrated elements. I am still trying to determine if this problem is due to the calibration routine

Re: filmscanners: Shadows and Scanwit 2720s

2001-08-09 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 8/9/2001 5:39:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How about giving some more details on the picture, printer, scanner, and software? Somebody on the List can probably help. Best regards--LRA Thanks Lynn. I'm very "green" at this point. I have a Scan

Re: filmscanners: Shadows and Scanwit 2720s

2001-08-09 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 8/9/2001 8:09:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) provide a scan lacking streaking, banding, variation of exposure within a frame or out of focus images can't argue with that 4) provide a readable manual that makes sense to the average person who

Re: filmscanners: Shadows and Scanwit 2720s

2001-08-07 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 08/07/2001 12:40:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, not damaged. These sorts of horribleness are revealed when you try and use a scanner beyond its capabilities. You are exposing behaviour which would normally be hidden 'below' the black point,

Re: filmscanners: Anyone having problems with Scan@leben?

2001-08-03 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 08/02/2001 6:56:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Quite honestly, anyone who uses a PC without running a competent antvirus program is driving down a one way street with their eyes closed. Norton AV costs very little ($40US), updates are automatic

Re: filmscanners: Supra 400 shadows

2001-08-03 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 08/01/2001 2:43:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My (admittedly drastic) solution has been to stop using Supra 400. I've switched entirely to Provia 400F slide film, and I find it scans just beautifully. I have heard some horrible reviews of this

Re: filmscanners: Provia 400F (was: Supra 400 shadows)

2001-08-02 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 8/2/2001 3:09:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also IMO it's going to become the Tri-X of slide films. Higher praise than that I cannot give. Woo Hoo!! I'm in Ed

Re: OT - Nikon N80 was T400CN was filmscanners: Grain

2001-07-25 Thread Bigboy9955
It's a great camera! For the price, you'd be hard pressed to find more features. It hasn't failed me yet (1 year plus), and I take it hiking alot in the mountains, contradicting the knock on it that it has a poor *build quality* or *plasticky feel*. Love it. Ed in Atlanta

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Dual II banding

2001-05-30 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 05/30/2001 6:57:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Under any circumstances, thanks for the heads up, I'll be sure to test mine when it arrives. Art Mine is so far so good, although I have only scanned about 20 slides (no negatives yet). I am

filmscanners: Epson 860

2001-05-24 Thread Bigboy9955
Hey Rob Finally Installed my new scan dual II and Epson 860. --Scanner seems fine except for very dark scans that are seemingly properly exposed slides. With the SDII software when I hit over-expose or lighten, it seems to fall into line with what I "think" I took a picture of. --Also, I am

Re: filmscanners: Re: OT Endless Posts

2001-04-10 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 04/10/2001 5:11:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Further, you have been quite dismissive of sometimes interesting, sometimes useful contributions that come from people with longer or wider experience than your own. Those who are ignorant of their

filmscanners: Re: OT Endless Posts

2001-04-09 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 04/08/2001 4:26:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 33 to summarize ALL posts to date, then quote them (including all the headers and footers of course) and then add "Me too." 19 to quote the "Me toos" to say, "Me three." 52 to post to the list that

Re: filmscanners: Scan Dual II

2001-03-10 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 3/10/2001 6:40:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does it mention if Photoshop 5.0LE also comes with the white, as well as the GF software? Art Says it comes with both for both "versions". I have since e-mailed Minolta and was very surprised by the

filmscanners: Scan Dual II

2001-03-09 Thread Bigboy9955
Now for something completely different: what is the difference between the Scan Dual II and Scan Dual II White? Both come up after a search of cdnet and znet, with the White version being about $50 more. It may be the Genuine Fractals software, but I'm not sure. If GF is the extra amount,

Re: filmscanners: File sizes, file formats, etc. for printing 8.5 x 11and 13...

2001-02-28 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 02/28/2001 3:52:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I think I'll rework an image, I realise I may have become fussier by then, so I usually save the raw image data file from my scanner as well, on CD. I'll then be able to rework it in about a

Re: filmscanners: Beginner's question on which scanner to chose

2001-02-12 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 02/11/2001 10:22:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Vuescan only costs $40 US. The LS-30 is selling in a refurbished model for $500 US right now, as Nikon is about to release a new series of scanners. The only problem reported in any regularity

Re: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-02-01 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 2/1/2001 11:17:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: . My comment was tongue-in-cheek with a smiley face to boot; it was not an instance of coping an attitude. Amen

Re: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-01-31 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 01/31/2001 12:00:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Electronic Communications Act 2000 is a start Faxed copies of legal documents such as lien waivers, applications and affadavits are being accepted as "legal" to the courts in some areas. Some

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-26 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 01/26/2001 8:46:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You might want to look at an Epson 760 (I'd have said 1160 except you said no larger than 8x10) with the Cone Piezography system. The 760 seems unbelievably cheap at the moment in the USA so it would

Re: filmscanners: Power Crisis and UPS (OT)

2001-01-22 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 01/21/2001 11:54:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please terminate the remarks. The power shortage is a major crisis in California and spilling over into the states that surround it because they are all connected to the US power grid. The State

Re: filmscanners: Power Crisis and UPS (OT)

2001-01-22 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 01/22/2001 9:49:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1. This is the result of the deregulation "let's let the free market resolve all our problems" mania which comes mainly from so-called conservative folks such as the one we just got selected for

Re: filmscanners: Power Crisis and UPS (OT)

2001-01-22 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 01/22/2001 10:58:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah, let's just cut it all down and pave it all over. Won't life be worth living then? We can also go back to NO running water, toilets, hot water, heat, or elctricity. Modern conveniences, even

Re: Negative film scanning - Polaroid SS4000+SilverFast vs. Nikon LS-2000

2000-10-11 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 10/11/2000 2:18:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ME most problems with negs have far more to do with software and /or brain errors than the hardware itself. I rather think you probably could have got good results with the Dualscan with perseverance

Re: Canoscan FS2710

2000-09-18 Thread Bigboy9955
Does the Canoscan FS2710 have ICE?? If so, was it Nikon technology? Is it the same in every scanner? Meaning if a scanner has ICE, is it universal in what it does? (apologies for being late I was on vacation!) Ed The