[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner-Plustek OpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-19 Thread BRAD DAVIS
Sam, Let me know of your progress, I am in Sacramento, having lived in Belmont for some time before (a refugee from Silicon valley), I've even been in the Berkeley store, but some time ago). I go down to Mountain View/Woodside about once every two weeks. Brad On 18/3/06 21:44, Sam

[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner -Plustek OpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread BRAD DAVIS
Sam, 1) where do you live? And how much would you charge per 6X7 transparency or neg? It sounds like an interesting idea. Brad On 18/3/06 8:34, Sam McCandless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone tried financing an Imacon by using it to scan others' film, presumably mostly

[filmscanners] Re: question about scanning and color profiles

2006-01-08 Thread BRAD DAVIS
Hi, I've asked this before and then been side tracked. I'm still looking for a flatbed scanner that I can use for my 8X10 BW negatives. I have something between 300 and 500 to scan and then I will never need that functionality again (sold the 8X10 camera about 7 years ago after not using it for

[filmscanners] Old Polaroid 4000

2005-11-29 Thread BRAD DAVIS
Hi, I've been using my Polaroid SS4000 for some time and have noticed a problem which has increased with time. Scanning negatives has always worked well, but occasionally (now nearly all the time) I have a problem with the slide holder binding (or something). That is, when I turn on the

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range question

2005-03-26 Thread Brad Davis
On 25/3/05 17:33, Berry Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still waiting for the right DSLR for me... Berry What will make a DSLR the one for you? Just curious. Brad Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: Archiving???!!!

2004-12-10 Thread Brad Davis
What's PD? Brad On 10/12/04 2:50, Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sam McCandless wrote: At 4:03 AM -0800 12/9/04, Arthur Entlich wrote: [snip] A small bit of technological information to perhaps clarify some issues. [big snip] A nice explication, Art. Did you not deal

[filmscanners] Re: Archiving???!!!

2004-12-10 Thread Brad Davis
What software are you referring to Mike? And what limitations are there - e.g. Which OS, interface (SCSI Vs. USB 1.1 Vs. 2.0). I have both PC (windows 2000) and Mac (Mac OS X) available to me. Brad On 10/12/04 8:33, Mike Kersenbrock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arthur Entlich wrote: And even

[filmscanners] Re: Archiving???!!!

2004-12-09 Thread Brad Davis
Art, Thanks for the info, especially on the CD-RW disk, Your comment that they should be more reliable fits your description well. I'm going to look into purchasing them - are you aware of any that are considered better. It would seem that all of these are subject to how well the coatings are

[filmscanners] Genuine fractals?????

2004-11-20 Thread Brad Davis
Anybody using Genuine Fractals as a way to up sample images? My scanner provides very high resolution compared to my (current) digital camera, but there are times when I have taken an image with the digital camera that I would like to enlarge. I've had some success with Photoshop's BiCubic - it

[filmscanners] Cleaning my Polaroid SprintScan 4000

2004-11-20 Thread Brad Davis
Hi, Sometime ago some one here was kind enough to get the instructions for cleaning a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 - it was probably Tony. The instructions were originally posted by Thomas Maugham about 2 years ago and they are excellent. Two things surprised me when I got into the scanner. First,

[filmscanners] Re: Genuine fractals?????

2004-11-20 Thread Brad Davis
On 20/11/04 13:12, Laurie Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use the program frequently; and find that for most upsampling within the normal ranges, it is not all that much different from Photoshop's Bicubic methods. It is in the extreme ranges of upsampling that the difference may begin to

[filmscanners] Re: Genuine fractals?????

2004-11-20 Thread Brad Davis
Paul, thanks, that's a useful piece of information. Brad On 20/11/04 17:44, Paul D. DeRocco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Brad Davis Anybody using Genuine Fractals as a way to up sample images? My scanner provides very high resolution compared to my (current) digital camera

[filmscanners] Re: Software dust removal

2004-11-09 Thread Brad Davis
May I also recommend Edwal anti-static film cleaner. My computer store sells very soft disposable material for cleaning CD's/DVDs, and combined with Edwal's anti-static cleaner, it is easy to reduce the amount of dust to a minimum - near zero. I've been using Edwal in tandem with the

[filmscanners] Off scanners- Monitors

2004-10-26 Thread Brad Davis
Hi, I'm aware that this is about scanners, but sometime ago, there were some comments regarding monitors. I have suddenly found that I am in need of a new one (black is now a dark gray). I recall some comment that LCD flat screens were not ready for prime time - but I am not sure why. Since I

[filmscanners] Blue gray random pattern???

2004-10-20 Thread Brad Davis
Hi, My electrician discovered that I know a little about scanning and presented me with this problem. He has an Epson 2400 scanner, hooked to a PC via USB2 - the PC is running XP personal. The Epson 2400 is his 3rd try at a scanner, the USB2 is the second try at an interface. In all attempts,

[filmscanners] Re: Blue gray random pattern???

2004-10-20 Thread Brad Davis
to work well with my scanners. While I do scan with the P4, it is really dedicated to running Neural Network models nearly constantly, I don't even know if my audio works on it. Brad Brad Davis wrote: I wouldn't expect the interface to put in such an even (if random) dot pattern. I have

[filmscanners] Re: Test

2004-09-22 Thread Brad Davis
Just so you know, your message was distributed - that is, I got it. Brad On 22/9/04 14:22, Al Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been trying to sent a posting to the list but it doesn't appear and I don't get any admin/error messages. This test is just to see if a message with different

[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs. Scan Dual II

2004-09-14 Thread Brad Davis
a great evening! Carlisle At 10:46 AM -0700 9/14/04, Brad Davis wrote: Berry,, OS X is basically a Unix system, I'm sure you've heard that. #3 just means that you have to have full privileges on the system - the administrator privileges. When you go to OS X you will find

[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs Scan Dual II

2004-09-11 Thread Brad Davis
Preston, At one time I had all my color negatives ( and BW, I use XP2) done at one hour labs and I spent a lot of time spotting - I don't like the dust removal programs (I've tried various instances) as it reduces the sharpness of the image - I already feel that I am not able to truly use the

[filmscanners] Re: List future

2004-09-09 Thread Brad Davis
Tony, Thanks for your response. The past day or so has been an education for me. Initially, my concern was fueled by the fact that I needed some information (cleaning my Polaroid SS4000) and the concern that it might not have been available if I waited a little longer- that the list might have

[filmscanners] Re: Revive this list?!

2004-09-08 Thread Brad Davis
I can to help revive this list, Tony, from my area - just say the word. Please, keep up the good work, Jim Sims Brad Davis wrote: Tony, First, below is a note from Ed Lusby. I don't know what to make of his difficulties communicating, but I thought sending it along to you might

[filmscanners] Re: Revive this list?!

2004-09-08 Thread Brad Davis
this group going as the expertise here seems to be better than most lists I am aware of. Perhaps some others have suggestions also. Brad On 8/9/04 19:53, Julian Vrieslander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/8/04 4:32 PM, Brad Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Were it up to me, and it isn't, so

[filmscanners] Polaroid SS 4000 cleaning??!!

2004-09-07 Thread Brad Davis
Hi, Before this list goes away completely, I have a question. Sometime ago, I seem to recall that someone reported taking apart a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 to clean either the CCD/light or the gears, or both. I also think I recall that the one caveat was to be very careful in handling the wiring

[filmscanners] Re: not enough memory?

2004-07-12 Thread Brad Davis
I, I have a Mac (G4 dual) and a P4 - both have 512 Mbyte, both more than 100 GB room (I still run out of space). Yes, the Mac has a place it spools for the printer - it is buried under the Drive 1/OS/system/god knows what/etc. IT isn't the problem. I also have a p2000 printer. I ran into

[filmscanners] Re: Scanning 8X10 negs

2004-01-18 Thread Brad Davis
better as I can manipulate the DMAX by using a different film (or processing Tech Pan myself). I will look further (into the specs for the Expression) and if I get around to doing a comparison with 35mm, report back. Thanks again, Brad Brad Davis wrote: Hi, I have about 100 8X10 negatives (BW

[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-18 Thread Brad Davis
On 1/18/04 5:35 AM, Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul D. DeRocco wrote: Some slides would require some cleanup in Photoshop, but surprisingly, most look just fine except for the fuzziness caused by the inability to focus on all parts of the slide. They're curved or rippled,

[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-17 Thread Brad Davis
Hi, I've hesitated to suggest this as it seems extreme, but from the discussion, it seems that extreme measures are needed. What I am suggesting would maintain whatever quality remains and will preserve the slides as well It's hard to say if this would work, but I think it is worth a try.

[filmscanners] Scanning 8X10 negs

2004-01-17 Thread Brad Davis
Hi, I have about 100 8X10 negatives (BW) That I need to scan. They are from a time when I had the camera and a wet darkroom (and an 8X10 enlarger). I have a flatbed scanner (Epson expression 800) and a Polaroid 35MM -4000 dpi scanner. I don't see a good way to use the 35 MM scanner, although it

[filmscanners] Re: SS 4000 Questions

2003-12-03 Thread Brad Davis
On 3/12/03 14:55, Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: david.gordon wrote: Les Berkley wrote on Tue 2 Dec 2003 at 18:51 -0500 Lastly, is there a way to shut the front door to keep out dust? Lots of replies to this about using a shoe box etc. However I seem to remember Polaroid being

[filmscanners] Re: 8 bit versus 16

2003-09-22 Thread Brad Davis
On 22/9/03 12:09, Preston Earle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been thinking more about this 8-bit vs. 16-bit question, and one thing puzzles me and has generally been ignored in this discussion. Someone (Arthur, Austin, Laurie, ) brought up the question of noise in image data, but that

[filmscanners] Re: 8 bit versus 16

2003-09-22 Thread Brad Davis
On 22/9/03 16:44, Roy Harrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 02:04 PM, Brad Davis wrote: On 22/9/03 12:09, Preston Earle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... 2. All visible files are the product of a final resize/pixel-combination of some sort, at least until we

[filmscanners] Re: Was: Canon A70 Now: OT requests

2003-09-22 Thread Brad Davis
Art, A suggestion - do what you want here, if the chorus complaining gets too loud, then consider changing - but even then you don't necessarily have to, just that feedback is sometimes useful. The only situation where you absolutely must change is if Tony says to do it differently - then,

[filmscanners] Re: Hi bit discussion

2003-09-21 Thread Brad Davis
Except on a MAC... Unfortunately. On 21/9/03 14:26, David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LAURIE SOLOMON [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ok, thanks. While there may be such a program out there, I have not seen one for PC systems to the best of my knowledge; Picture Window Pro handles

[filmscanners] Re: FILM CLEANING

2003-09-18 Thread Brad Davis
Edwal makes a very adequate Anti-static film cleaner when used with a lintless cloth (which can also be purchased). I've used it for 30+ years after nearly being excused from my class at ACCD so long ago - my darkroom was in a heavy construction zone then. I've used it as a way of avoiding

[filmscanners] Re: 8 bit versus 16

2003-09-18 Thread Brad Davis
(and that would be appropriate). Your choice. Of course, if you want to continue this discussion, why not just present Austin with a file representing the problem you assert exists - how simple can it get? Brad Davis, Ph.D. P.S. To Laurie: If I have misrepresented you in any way, I apologize. I think

[filmscanners] Re: 8 bit versus 16

2003-09-18 Thread Brad Davis
terribly so in this context, Brad On 18/9/03 17:17, Peter Marquis-Kyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Davis wrote: Further, if you find that Laurie's response was anything other than responsible, you have demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of what she so gently said. She didn't

[filmscanners] Re: 8 bit versus 16

2003-09-18 Thread Brad Davis
Well said, he certainly acts like an adult, a reasonable adult at that - more so than some, even me. Brad On 18/9/03 18:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Psst! Laurie's a boy!) I would bet he's actually a man :) Howard

[filmscanners] Re: 8 bit versus 16

2003-09-18 Thread Brad Davis
God... Don't we all! It is interesting to notice the gentle people and the not so gentle (and I unfortunately fall in the latter category too often). Would that we were all so gentle... brad On 18/9/03 20:29, LAURIE SOLOMON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good guess Howard. :-) Thanks for betting on