[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,

2009-06-14 Thread David J. Littleboy
. At it's best, it's surprisingly close to the Nikon 8000, but persuading the film to be flat without wet mounting might be hard. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to listser

[filmscanners] Talking to myself... (was: spam magnet)

2008-04-04 Thread David J. Littleboy
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[filmscanners] Re: spam magnet

2008-04-02 Thread David J. Littleboy
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think we are having an unecessary argument Agreed. Take it off list. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[filmscanners] Re:

2008-02-17 Thread David
the car, the first vehicle past stopped to ask if we were lost. That would NEVER happen in England now unfortunatly. David. Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners

[filmscanners] Re: color bit depth and digital cameras

2007-07-13 Thread David J. Littleboy
in its A/D converter doesn't mean you have X bits of valid data in the output files. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners

[filmscanners] Re: film and scanning vs digital photography

2007-07-07 Thread David J. Littleboy
for twice the resolution at a much wider f stop may be problematic.) David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe

[filmscanners] Re: film and scanning vs digital photography

2007-07-07 Thread David J. Littleboy
resolution by it's snap-to-grid effect which puts features in the wrong place; it's an artificial sharpening trick at best. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: film and scanning vs digital photography

2007-07-07 Thread David J. Littleboy
6x7. ;-) I like my Mamiya 7, too. But it doesn't replace an SLR, and you have to need to print larger than A3 to need 6x7. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: film and scanning vs digital photography

2007-07-07 Thread David J. Littleboy
equal a prime lens but that may be changing) but I try to stay within its limitations - shoot at the lowest ISO that I can get away with and control exposure time to stay within a range of f:4 to f:11. Yep. The Tamron 28-75/2.8 does amazing work here on the 5D. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED

[filmscanners] Re: film and scanning vs digital photography

2007-07-07 Thread David J. Littleboy
of a glass case on the dusty second floor of a used camera shop here in Tokyo, and when I stood up and turned around, there was a Fuji GX-680 on the top shelf of the case behind me ready to pounce. I practically had a heart attack; that guy's enormous. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: film and scanning vs digital photography

2007-07-05 Thread David J. Littleboy
to CLA the Nikon 8000, pick up a cheap EOS film body, and do the work. But there's real work in the inbox, a guitar to be practiced, old photographs to be processed, and new photographs to be taken... David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: film and scanning vs digital photography

2007-07-04 Thread David J. Littleboy
if the bloke who made the print displayed next to yours used MF or 12MP digital.) David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners

[filmscanners] Re: film and scanning vs digital photography

2007-07-04 Thread David J. Littleboy
angels on heads of pins. And the 12.7 and 16MP Canons look a lot more like 645 than 35mm, in terms of print quality at 12x18. (This guy is printing a lot bigger than I would, and thus is agonizing over really minor differences.) http://www.shortwork.net/equip/review-1Ds-SQ-scantech/ David J

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS30 Vista

2007-06-10 Thread David
like nobody has been able to get a LS30 to work with Vista. A shame really, as although I'm digital, Canon DSLR I still have a few years worth of slides to scan, so I'll have to keep XP until I've finished. David. - Original Message - From: Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: Coolscan V - Dirty? and cleaning?

2007-06-10 Thread David
I stripped mine down recently following http://www.vad1.com/photo/dirty-scanner/ls2000-cleaning/ the mirrors and lenses were thick with dust. David - Original Message - From: Scott McLoughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 4:21 PM Subject

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS30 Vista

2007-06-10 Thread David
. As you say Laurie, Vista just doesn't recognize the SCSI card. I've found that for most things that Vista doesn't like, by installing in compatibility mode, seems to get around them. You guys here were my last resort ! David. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Nikon LS30 Vista

2007-06-09 Thread David
to. Thanks, David. Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body

[filmscanners] Re: Howtek 4500 drum scanner for 35mm slides

2006-02-12 Thread David J. Littleboy
. :-) People claim they can see amazing differences between drum scans and Nikon scans. I can't. http://www.terrapinphoto.com/jmdavis/lws_8000.jpg http://www.terrapinphoto.com/jmdavis/lws_4500.jpg David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: question about scanning and color profiles

2006-01-08 Thread David J. Littleboy
, I'd think US$400 or so would be worth the investment. Also, you can ebay the thing when you are done with it and get some of that back. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail

[filmscanners] Re: PEC-12 (was Modern photography)

2005-05-31 Thread David J. Littleboy
niceties like still having a liver 5 years from now seem more important than 5% sharper scans. *: And would love to see someone try it on the Epson 4870. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread David J. Littleboy
a bit better.) The new Canon 350D with, say, the 24/2.8 (functions like a 38mm lens) would give the XA a run for the money (and kill the XA at ISO 800 or 1600) and not be a lot larger. (The 350D + 24/2.8 weighs 590 + 270 or so grams.) http://www.photo.net/equipment/canon/digital_rebel_xt/ David J

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread David J. Littleboy
the Pentax *istD and Canon 350D are quite awkward to hold. Most people find them perfectly usable. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-21 Thread David J. Littleboy
to the list from a new member. I do need to experiment with scanning BW film as a positive and see what I get going that route. Didn't I just say thatg. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe

[filmscanners] Re: NikonScan negative question (was Dynamic range question)

2005-03-27 Thread David J. Littleboy
+ NikonScan does a good job of giving me something usable for slides. (I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with color negative materials, mostly hate.) David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] NikonScan negative question (was Dynamic range question)

2005-03-26 Thread David J. Littleboy
could scan at 14 bits, 4x or 8x, and set black/white points and futz with curves in PS (well, PWP) later. Sigh. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

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

2004-11-21 Thread David J. Littleboy
/pderocco/image/36593399 In the foreground, the artificial edge invention looks like some exotic Photoshop special effect. (Next gets the GF one.) Thanks for posting that: I had been wondering what it did, and now I know I don't need itg. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Neat Image with Nikon scanners?

2004-11-10 Thread David J. Littleboy
! It's a real pleasure to see someone being sensibleg. Providing GEM as a standalone separate from the scanning phase is clearly the right idea. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe

[filmscanners] Re: Neat Image with Nikon scanners?

2004-11-09 Thread David J. Littleboy
requires that you get it right at scan time. (Truth in advertising: I scan into Picture Window Pro, and GEM crashes PWP, so I don't use it. Ouch.) David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe

[filmscanners] Re: Neat Image with Nikon scanners?

2004-11-04 Thread David J. Littleboy
computer that's quite a bit faster, so I'm planning on trying again. My basic take is that high-res film scans need noise reduction, and NeatImage does a good job. There's also NoiseNinja that a lot of peole like, but I don't know if it has a MAC version. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon 8000 120 film holder question

2004-10-21 Thread David J. Littleboy
.) However, looking at the glass holder, it looks to me as though it will hold a three 6x7 frame strip without problem. As long as the strip is less than 23 cm long. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan - Original Message - From: Lotus M50 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: Revive this list?!

2004-09-09 Thread David J. Littleboy
From: Bob Frost [EMAIL PROTECTED] asks: With a slide copier on the front of your digital camera, who needs a scanner? Medium and large format users. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Minolta 5400 Photoshop CS: best waytoscan

2004-08-18 Thread David Ray Carson
, then: - does it matter what software package you use with the 5400, - what is the best setting to get the neg (both color and bw) scanned (16 bit, 16 bit linear, positive, whatever). Best, -David Ray Carson web: http://www.davidraycarson.com/ At 01:46 AM 8/18/2004, you wrote: Ok, my head is swimming

[filmscanners] Re: Minolta 5400 Photoshop CS: best way toscan

2004-08-18 Thread David Ray Carson
dissolver off with color neg, don't know with b/w neg Best, David Carson web: http://www.davidraycarson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ed, I think what I'm trying to get at is: Given a person with good Photoshop skills, is it an easier path to simply scan the neg in and modify

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 alignment - Scan multipro?

2004-08-11 Thread ?iso-8859-1?q?David=20Harris?=
Yes the Minolta DSMP can scan Xpan at 4800, and also offers excellent Dmax. I utilise the multi-format holder for Xpan, but others have adapted 35mm holders. ___ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

[filmscanners] Re: Kodachrome 25 versus?

2004-06-03 Thread David Lewiston
filter. Most frustrating. This pdf is Japanese only. Salutations, David Lewiston Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate

[filmscanners] Re: Kodachrome 25 versus?

2004-06-03 Thread David J. Littleboy
From: David Lewiston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does Agfa still make RSX (ISO 50)? I'll have to look into this. Is it virtually grainless, like K25? I've never used it: it appears in a 2-year old brochure that happens to be sitting on my desk. Again, there's a Zeiss article* in which they kvetch

[filmscanners] Re: Pacific Image PowerSlide 3600 opinions?

2004-06-03 Thread David J. Littleboy
is noticeably shy of 2700 dpi. That's pretty good, but for 35mm, you'd probably be better off with a real scanner. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Epson%204870/page_6.htm

[filmscanners] Re: Good $300 scanner for 35mm 120?

2004-06-03 Thread David J. Littleboy
with a flatbed with a transparency attachment? If your 35mm use is minimal, and 6x6 is your main camera, the 4870 may keep you happy. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail

[filmscanners] Kodachrome 25 versus?

2004-06-02 Thread David Lewiston
slide emulsion that is also essentially grainless. Recommendations, please? Thanks, David Lewiston Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest

[filmscanners] Re: Kodachrome 25 versus?

2004-06-02 Thread David J. Littleboy
From: David Lewiston [EMAIL PROTECTED] K25 is no longer manufactured in the U.S. Is it still available in other countries? Not Japan. I'm pretty sure it's ancient history everywhere. If it isn't, then I'll have to look for another slide emulsion that is also essentially grainless

[filmscanners] Re: Kodachrome 25 versus?

2004-06-02 Thread David Lewiston
, David L Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body

[filmscanners] Re: Kodachrome 25 versus?

2004-06-02 Thread David J. Littleboy
From: David Lewiston [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not sure about 20x enlargements though: I consider 13x seriously excessive. (Hi, my name is Dave, and I'm a grain sniffer.) Imacon 5600 dpi scans from K25 make grainless giclée prints at 18 x 24, from somewhat less than full frame, hence 20X

[filmscanners] Re: Kodak 100TMX on Nikon 8000

2004-03-26 Thread David J. Littleboy
scanning it as a color negative or as a color positive, and picking whichever of those looks better. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[filmscanners] Re: Grain In scanned 35mm film

2004-02-21 Thread David J. Littleboy
for a 645 frame. Ouch. Still, very much worth trying. Most have free demo or home versions you can play with. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[filmscanners] Re: Kodak dropping 35mm and APS cameras in N.A.

2004-01-25 Thread David J. Littleboy
100F is WONDERFUL David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest

[filmscanners] Re: NikonScan problem

2004-01-13 Thread David J. Littleboy
of the spectral response are such that there are strong valleys and peaks, and that those valleys and peaks vary from batch to batch. So the Nikon scanners can have wildly different responses to different batches of Kodachrome. Sounded sensible and possible, but I've never shot Kodachrome... David J

[filmscanners] Imacon scans

2004-01-10 Thread David Lewiston
hundred dollars from the price that the fine art giclée printer here on Maui wanted for the same work. Salutations, David Lewiston Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners

[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-09 Thread David J. Littleboy
a bit better than the 2450 or 3200, both of which have great DOF... David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe

[filmscanners] Re: suggestions for scanning single frame 110 format?

2004-01-06 Thread David J. Littleboy
that the unevenness in the film emulsion should prevent Newton rings most of the time. Wrong. But they knew they were wrong and provide masksg. (Actually, I cut my own masks because the masks they provide only mask one frame.) David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: What makes this grainy artifact?

2003-12-21 Thread David J. Littleboy
(see the article on Luminous Landscape) I've ever seen (if it is pepper grain). I think Kodak messed up the processing. If that scan was made without ICE, you might try an ICE scan. ICE cleans up pepper grain nicely. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: [filmscanners_Digest] filmscanners Digest for Thu 20 Nov, 2003

2003-11-22 Thread David Tucker
Hi Tony, I would like to unsubscribe from the filmscanners list, many thanks for creating it, have enjoyed and benefited from it. Thanks. Kind regards, David Tucker The essence of a celebration http://www.dtuckerphoto.com e mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS30 on XP

2003-11-17 Thread David
I have found after several re installations, that the latest version of Nikon Scan works without crashing, with Adaptec Aspi 4.60, on an XP SP1 setup. The latest Aspi versions cause / allow Nk Scan to crash frequently. David. Has anyone successfully installed an LS30 on XP? Any issues I

[filmscanners] Re: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-26 Thread David J. Littleboy
put words in my mouth. Do you think that I'm wrong in that??? David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe

[filmscanners] Re: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-25 Thread David J. Littleboy
). David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body

[filmscanners] Re: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-24 Thread David J. Littleboy
be a thing of amazing beauty. Stitch together four 6MP dSLR images and print it at 16x24, and you'll have a print that 35mm can never dream of, whatever printing technology you use. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-23 Thread David J. Littleboy
cornered patches of color are pretty obvious to us. It is the reason camouflage works so well, our eyes and brain don't register ill-defined edges of similar colors well. Again, there's no reason to see pixels in larger digital images at all. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-22 Thread David J. Littleboy
originals. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title

[filmscanners] Re: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-22 Thread David J. Littleboy
pixels, strikes me as seriously problematic. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest

[filmscanners] Re: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-22 Thread David J. Littleboy
out of a 35mm frame than a 4000 dpi scanner. I suspect that it's not enough of a difference to be significant. (None of the Minolta 5400 scans of actual images I've seen showed significant improvement over 4000 dpi scans, although the test chart images look a lot better.) David J. Littleboy [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-22 Thread David J. Littleboy
into close to 10D quality. Maybe the better 35mm lenses are sharper than my Mamiya MF lenses, and some 35mm scans can be downsampled to 2700 dpi. Whatever. There are lots of people who come up with 9MP or so as the digital equivalent of 35. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-21 Thread David J. Littleboy
an enlarger print is not so much that you can actually see that resolution from a normal viewing distance, but that a 10% MTF at 6 lp/mm is a good predictor of a 80%+ MTF at 2-3 lp/mm, which is what really matters. Agreed. This is, IMHO, exactly right. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: [filmscanners_Digest] filmscanners Digest for Tue 14 Oct, 2003

2003-10-14 Thread David J. Littleboy
find that they aren't quite good enough. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest

[filmscanners] Re: TMAX 3200 scanning

2003-10-10 Thread David J. Littleboy
) makes doing my own processing unattractive. Sigh.) David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest

[filmscanners] Re: Bored and Listless? (was RE: tantrums)

2003-09-24 Thread David J. Littleboy
haven't dealt with that as such yet. Inversely, my scans on my 14-bit scanner are a noisy mess, even slide film, so I'm willing to listen to arguments that 8-bits is more than enough (and that scanner Dmax claims are completely and totally insaneg). David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Hi bit discussion

2003-09-21 Thread David J. Littleboy
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 16-bit data everywhere. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Hi bit discussion

2003-09-21 Thread David J. Littleboy
Brad Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Except on a MAC... Unfortunately. Stubbornness has its costs David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[filmscanners] Re: Hi bit discussion

2003-09-21 Thread David J. Littleboy
LAURIE SOLOMON [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thank you David. I am not familiar with that application; although come to think of it, I think I may have heard you or someone else mention it before. Picture Window Pro's user interface is a tad funky, but it's curves control is absolutely

[filmscanners] Re: 24bit vs more

2003-09-17 Thread David J. Littleboy
about it relative to this debate, Dickie, oh, I mean David ;-) Touché! David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners

[filmscanners] Re: 8 bit versus 16

2003-09-16 Thread David J. Littleboy
version out with Neat Image like noise reduction/sharpening. The bad news, though, is that 16-bits per channel is not a panacea. If the original data is bad, editing will make it worse. And scanner output is pretty funky. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: 24bit vs more

2003-09-16 Thread David J. Littleboy
doesn't have a curves tool, although it's high on the author's list of things to add. What it does have support for is color calibration. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail

[filmscanners] Re: 24bit vs more

2003-09-16 Thread David J. Littleboy
favors, but Vuescan gave you full manual control over everything the scanner did. and well worth the price of admission for people who want more automated scanning. You're still doing cheapshots: it's not pretty. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Why DSLR ouput looks sharper?

2003-09-12 Thread David J. Littleboy
the ONE WAY sign. (Diagonals seem to survive (see the finer wires) but the fat wires are a jaggy mess (those are jaggies, not twisted pair cables).) At first glance there seems to be a lot of detail, but it's all aliasing artifacts. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Why DSLR ouput looks sharper?

2003-09-12 Thread David J. Littleboy
a D100 or 10D. The 1Ds, on the other hand, has a much better viewfinder (a real joy to look through) than any of the affordable cameras, but makes my Mamiya 645 ProTL feel like an Olympus PenF by comparison. An amazingly heavy, awkward, bulky camera. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Why DSLR ouput looks sharper?

2003-09-11 Thread David J. Littleboy
, sharpen lightly, downsample to 2000 dpi, and sharpen lightly again. You'll get an image that is just as good as (if not better than) any DSLR image, and has 13MP or so. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Why DSLR ouput looks sharper?

2003-09-11 Thread David J. Littleboy
would have thought. I shoot a lot of urban stuff, and that would really irritate me no end. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe

[filmscanners] Re: OT: Photoshop 7 problem

2003-09-07 Thread David J. Littleboy
installed on your computer. Delete half your fonts and try again. Or use Picture Window Pro. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners

[filmscanners] Re: Shadow speckling

2003-04-01 Thread David J. Littleboy
adjustments in 16/48-bit mode as possible. (Sorry about the noise if you're already doing this.) David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners

[filmscanners] Re: Canon IDs vs Pentax 67II

2003-02-01 Thread David J. Littleboy
, and that I'm not doing that well with the scanner. And I haven't seen any scans on the net that were any better than what I'm getting... David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail

[filmscanners] Re: Canon IDs vs Pentax 67II

2003-01-31 Thread David J. Littleboy
that detail onto the print. My conclusion would be that MR's photoshop technique is poor, but he concluded that MF has less resolution. It's like the three laws of thermodynamics: You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the game. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Latest developments in Scanners

2002-10-23 Thread David J. Littleboy
shape, in terms of products. About the only obvious holes are an MF scanner in the US$1000 to US$1500 price range and a pigment ink inkjet in the A4 (letter/legal) size. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Avoiding Newton rings

2002-09-29 Thread David J. Littleboy
rings, but was ring-free when scanned upside down. Sharpness was fine. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners

[filmscanners] Re: vuescan

2002-09-29 Thread David J. Littleboy
, but I guess people were kicking him about that and he came throughg. He's pretty amazing. I can't speak to how important that is, since I still have a lot to learn about color... David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range

2002-09-01 Thread David J. Littleboy
infer from the definitions used at the above web page, that it _is_ a very good approximation. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range

2002-08-30 Thread David J. Littleboy
Todd Flashner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, I suppose if one is convinced that DYR is a resolution that is the way they'd have to approach it as such, but David, tell me, have you seen a cited reference that supports that approach? http://www.chipcenter.com/dsp/DSP000329F1.html The dynamic

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range

2002-08-29 Thread David J. Littleboy
, and that the size of that range is given by the worse of the noise in the electronics or the bit resolution of the scanner. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range

2002-08-29 Thread David J. Littleboy
and I disagree, but if you think they are different, then we all agree. That's all there is here. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range

2002-08-27 Thread David J. Littleboy
of the individual values are determined by the meanings of the endpoints and how finely the actual range is chopped up, but it is the density range that determines the meaning of the endpoints.) David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: [filmscanners_Digest] Halo Effect

2002-08-18 Thread David Corwin
if you're getting the same effect. If you are, that would rule out Vuescan. I have the same scanner, and find that I use Insight for scanning slides, reserving Vuescan for negs. I haven't had a problem with Insight. David

[filmscanners] Re: PS sharpening

2002-08-11 Thread David J. Littleboy
experience with in-camera sharpening (consumer dcams) is that it has too low threshold setting and aggravates noise something fierce, but maybe scanner sharpening isn't so obnoxious...) David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan

[filmscanners] Re: PS sharpening

2002-08-09 Thread David J. Littleboy
Qimage print it.) David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate

[filmscanners] Re: IV ED dynamic range... DYNAMIC RANGE!

2002-08-08 Thread David J. Littleboy
, signal amplitudes. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate

[filmscanners] SS4000+ and focus

2002-08-03 Thread David Sirola
Recently, I've been having focus problems with my SS4000+, which I use on a Mac, firewire and OS9.2. When I purchased the unit, the scans were razor (grain) sharp using both silverfast and polacolor software. Since it's last firmware update, or so it seems, the unit's focus seems to have gone

[filmscanners] Re: Disabling right-click, etc. (was: Web homepage writing software)

2002-08-03 Thread david soderman
Preben wrote: Should we perhaps leave it to the *eyes of the beholder*, instead of stooping to sweeping generalisations. All copyrighted material deserves protection against commercial pirating if the originator so wishes... RIGHT ON! RIGHT ON!! RIGHT ON!!!

[filmscanners] Re: Disabling right-click, etc. (was: Web homepage writing software)

2002-08-03 Thread david soderman
an octogenarian to have amassed such a bottomless pool of enigmatic-yet-pragmatic information/advice. I would like to take this moment in time space...to salute you for being *the* undisputed cyberspace hydrant-of-esoteric-knowledge that you are! Joyfully, -david soderman- P.S.-- What do you do with Ansel

[filmscanners] Re: Disabling right-click, etc. (was: Webhomepage writing software)

2002-08-03 Thread david soderman
David Soderman writes: But it's not quite that easy nor as cut-and- dried as the above. Anthony Atkielski writes: There aren't any other options. Anything you put on the site is likely to be stolen. Anything you do not want stolen should not be put on the site. David

[filmscanners] Re: Disabling right-click, etc. (was: Web homepage writing software)

2002-08-03 Thread david soderman
. He seems to have an exaggerated opinion of his *own* opinion. Tell me, is it actually possible to be a caricature of one's very own self?!? ;-) Joyfully, -david soderman- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: SS4000+ and focus

2002-08-03 Thread David Sirola
of other 4000+ users here, and I know some updated their firmware. Just to make sure, which firmware version did you install? Art David Sirola wrote: Recently, I've been having focus problems with my SS4000+, which I use on a Mac, firewire and OS9.2. When I purchased the unit, the scans

[filmscanners] Re: Next Cycle of Scanner Tech

2002-07-30 Thread david soderman
your quotations and placed them side-by-side into the Light. You've described the depth of your *sincerity* above. I acknowledge and respect the concept of your sincerity. However, I also submit to you that sincerity and *truth* are not necessarily one and the same. Joyfully, -david soderman

[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Sprint Scan 4000

2002-07-30 Thread david soderman
: the collective consensus of Scan Multi Pro users. I also happen to know that Mr. Art E. has a very good *personal* reason to take stake in the fine efforts of this website's creator/moderator! So here's a toast...to the importance of always having a keen sense of humor! Joyfully, -david soderman

[filmscanners] Re: Bugs in iView

2002-07-19 Thread David Townend
Hi Brad, Yes, I agree - really annoying ! But that's not a bug. Its a 'delay tactic' to make you buy it ! I remember that happened to me...the spinning wheel went away once you had entered the serial number into your copy. Regards, David -- You can view David's on-line folio at http

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