On Tuesday 29 January 2002 09:00 am, you wrote:
To reply to my previous post -
I found batch scan option under the Device tab - but the device has to be set
to Disk, if I select my scanner it goes away! I have a Scanwit 2720 - in Beta
3 it showed up with the scanner selected -
Is this a new
Ed,
Thanks, I was/am using an ICON on the KDE Desktop to launch vuescan - it is
obvously a link.
So, I created a simple shell script to cd to the vuescan directory and
execute it from there and then linked the ICON to the script.
Works great now!
/fn
On Tuesday 15 January 2002 12:43 am, you
Ed,
Just installed 7.4 and still have a problem I had in 7.4 beta... (note the
installs were over an existing 7.3x installation - is this related?)
Namely, the Negative vendor, Negative brand, and Negative type in the color
tab are all empty/blank.
System:
SuSE Linux 7.3 Pro (Upgraded to
Well,
I have just purchased an extra license for the 7.4 release. It appears that
Ed is not planning on charging for this upgrade, but personally I feel guilty
getting so much support and so many features added since I purchased the
program.
I would encourage anyone who can to do the same as a
This is an ungrateful thing to say, but in respect to the Acer, I get
somewhat darker scans on *underexposed* negs with the native Mira driver.
That's because the Vuescan driver (at least the way I've been using
it--which is seat-of-the-pants flying, BTW) seems to give a
slightly longer
(Jerry, I copied you on this because it appears Alan has a similar issue to
yours. I am still trying to get my website updated so I can post the
material about correcting images with these problems. But, now that I have
seen Alan's scan's I am beginning to think that you and he may have bad or
I would be more interested in hearing how the photographs were
acquired.
I attend a wide variety of auction types, this particular auction was what I
would classify as a junk auction. things like boxes of broken brooms, old
dishes etc. Typcially this stuff is sold out of storage lockers which
PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frank Nichols
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:45 PM
To: Filmscanners@Halftone. Co. Uk
Subject: filmscanners: OT: Copyright on Photo's
I know this is off topic, but since so many members here that produce
photo's commercially I hope you can answer a question for me
I know this is off topic, but since so many members here that produce
photo's commercially I hope you can answer a question for me.
I purchased a set of 4 Landscape Prints at an auction a couple days ago. It
is my intention to sell them on eBay, however, they are un-signed so I am
not to
Try going to the Device Manager and removing the device. Then reboot and
hopefully the Wizard will show it face asking to install the new hardware,
then show it the path to the new drivers.
/fn
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Lynn,
I would be glad to contribute the web space and storage for this - I would
love to see examples of the terms used by everyone!
/fn
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lynn Allen
Sent: Thursday, July
At 5:24 PM -0400 7/19/01, Johnny Deadman wrote:
While I like everyone else appreciate the extraordinary effort
Ed puts into
developing this app, I am frustrated that so little effort is
put into the
user interface. Human interface design clearly isn't something
I too felt teh interface
What I didn't understand from the linked images is that under magnification
it appeared that there was some sharpening halos around some objects, while
the image overall looked a bit soft?
(Also, if that is banding, then that appears to be the same problem I am
working on with our Scanwits - I
I am not involved with this thread, and I don't have a Nikon. I do have a
low end (Acer Scanwit) and want to comment on this attitude.
I don't think anyone questions that you get what you pay for and $3,000 is
certainly not going to compete with $30,000. However, basic functionality
should be
Well,
Thanks for all the suggestions.
I have altered my work habits a little based on them. For now I am going to
be shooting Fugi HG 100 most of the time until I feel I have most the
variables under predictable control. (I will still shoot a roll of Provia
100F occasionally, just for the
Mark,
The ascii art reflects the mount and film correctly as I saw it under the
scope. But I still think I am seeing image in the ccc area. However, you may
be correct, and I agree turning it around will prove the point. I didn't
crop anything off of the right side, but vuescan may have...
I
Lynn,
Others received the clip, it was about 36Kb. The problem must be on your
end.
/fn
Frank, your small snip must have been too big--it didn't come
through. Try
getting it under 100kb (half that would be better).
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Subject: Unsharp mask was Re: filmscanners: Getting started question
Frank Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
something I CAN do to it - they are coming out almost perfect. The
scariest
part so far has been trying to figure out the USM to use. These
are Provia
100F
Can anyone point me to a good/active mailing list for discussions of ink jet
printers (specifically Epson) used to print my scans? That seems off topic
for this list...
/fn
/processing during this learning phase or is
this a bad thing which will cause me to develop bad habits?
2.Should I be sticking to a single film and learning how to use it and then
moving on to other etc.?
Help!
TIA
Frank Nichols
Darrell,
Here is another hit or miss to try. I am running almost the same system
(hardware and software) except I have a 1GHz Athlon (and a cheapo scanner.)
I recently upgraded from 512Mb ram to 1Gb ram and started experiencing the
same types of problems. I exchanges the 512Mb module several
snip
I know you said your budget was limited, but why not keep an eye out for a
secondhand camera body (with the same lens mount), and keep the best camera
loaded with better film?
snip
MarkT
I know - I attend a lot of auctions and last night I passed on a Pentax
Spotmatic with a 1.4/50mm
snip
For once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, I always use fresh film but for
screwing around or more casual shooting, I'll use outdated film. If you
shop around, you should be able to buy it for half price (or less ... over
the past four months, I've successfully purchased 120 rolls of Fuji
IMHO, I think that you are just seeing a shadow effect where the slide
mount is blocking only some of the light path along the edge. The Pakon
mount I am currently looking at has a slightly larger aperture on
one side
- if you study the slide closely from both sides I think you will see
snip
I wish I had the discipline to shoot that much for practice's
sake. I could
certainly use it.
Pat
After one roll of Provia 100F and a earlier suggestion that I can buy it
out-of-date for less than consumer negative film, I think that is the way I
am going to go. I need to find someone
just takes longer to learn how to scan negs with good consistent
results.
--James Hill
I will second that - using negatives with Mirafoto it seems like I had to
work forever on every scan, then with Vuescan it was just 1/2 forever (maybe
1/4) :-).
But scanning the slides I am spending most
I use a Scanwit 2720 and Vuescan with Multipass scanning and the alignment
appears to be perfect.
/fn
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Herm
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 6:18 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Silverfast
on
how
picky you are.
Frank Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I use a Scanwit 2720 and Vuescan with Multipass scanning and the alignment
appears to be perfect.
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Herm
Astropics http://home.att.net/~hermperez
I find that the default gama of 2.2 is too high for most of my scans - try
lowering the gama. I use 1.5 to 1.8 normally.
Also, the white point % determines what percentage of pixels in the image
are at 255/1024... (max value). So I normally set this to 0.05 and adjust in
Photoshop where I have a
Stan,
Your computer (and most programs) can't deal with 12 bit packages of data,
so the program is converting it to the next larger package and pading the
top 4 bits for you. This has no affect of the image data - just just have 3
quarts and the closest bottle it can find is a gallon.
/fn
for doing this. It's clear
that the techs at Acer (or anywhere else, for that matter) are not going to
volunteer the information.
Best regards--LRA
From: Frank Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Stains and Grains (was Yellow
A very good place to get information on size and resolution (and much more)
is:
http://www.scantips.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rick Decker
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 12:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: filmscanners:
.
I'll admit that I have neither the technical know-how nor the intestinal
fortitude to take my Scanwit apart, so thanks for doing this. It's clear
that the techs at Acer (or anywhere else, for that matter) are not going to
volunteer the information.
Best regards--LRA
From: Frank Nichols [EMAIL
Title: RE: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED
I took
at look at the detail comparison crops (of the label) in Photoshop at 1200%. The
SS120 has much smoother transitions in colors (softer?) while the Nikon 8000ED
has sharper variations between pixels. I converted both to greyscale and
measured the
WARNING: The following is a rather long discussion of the yellow stain
effect seen on ACER Scanwit 2720s reported here a week or so ago. I am
posting this in hopes of getting more details on the actual working of the
scanwit from someone in the know - such as optics, sensor design, etc. If
you
Web Surfing tip:
Next time you want to read a site which has used the artistic reversed
type (white on black, yellow on brown, etc.) click and drag to select the
article - selection reverses the type and background making it much easier
to read.
/fn
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and respond - while the
Scanwit is capable of producing good scans from good negatives, I think
either I have a broken unit, or they have some problems in their
auto-exposure control system.
Frank Nichols
(Newbie - and probably completely confused - but I am not sure.)
True,
But the digital zooming will permit the use of very high quality prime
lenses, since the need for a zoom lense will be reduced.
/fn
But! Digital zooming will reveal optical limitations.
Regards
Tony Sleep
http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner
info
I wonder if it would be posisble to create a randomized pattern of sensors
on a CCD/CMOS chip?
/fn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Walter Bushell
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 11:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: filmscanners:
: filmscanners: Minolta
DiMAGE Scan Dimage 7 camera
--- Frank Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Based on the advances in RAM technology over the
past 10 years I am
predicting a 1Giga Pixel camera in the not too
distant future (5 years or
less). The significance of this camera will be a
drastic
I am a complete newbie at this photography/scanning stuff. After playing
with my camera, flatbed scanner and new Scanwit for a couple months now, I
have started to get a bit more serious about understanding what I am doing.
This week I shot some pictures using FUGI Super HG 200 bracketing the
Based
on the advances in RAM technology over the past 10 years I am predicting a 1Giga
Pixel camera in the not too distant future (5 years or less). The significance
of this camera will be a drastic reduction is the required size of lenses by
using software digital zooming - this will be
I am using PEC-12 with PEC PADS on dirty negs as a first step.
I found an anti-static brush (StaticMaster) which is plutonium charged. It
seems to work well on my neg strips. But, I was wondering if anyone had any
comments on if it is a gimmick (any soft brush would work) I assume the
plutonium
Hi,
I am a total newbie at this. I thought I would take a look at these to see
what I could learn. With that in mind, here are some observations I made
playing with the images. Maybe someone could correct my assumptions!
1. I took the raw data and rescanned it using Vuescan 7.1.3.
a. I
: On dust
Frank Nichols wrote:
I am using PEC-12 with PEC PADS on dirty negs as a first step.
I found an anti-static brush (StaticMaster) which is plutonium charged.
Just for clarity, its polonium, not plutonium... I don't think there is
a safe qty of plutonium...:-)
Isaac
It
seems
the Scanwit
off
and back on.
I have tried both with and without a SCSI terminator.
Any suggestions before contact Tech Support? (I called tech support
yesterday and was on hold for over an hour before I gave up.)
Frank Nichols
Newbie - and proud of it!
Epson Inkjet Printer FAQ
slides (mostly) did fine on a Scanwit. For those which
didn't, Vuescan was a real help. BTW, as a new Acer user, you'll want to
look into the Photoscientia site.
Best regards, and keep having fun--LRA
From: Frank Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject
Just a note, Adobe PS6.0 will create a web gallery from pictures in a set
of directories for you with or without frames. Look in the
File/Automate/Web Galery menu.
/fn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, June
a SCSI terminator.
Any suggestions before contact Tech Support? (I called tech support
yesterday and was on hold for over an hour before I gave up.)
Frank Nichols
Newbie - and proud of it!
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