filmscanners: Moir pattern in scan

2001-12-17 Thread Herb Bauer
Hi everyone, I have a photograph of a tall building which has many thin lines running vertically along its complete length - you know which one. Scanning the old Kodachrome 64 slide on a Polaroid SS4000 with PolaColor Insight makes the building look terrible because of a very pronounced Moiré

filmscanners: Color Negative Film Poll

2001-11-21 Thread Herb Bauer
Hi everyone, I'm leaving for my vacation soon, and although I'd like to evaluate my camera equipment against various films, film processing and digital post-processing, there's really no time. I'd like to solicit this group's recommendations for the best out-of-the-box color negative film to use

RE: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc

2001-11-21 Thread Herb Bauer
I really appreciate the warning. I do wonder what security devices could do to processed film though. The issue makes me wonder if I should bring fresh film from the US (because of price), have it hand-inspected, but process it oversees (once exposed they are hopefully priceless:). Because of the

filmscanners: RE: film scanners: X-ray scanners/etc

2001-11-21 Thread Herb Bauer
Judging from your comments, the warnings Kodak and Fuji have on their websites and Jack Phipps' nightmare with taking film on board, I believe I will buy and process film in Europe because I'm there long enough. On a tangent, here's some info from Kodak's web site about mailing film

filmscanners: VisionScan Transparency Adapter

2001-11-20 Thread Herb Bauer
Hello everyone, Calumet is advertising a VisionScan Transparency Adapter for scanning slides up to 4x5 inches on your flatbed for $78.99. Does anyone have experience with this adapter? Many thanks, Herb

RE: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Gizmo to make flatbed scan large format film?

2001-10-26 Thread Herb Bauer
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 8:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Gizmo to make flatbed scan large format film? Herb Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you

filmscanners: Gizmo to make flatbed scan large format film?

2001-10-25 Thread Herb Bauer
Hi everyone, don't laugh too hard, please, but is there something that could turn my flatbed (IBM brand) scanner into a half-way acceptable large format film scanner? Thanks, Herb

RE: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Gizmo to make flatbed scan large format film?

2001-10-25 Thread Herb Bauer
Hello Rob, Thank you very much for saving me the time money to mess with that idea. As a follow-up, is there a scanner with light-lid that stands above the rest? Thanks! Herb -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty Sent: