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2010-04-22 Thread Joel Wilcox
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[filmscanners] Re: SS4000 SCSI under Vista

2008-02-11 Thread Joel Wilcox
On Feb 11, 2008 9:48 AM, Bob Geoghegan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While we're talking about SCSI scanners under current OSs, how 'bout Vista? I'm running an SS4000 on a Win XP laptop through an Adaptec 1480B. The card is supported under Vista, but I don't know what to expect for the scanner.

[filmscanners] Re: film and scanning vs digital photography

2007-06-09 Thread Joel Wilcox
On 6/8/07, James L. Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with you, Tony, Digital cameras, for all practical purposes, has surpassed the quality of 35mm format film and I believe that happened with the arrival of the six megapixel camera, a few years ago, significant cropping, not withstanding

[filmscanners] Re: Initialization problem with Polaroid SprintScan 4000

2007-06-07 Thread Joel Wilcox
On 6/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been having a problem with my Polaroid SprintScan 4000 scanner. Polaroid technical support hasn't been very helpful, so I'm wondering if someone out there might have experienced this problem and know something about the

Re: filmscanners: Polaroid Insight vs. Silverfast AI vs. Vuescan

2001-12-03 Thread Joel Wilcox
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have just started using my new Sprintscan 4000. before I invest a lot of time in the learning curve, can anyone recommend which scanner software is best for which users? Insight and Silversoft are included with the scanner, and I could easily get Vuescan. I have used

Re: filmscanners: Question about Vuescan

2001-10-28 Thread Joel Wilcox
Given the heavy slant towards the negative films, in terms of profiles, makes one wonder if VueScan isn't primarily aimed at negative film scanning rather than positive film? Shunith The recommended setting for slide film under Device/Media Type is Image rather than Slide Film, which will

Re: filmscanners: Silverfast Unsharp Mask

2001-10-28 Thread Joel Wilcox
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My alibi is that I stated, As a general rule, sharpening shouldn't be done more than once and even Bruce Fraser indicates that my comments are in agreement with conventional wisdom. Nevertheless, you and Michael Shaffer are quite correct in pointing out that there

filmscanners: Silverfast Unsharp Mask

2001-10-24 Thread Joel Wilcox
How are folks using Silverfast unsharp mask vis a vis Photoshop? I'd like to do some sharpening on the scan side but leave a little final sharpening to be done in PS. I don't know if this is a good idea or not. In any case, what looks fairly good to me in Silverfast seems crude and unusable

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED

2001-07-05 Thread Joel Wilcox
From: Ian Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] The SS120 produces superior 35mm scans to the SS4000 [snip] Can you elaborate (since the SS4000 is well-nigh perfect g)? Joel W. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

filmscanners: SS120 closer to perfection (was Nikon 8000ED)

2001-07-05 Thread Joel Wilcox
From: Ian Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joel, Can you elaborate (since the SS4000 is well-nigh perfect g)? It's closer to perfection. You write a list of all things you think are great about the SS4000 and I'll tell you which have been bettered. I could save you the bother and say that whatever

Re: filmscanners: Best film for scanning with FS 2710

2001-06-24 Thread Joel Wilcox
E200 does have really fine grain, somewhat at the expense of resolution/sharpness (as compared to the ASA 100 films). Joel W. From: Herm [EMAIL PROTECTED] I cant tell, is this called accutance? or are you saying that its not as sharp as ASA100 slide films?.. in any case I use the film

Re: filmscanners: Best film for scanning with FS 2710

2001-06-20 Thread Joel Wilcox
I am planning on taking pictures at a high school indoor sporting event with available as well as flash lighting. I have a Canon FS 2710 scanner. I would prefer to use slide film. I have had mixed results with previous attempts using Fugi and Kodak commercial 400 and 800 print films.(very grainy)

Re: filmscanners: Time to upgrade: Opinions wanted

2001-06-20 Thread Joel Wilcox
From: Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think there is only one happy scanner owner, Ed, in this forum. He is not using it mainly for slides though. The rest of people probably own drum scanners or do not own scanners at all. I would expect more input from people owning scanners in $600-$1500 price

Re: filmscanners: OT-ish - Ektachrome E100VS

2001-05-23 Thread Joel Wilcox
From: Mark Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writ in part: I admit it was processed by a non-pro lab, so this ain't scientific evidence, but I would hesitate to ever use this film again in early morning or late afternoon light, esp. now after hearing these comments on the list. Right, but also don't use

Re: filmscanners: OK, Vuescan is driving me nuts

2001-05-19 Thread Joel Wilcox
From: shAf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: OK, Vuescan is driving me nuts Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 11:43:30 -0700 Jeffrey writes ... I suppose I am with Lynn ... afterall, whether you use Vuescan to crop, or not, it still scans

Re: filmscanners: LS4000 and sharpness

2001-04-28 Thread Joel Wilcox
From: shAf [EMAIL PROTECTED] It would seem a user could crop a small rectangle and ask for a manual focus ... then crop preferentially and scan with automatic focus disabled(?) I've never been able to verify if this works ... even while my LS-2000 goes through the motions, the manual focus

Re: filmscanners: Polaroid 4000 dpi

2001-04-23 Thread Joel Wilcox
From: Charles Platt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Having only joined this list recently, I don't know if there's been discussion on Polaroid vs. Nikon 4000 dpi scanners. I don't think you're going to get a lot of answers because not many of us with SS4000s are racing off to the Nikon 4000 since it is a

Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Improvements

2001-03-06 Thread Joel Wilcox
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/5/2001 5:33:29 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As an alternative to scroll bars, would it be possible to use instead a hand to grab the image with the mouse and pull it to the location one wants, like ACDSee? The problem with

Re: filmscanners: firsttime vuescan user

2001-02-20 Thread Joel Wilcox
Hello John, --- John Bradbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If all the images are exposed with a varying light source and some are backlit Nikonscan is the software to use. Nikonscan seems to treat each frame with "respect", Vuescan seems to use the exposure from the first frame as the norm and

Re: VueScan Epson 636U

2000-10-18 Thread Joel Wilcox
care of it as well. Joel Wilcox - Original Message - From: "Doug" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 7:30 PM Subject: VueScan Epson 636U I am a VueScan newbie trying to get this up and running for the first time. Any help would be greatly a

Re: Fixing unevenness in LS-1000

2000-10-02 Thread Joel Wilcox
ce to even it with the adjacent areas. Not very elegant, and not always perfect, but sometimes it was good enough. Regards, Joel Wilcox The filmscanners mailing list is hosted by http://www.halftone.co.uk To resign, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with U