Re: filmscanners: Graphics Cards

2001-03-11 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Colin Maddock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Anyone want to buy a 32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 4X AGPGraphics Card??? > You said you were getting rid of this card to replace it with a two head one, as I > remember, but otherwise would you recommend the GeForce2 MX card, from > some manufacturer or ano

Re: filmscanners: RE: Win2k and application RAM

2001-03-10 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Ramesh Kumar_C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think one year back Microsoft stopped support to Alpha. > There is no Win2000 on Alpha. NT4 runs nicely on Alpha, but no colour management. Rob

Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like W98SE?

2001-03-10 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ed wrote: > I don't run a business or NT workstations and already run WinMe, which to my > understanding is the consumer version of Windows 2000 Professional. No, the two products aren't really related that way. ME is an upgrade of Win98SE, and Win2K is an upgrade of NT4. > My point was that ma

Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like W98SE?

2001-03-08 Thread Rob Geraghty
a much more stable kernel) o Designed for heavy duty apps It's more useful to professionals, and should run things like Photoshop better than other versions of Windows (should may be the operative word). The reliability of NT/Win2K is amazing as far as uptime is concerned. Rob Rob Geraght

Re: filmscanners: Win2K system requirements

2001-03-08 Thread Rob Geraghty
"IronWorks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok - I was confused. I was referring to 100 MHz DIMMs v. 133 MHz DIMMs. I > take it Win2K works fine with 100 MHz DIMMs? Win2K doesn't care what the front side (memory) bus speed is. It just runs faster with a faster bus. Rob

Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Idea

2001-03-08 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Quoton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > down any more. However, Photoshop (5.5) is noticeably slower on Win2k than Win98. > My guess is that PS is a 16 bit program optimized under 16 bit OS such as Win98. > But Win2k is a 32 bit OS. Odd. I thought PS5.5 and later were optimised for dual processors

Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like W98SE?

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
l and other chip manufacturers. ;) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
well buying used, if > you know what you are looking for. Again, this assumes a lot. It's a big world, and the way it looks from where you're sitting isn't how it is for a lot of other people. This discussion is a little irrelevent anyway - Ed Hamrick is the author of the software and it's his choice who he wants to support and how. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Idea

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
Jules wrote: >is the prescan in NikonScan just a scan? it's seems awful fast, even faster >than the fastest vuescan preview. AFAIK it's a low resolution scan just like the Vuescan preview scan. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Idea

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
DMA capable drives, etc. Those issues aren't really important in interface design - the hardware is largely transparent to the software as far as the Windows display is concerned. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
s who don't do image editing for a living, or don't have the money to spend on high end hardware. There's a lot of folks with film scanners who aren't professional photographers or graphic artists. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Idea

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
Colin wrote: >Rob Geraghty wrote: >>anyone using vuescan would surely be using Photoshop or PSP, both of >>which are unworkable in 640x480. > Unworkable? I'm using PS at 640 x 480 (and using Vuescan) and > both work fine. Sorry, I didn't mean to say they *wouldn&#

Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like W98SE?

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Enoch's Vision, Inc. (Cary Enoch R...)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Subject: RE: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? > Does is manage color like W98SE? Just in case it hasn't been stated clearly, Win98SE, WinME and Win2K all use the same colour management sy

Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Idea

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Hersch Nitikman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This time you are wrong, Frank. I'm sure there are more than a couple of us > with 17" monitors. With a 17", anything over 800x600 is dysfunctional. I'm > happy for you that you have something larger, but please don't penalize all > of us who don't ha

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just traced the scsi commands that NikonScan 3.0 uses > with the LS-30, and it probably will get the same jaggies > as in NikonScan 2.5. It reads scan lines in 64K buffers, > which is what causes the jaggies. > I already told my Nikon contact about how to fix the >

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
igital ROC >with the LS-30 (but it does with the LS-40). Does it get jaggies? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: RE: Win2k and application RAM

2001-03-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
I mentioned earlier, a much more important consideration would be processor speed and disk drive speed. RAID and fast drives would be essential to avoid waiting for ages just to load and save files. Using different spindles for the OS, working files and scratch space would probably help. Ro

filmscanners: Re: Windows 2K RAM limits

2001-03-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
"PAUL GRAHAM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mac OS only allows a max of 1Gb Ram to any one programme (eg Photoshop), > does Windows 2000 have similar memory limits? (noticed some of the newest > Windows motherboards can take 3Gb+ in RAM) Your main problem will be finding motherboards that support

Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Improvements

2001-03-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem with this is two-fold - clicking in the > middle of the crop box already moves the crop box, > and dragging the image only lets you move it one > screen at a time (scroll bars give you quick scrolling > anywhere within the image). I for one would prefer th

Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Improvements

2001-03-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Hersch Nitikman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote re the abort button: > I find I have to hit it 2 or 3 times before it takes effect. I suspect this is more to do with how well the scanner responds to an abort instruction while scanning than vuescan itself. Rob

Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Improvements

2001-03-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
box. If you make a mistake anywhere in the directory structure, a new structure with the error in it will be created. The common dialog box only creates one level at a time. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Improvements

2001-03-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
the crop box, but it means I end up taking a lot longer to set it than in say the HP TWAIN interface or Nikonscan, where I simply click on a corner and drag over the region I want. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Improvements

2001-03-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
cx, 137KB). The common dialog box also allows you to create directories in the process of creating the path, which is very handy. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: Need feedback on VueScan Improvements

2001-03-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
ce it makes to do one, the other or both. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan - A few technical questions

2001-03-04 Thread Rob Geraghty
"shAf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I realized for my LS-2000 Coolscan, the 2nd pass would not > properly register with the 1st ... bummer!! ... Huh? How come, Michael?? I've *never* had registration problems with my LS30. :-7 Rob

Re: re[2]: filmscanners: OT (slightly): Epson 640U

2001-03-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 3/3/2001 1:31:55 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > This is after vuescan gets it and does a conversion from the sRGB provided > > from the scanner. > Yes, VueScan transfers the raw samples as linear samples > (i.e. not gamma corrected) using the

Re: filmscanners: Where to buy a LS-4000

2001-03-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Arthur Entlich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Phil Edmunston, the author of Lemonade, suggests never buying a newly > designed car in the first year. Bear in mind most models are tested on the Japanese market before being released elsewhere. This is true of many Japanese manufacturers. It's a *

Re: filmscanners: Q60

2001-03-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Shough, Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Most camera stores that carry professional equipment should carry the Q60s. > If not, they can order it for you. Dean, I mentioned it for the benefit of folks outside the USA. Kodak Australia disavows any knowledge of the existance of the Q60. I seem to rec

filmscanners: Q60

2001-03-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
FYI I just noticed that Praxisoft are selling the Q60 - for those like me who haven't been able to source it anywhere. http://www.praxisoft.com/buy/index.html Rob

filmscanners: OT (slightly): Epson 640U

2001-03-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
brand entirely. The main thing I want it for is profiling so I can match the output from my Epson 1160 to the output from my LS30 film scanner (see it's not OT after all :). Since it's for profiling, the gamut really needs to be more than sRGB. Thanks in advance, Rob Rob Geraghty [

Re: filmscanners: dither vs haltoning (was File sizes, file formats, etc. for printing 8.5 x 11and 13 x 17...

2001-02-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
nter dithering or error diffusion is not the same as classical offset screening. ISTM that people are stuck on offset screening as being the only valid definition of halftoning. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: dither vs haltoning (was File sizes, file formats, etc. for printing 8.5 x 11and 13 x 17...

2001-02-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
eurat and it's amazing. Personally I prefer Renoir, Monet and Toulouse-Lautrec however. :) Obscanning: IMO pointillism is more analagous to a computer video display than haltoning, but I understand the point. :) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: dither vs haltoning (was File sizes, file formats, etc. for printing 8.5 x 11and 13 x 17...

2001-02-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Austin Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Both my Epson printers (3000 and 1160) have a 'halftone' setting, as well as > my QMS laser printer...so both of them certainly believe they are > 'halftoning'. Does anyone actually use the "halftone" settings on their Epson? Rob

RE: filmscanners: Epson printer problems

2001-02-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
ed using the "-" setting on the paper thickness lever. I would *not* advise using the "thin" paper setting for photo thickness paper. You could damage the printer transport, or at least increase wear on the head. The lever should be set to "+" for all photo paper t

Re: filmscanners: Nikon jaggies update

2001-02-24 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Gordon Tassi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rob: Regarding the jaggies: I have 2.5.1 and find that Nikon's LS-30 output > at 1350 dpi has jaggies and Vuescan's 2700 output from the same machine has > none. It seems to be a question of output resolution. Ed and others (Tony I think for example)

Re: filmscanners: Acer or Nikon?

2001-02-24 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Tony Sleep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have grave reservations about recommending any of those scanners for this > use. IME Nikons are marginally worse due to their semi-collimated lightsource. I have an LS30 (the Nikon mentioned earlier) and would definitely agree. I'm not very impressed wi

filmscanners: Nikon jaggies update

2001-02-24 Thread Rob Geraghty
I have had a couple of responses from Nikon. Basically they are claiming that BIOS 1.31 and Nikonscan 2.51 fix the problem. I checked, and ALL the people who wrote to me (ten users of both the LS30 and LS2000) had jaggies with 1.31 and 2.51. I have said as much as a response to Nikon. So they

RE: filmscanners: ICE dust removal (was Nikon v Polaroid)

2001-02-21 Thread Rob Geraghty
itself is *not* totally invisible in IR. I don't know what the reasons are, but on my Nikon LS30 both ICE and Vuescan's dust removal components soften the image slightly overall (ICE more than Vuescan at the lower settings of Vuescan). Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Using Vuescan to scan prints

2001-02-20 Thread Rob Geraghty
Art wrote: >Meet my brothers, Art, Art, and Art, my sons, Art and Art and my >daughter Artina. "Is your name not Art? That's going to cause a bit of confusion. Mind if we call you Art just to keep it clear?" Art (sort of) Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: storage

2001-02-19 Thread Rob Geraghty
floppy (using packet technology). Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: Set filmscanner on Minitower box?

2001-02-19 Thread Rob Geraghty
e PC, and I've tried it in horizontal and vertical orientations. Makes no difference. Unless I use Vuescan, I get jaggies. The problem is Nikonscan, not where the scanner is sitting. Rob (but I wouldn't recommend putting any film scanner where it will suffer a lot of vibration)

Re: filmscanners: Set filmscanner on Minitower box?

2001-02-17 Thread Rob Geraghty
"IronWorks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am short on desk space - can I set the scanner on my PC Minitower box > which is sitting on the floor? The only concerns I can think of would be dust being closer to the floor, and vibration from the fans/drives in the tower. Rob

Re: filmscanners: storage

2001-02-17 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Terry Carroll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Me, too. I wish there was a way of running scandisk on a CDR. Someone mentioned a tool previously on this list that does binary file compares recursively, but I don't remember the name. If you are writing a single directory to CDR, it's easy to do a

Re: filmscanners: GEM, ROC compared to Vuescan

2001-02-17 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Jack Phipps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you do a scan using the Nikon interface do you have the "CleanImage" > (Nikon's old name for Digital ICE) in the "Mode: On (Sharpen)" or "Mode: On > (Normal)"? The mode Nikon calls "Mode: On (Normal)" actually blurs the image > slightly. You should r

Re: filmscanners: Beginner question - Great answers

2001-02-17 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Doug Herr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 2/16/01 5:03 PM, Berry Ives at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just bought a Scan Dual II but have not set it up yet. Hope to do so this > > weekend. I have a Mac, so Vuescan is not available for me. I'll make some > > comments after I have some experi

Re: filmscanners: GEM, ROC compared to Vuescan

2001-02-16 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Jack Phipps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Digital ICE from Applied Science Fiction should not soften the image. Jack, are you talking about the current version of ICE, or the version implemented on the Nikon LS30, LS2000 and Minolta Scan Elite? If you're talking about the new version we'll have

Re: filmscanners: GEM, ROC compared to Vuescan

2001-02-16 Thread Rob Geraghty
"John Matturri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Related: why in general does Ice-based dust removal soften the image. > The purpose of the IR channel is to identify the particular spots that > are dust / scratches. Shouldn't the software only affect those areas > leaving the rest of the image alone a

Re: filmscanners: GEM, ROC compared to Vuescan

2001-02-16 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Bob Shomler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One could go back and try dust removal using Vuescan 6.5 > (or some release before 6.6, which is when the film grain reduction was added to vuescan). I still have several versions prior to 6.6. I'll see if I can give it a go. Rob

Re: filmscanners: Dust removal, ICE

2001-02-16 Thread Rob Geraghty
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree that ICE (or similar) might be very useful if you have limited > time-per-image, or lots of really dusty, scratched, or mould-damaged film - > but I haven't, and I don't find myself wishing for ICE.. Speaking as another Ozzie, I have a limited amount of time f

Re: filmscanners: GEM, ROC compared to Vuescan

2001-02-16 Thread Rob Geraghty
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But ONLY if [vuescan] doesn't soften my image as much as your samples indicate.. I think most of the softening is the dust removal algorithms at higher settings, but it's hard to know. Only separating the features would make it possible to tell. Rob

Re: filmscanners: New Photoshop Program

2001-02-15 Thread Rob Geraghty
>Educational User Licensing Agreement? EULA = End User License Agreement. ie the agreement between the software vendor and the purchaser of the software. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: New Improved Provia 100F

2001-02-13 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Arthur Entlich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just read in a Fuji publication that they have released an improved > > Provia 100F, with better flesh tones and pushability. Geeze, the one I've been using has been amazing. I wonder when the new one will arrive in Australia? Rob

RE: filmscanners: Beginner's question on which scanner to chose

2001-02-11 Thread Rob Geraghty
t > solution (price and resolution wise)? >As anybody tested the Epson 1640 Photo? I think you would be disappointed with the sharpness and shadow detail from the flatbed. They are fine for scanning prints, but for scanning film, a film scanner does a better job. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: Tweaking images in PS6

2001-02-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
utputs? Yes. The scanner hardware actually has a 12bit A/D, which the LS30 firmware hobbles to 10bits per channel. Nikonscan only outputs 8bits per channel, but Vuescan is able to access the 10bits the firmware allows. The *scanner* outputs 10 bits per channel. Only *Nikonscan* cuts it down to 8

Re: PSP and 48 bit was Re: filmscanners: Re: Scanning problems

2001-02-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Alan Tyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So JASC could alter their import routine, but PSP still > wouldn't be able to write a 48-bit image, so there's not a > lot of point in it. I have quite enough trouble with 24-bit > myself, so I'm happy with PSP7. At least you could read the file. Of cour

PSP and 48 bit was Re: filmscanners: Re: Scanning problems

2001-02-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
d a 48bit uncompressed file? I'll have to try it. I'll try raising the issue with JASC. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Re: Scanning problems

2001-02-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Alan Tyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PSP7 only works with 24-bit images, however, and only > uncompressed tifs. Huh? PSP7 (and all the versions I've used) supports LZW compressed TIFF. It *doesn't* support 48bit TIFFs, at least not in the format exported from Vuescan. Actually I think ther

Re: filmscanners: Re: Scanning problems

2001-02-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
ting in your email program and send messages in plain text. The people who receive the digest version of the list get HTML as a heap of unreadable tags. Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: OT: dyesub printers (long)

2001-02-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
"John C. Jernigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Art, Rob, et al, > Have you, or any others, any experience with the Olympus P-400 dye sub? > The samples I've seen are superb and can print (almost ) 8x10. Not I, but then the reason I just bought an 1160 was to get to A3. :) Rob

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan has too much saturation

2001-02-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Alan Womack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now I did get WAY too much saturation and did have to back off the red a bit in PS. I don't think I've ever scanned anything in Vuescan which had too much saturation! (but maybe I like oversaturated images ;) Rob

Re: filmscanners: This Gamma thing version 2.0

2001-02-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Tom Christiansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In short: How does the gamma setting affect the output when the image is > printed out on paper? Should I have two different files: One with gamma=1 > for printing, and one with gamma=2.2 for web publishing? Best to ask this on the Epson inkjet list

Re: filmscanners: OT: dyesub printers (long)

2001-02-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
> Arthur Entlich wrote: [stuff about dye sub] There seemed to be stuff on the Epson list that dye sub prints may not last as long as pigment based inkjet prints. Anyone have any ideas on dye sub longevity? Rob

filmscanners: Vuescan suggestion

2001-02-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
Maybe this is a selfish suggestion as I think it may only be useful with Nikon scanners - how about a checkbox to automatically eject the film after scanning the last frame on a strip? When batch scanning this would be nice, as it means the film ejects automatically and doesn't spend too much tim

Re: filmscanners: The K in CMYK

2001-02-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
> Just out of old fashioned curiosity: What does the K in CMYK stand for? The word used in the printing industry and photography is Key, but thinkof it as the K in blacK. The B was already taken by Blue, so they used K for Key/blacK. Now if someone wants to remind me what the origin of the word

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:53 AM 02-02-01, Laurie Solomon wrote: > >(3) Inkjets have reached the level where there quality and other features > >come very close to those, if not in some instances surpass those, of > >inkjets. > ?? Am I reading this wrong, it doesn't make sense to me.

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6.1 Available

2001-02-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Changed the "Restore colors", "Clean" and "Sharpen" > options to only change the scan, not the preview. Why this change, Ed? I'd have thought that it made sense for the preview to show the net effect of all the selected filters, especially the "restore colour

Re: filmscanners: A quick test of Vuescan 6.6

2001-02-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
huge amount *less* than without any kind of automatic restoration. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Re: Future of Photography is Digital

2001-02-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Chris McBrien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zoom shut down after being on a tripod in -2°C. air for twenty > minutes. I had to rely on the 23 year old 35mm. Minolta. Sometimes there's a lot to be said for analogue technology. :) Rob (batteries not included)

filmscanners: A quick test of Vuescan 6.6

2001-02-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
I happened to try scanning an old (circa 1980) kodak 100 print neg the other day using both vuescan and nikonscan. The colours have badly faded in the neg, and it was really badly scratched by the squeeze plate in the camera (an ancient 2nd hand Voigtlander). When I heard that Ed had introduced

Re: filmscanners: Vignetting?

2001-02-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
> It looks like a polarizing effect to me. Personally I don't use polarizers > with wide angle lenses with lots of sky in the image because I don't like > the effect. It's probably an individual thing. Great picture otherwise. Thanks! I guess I'm just a sucker for saturated colours. ;) Rob

Re: Future of Photography (was filmscanners: real value?)

2001-02-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Austin Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One other thing that just occurred to me: aren't there three > > or four pixels on the CCD for each actual pixel seen in the image? > Yes. That is only for color information though, not for edge information. Except with the Nikon scanners that AFA

RE: filmscanners: Encoding/compression Was:CD storage

2001-02-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
toring colour images which I may want to edit. If I am making graphics for a web site, photos become jpegs, and line drawings or text become GIFs. The most compact format for web display of B&W photos is greyscale jpeg. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Vignetting?

2001-01-31 Thread Rob Geraghty
camera did you use?.. > was it a lens with a T-adapter? Pentax MZ5, Sigma 28-80 AF zoom, Hoya circular PL. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: x Stuart !! was .. Black Widow or Slidescan Transp'y Adaptor ???

2001-01-31 Thread Rob Geraghty
ides. The 300dpi from my Scanjet 3c (or even bumped to 600dpi) wasn't clean enough to give good results. It also helped if I used the scanner at night with the room lights off!! >>and I have bought a Nikon LS-30. A *way* better solution. :) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: Black Widow or Slidescan Transp'y Adaptor ???

2001-01-31 Thread Rob Geraghty
made by HP for their flatbeds. It works, but the results were very poor on the scanners I tested. OK for web use only, useless for printing or more than 80x600 resolution. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Vignetting?

2001-01-31 Thread Rob Geraghty
hear of the origin of the word. Rob PS Other shots taken with a simple UV filter don't show the same variations in the sky, so it's not a fault in the camera lens. Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6 Available

2001-01-31 Thread Rob Geraghty
an, but very recent versions didn't seem to do much with scratch removal. Do the new algorithms you're using have much of an effect on scratches? (I have a lot of negs badly abused by photo labs) Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Vignetting?

2001-01-31 Thread Rob Geraghty
Apologies to those who are using the digest, because the attached picture will appear as encoded ascii. A while back I was in touch with a guy from a stock photo company and I sent a low res jpeg of a photo of mine, which he claimed showed vignetting. Now to me, vignetting in the camera is cause

removing ink cartridges was Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-01-31 Thread Rob Geraghty
Hersch wrote: > Wouldn't it make sense, if going away for an extended period, to remove the > cartridge? Or am I missing something here? Removing the cart won't flush the heads. You have to use a cleaning cart to flush the heads, or the ink still in the lines and head itself could dry and block

RE: filmscanners: Acer Scanwit 2720 problems

2001-01-29 Thread Rob Geraghty
nk) 2700dpi. You may need to do some sharpening after scanning though. Have you tried Vuescan? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Re: computers, scanners

2001-01-29 Thread Rob Geraghty
ay to get CDs back requires a lot less effort. I've spent enough sleepless nights feeding my scanner already! Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Re: computers, scanners

2001-01-29 Thread Rob Geraghty
Paul wrote: [snipped stuff about Macs which I can't comment on] > I would also like to know more about filmscanners. Of the ones I've > considered, the new Nikon Coolscan IV ED USB filmscanner is my favorite. > However, at $895.00, the price is a bit high for a photo hobbyist. [snip] How good is

Re: filmscanners: Response from Nikon USA on jaggies

2001-01-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
nobody felt they were getting any support, and Nikon gives no indication of intentions to fix it. > Finally, if you are scanning black and white film, > you should not use it all. *IF* the film is non-chromogenic. ICE works fine with XP2 or T400CN. But it certainly won't work with traditional silver based B&W films. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Re: VueScan 6.4.13 Available

2001-01-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
turn off the cleaning filters it goes away? I haven't tried the feature since I saw the bug. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: Pigmented inks was Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
arty inks >>voids the warranty as far as anything to do with the ink flow is >>concerned. Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: Re: computers, scanners

2001-01-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
e Nikonscan and ICE is with the factory default settings, it's worthless. I agree with Michael though - we know nothing about the new scanners. They may be wonderful, or they may have hassles of their own. Don't forget that 4000dpi scans are huge and you'll need LOTS of RAM a

Re: VueScan Brightness (was:Re: filmscanners: Provia 400F - Actually a pretty fine film! It scans well too)

2001-01-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
much more dense, I think this is the reason why the brightness needs to be changed - and changed a LOT for really fine grained slides. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

RE: filmscanners: Re: Profiling

2001-01-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
ere at present. > Would I notice a big improvement? Was the Stylus 600 720x720dpi or 1440x720? On Epson Photo paper you'd probably see a lot less banding and dithering. See if you can get a sample from a 760, 860 or 1160 (same print head). Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Hart or Mary Jo Corbett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for clearing away the fog, so to speak! What you say certainly > sounds logical to my unscientific mind. Gives me something more to think > about. It's looking like I'll have to wait a few more years, if possible, > before a good arc

Re: Pigmented inks was Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Robert DeCandido" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You do not void your warranty by using third party inks in an > Epson. If you need to return the printer for servicing, just remove > the CIS and re-install the Epson cartridges. See the Inkjetmall web > site (Cone Peizography, eg) for a discussion

Pigmented inks was Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-27 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Hersch Nitikman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about the 860/1160 with 3rd party archival inks? Aren't they much less > costly than the 2000P? Or, what am I missing? Rob wrote: >> AFAIK the 2000P is the *only* printer Epson make with OEM pigment >> based inks Note "OEM" above. Yes, you can

8x10 printing was Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Robert DeCandido" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not the 860 (the smaller version of the 1160)? I don't think the 860 and 1160 print heads are identical. I'm pretty sure that the 760 is the smaller version of the 1160. The 860 has more black jets so it prints plain text faster. Either the 7

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Hart or Mary Jo Corbett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (1) My question pertains to B&W archival printing; apparently, the 2000P > can't even do that. Is there any printer out there which can at fairly high > res? I'm used to sharp prints. [Prints not to exceed 8X10] You might want to look at

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Hart or Mary Jo Corbett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Epson 7000, 7500 and 9000 all use archival inks and all claim 100 to 200 > years, per the Epson site [sprinkle on as much salt as you think is > appropriate!!] Pardon me. I should have said the only one in the realms of a dekstop printer

Re: filmscanners: Response from Nikon USA on jaggies

2001-01-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
Bill wrote: > Same reply I received. Interestingly, the next day and today there is > no evidence of the jaggies that were so obvious when I posted my > query. It is not the power since I have everything connected to a UPS > with line conditioning. Try the same picture which gave you the probl

filmscanners: Response from Nikon USA on jaggies

2001-01-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
Below is the response I received from Nikon USA to my email query about whether they plan to fix Nikonscan to eliminate jaggies: = Dear Rob Geraghty: If there are jaggies this is not something that is normal. I would elect to send the scanner in for service. We have not found

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Arthur Entlich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I realize this thread is somewhat off topic, but I have yet to see any > samples of 2880 dpi Epson output at any store. Is there really any > improvement over the 1440 dpi output? Does anyone know if the banding > is lessened or increased with thi

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Hart or Mary Jo Corbett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's sure a long ways from the 100 to 200 years longevity that Epson was > caliming on its Web site for it printers from the 2000P on up! Presumably the new printer doesn't use pigment based inks. AFAIK the 2000P is the *only* printer Epso

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Tony Sleep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps you shouldn't have tempted fate. New Epson : Stylus Pro 5500, 2880dpi, 3pl, > Epson claim '20yrs light fast when mounted behind glass'. £2,495GBP tho'. Ah, so they finally produced a 2880dpi replacement for the 5000. I wonder if it has separate i

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-24 Thread Rob Geraghty
heaper, good results, and can use 3rd party archival inks. Rob PS I'm glad to hear you're happy with the 2000P, Frank, since it seems to have received an unwarranted poor reputation on the Epson inkjet list. PPS Obscanning: what is the largest print anyone has made from a 2700dpi scan? Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

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