[filmscanners] Re: B W - Tips required...

2003-01-05 Thread Shunith Dutt
Laurie Solomon wrote: Am I reading non-existent sentences; or are the responders skimming over the information in the original post and answering what they assume the case is and what is being asked. While advice may be gratefully accepted by Shunith, he did NOT ask how to convert the file

[filmscanners] Re: B W - Tips required...

2003-01-05 Thread Shunith Dutt
Michael... Thanks for reply... michael shaffer wrote: 1/ Should i keep the files as RGB or convert to grayscale? Use Photoshop's channel mixer to create your grayscales. So, basically, you suggest scanning in RGB and then converting to grayscale? Why not leave it in RGB? 2/ What dpi/ppi

[filmscanners] Re: B W - Tips required...

2003-01-05 Thread Shunith Dutt
Andre... Thanks for the reply... but 1/ She's in NY so westcoast is a bit inconvenient 2/ Have checked their prices... seems a bit steep... after all she needs to send out a couple of hundred prints... and while quality is important, in this case think it'd be a bit of overkill. 3/ Conventional

[filmscanners] Re: B W - Tips required...

2003-01-05 Thread Shunith Dutt
Laurie... Thanks for the response sorry for my delay in replying... but i'm 5.5 hours ahead of GMT... LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: If she plans to reproduce the publicity photos in any sort of quantity for distribution, she would definitiely need the file, since there is a definite loss in

[filmscanners] Re: B W - Tips required...

2003-01-05 Thread Shunith Dutt
Dear Bob... Thanks for the response... sorry for the delay in my replying... time diff and then the morning after the night before :) Bob Shomler wrote: 1/ Should i keep the files as RGB or convert to grayscale? Look at each channel R, B, G). In my experience they will be identical; Bob,

[filmscanners] Re: B W - Tips required...

2003-01-05 Thread Shunith Dutt
Bob, Thanks for the response... Sorry for the delay in replying... time difference :)! +Sunday am after Sat night :0 bob geoghegan wrote: 1) I'd scan them right into greyscale. A BW scan with a Tri-X profile (or other silver BW film) will probably do more justice to the film's tones than

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning your monitor...

2002-10-15 Thread Shunith Dutt
Arthur Entlich wrote: There is one part of Adobe Gamma, (and I don't recall which, as it has Ok... that's correct... it's the White Point setting when you need to turn off all ambient light Cheers... SD --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system

[filmscanners] OT? -Stock photos...

2002-08-17 Thread Shunith Dutt
A recent thread has veered slightly towards stock photographs... Just curious as to the present trend of stock photographers... 1/ Do they only give TPs to stock agencies? 2/ Do they retain the originals and give dupes to the agencies? 3/ Or do they, now, scan their own TPs and submit thefiles?

[filmscanners] Re: PS sharpening

2002-08-16 Thread Shunith Dutt
Anthony... On the subject of high res images for web use PS's Save for Web feature automatically scales an image to the 72 dpi (ok...ppi for the purists here!) resolution 100 x 100 pixel @ 4000ppi = 0.06 x 0.06cm. Saved by Save for Web option the file is now a 100 x 100 pixel @

[filmscanners] Re: PS sharpening

2002-08-16 Thread Shunith Dutt
Anthony Atkielski wrote: An ordinary Save As does not change the DPI. Correct... Save for Web sounds like just another gadget to me--another bloated feature that Adobe added in order to try to persuade people to pay a few hundred dollars for their umpteenth upgrade of a product that

[filmscanners] Re: PS sharpening

2002-08-13 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: Anthony Atkielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Conversion to 72 dpi doesn't do anything, so you can skip that. Anthony, Could you kindly elaborate on that? Also, in a subsequent mail you said: If by resolution you mean DPI, you can forget about that--DPI is

[filmscanners] Re: PS sharpening

2002-08-12 Thread Shunith Dutt
Alex.. You can always increase the font size on your desktop 1600x1200 gives you a much larger area to play with... (increase font size by going to... Settings - Advanced -General). Cheers... SD - Original Message - From: Alex Zabrovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2002-08-03 Thread Shunith Dutt
Quite right... anytime i find a site that disables right click... i usually exit... forthwith. By disabling right click you, as a website, are interfering with my right to view the internet/site as i wish and as i find convenient. If you don't respect my right, i'm not interested in your site.

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

2002-08-03 Thread Shunith Dutt
Disabling right click will not stop any of the ones you mention from using your pix if they so choose. So, what's your point? On the other hand, disbaling right click is an irritant... it stops me from doing a whole lot of things easily... like, opening in new window... like e-mailing the page

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

2002-08-03 Thread Shunith Dutt
So, what does that have to do with the price of fish? - Original Message - From: Julie Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 3:09 PM Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Disabling right-click, etc. (was: Web home page writing software) I was advised to

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

2002-08-03 Thread Shunith Dutt
Right on! - Original Message - From: Anthony Atkielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 5:52 PM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Disabling right-click, etc. (was: Web home page writing software) Shunith writes: Disabling right click will not stop any

[filmscanners] Re: Web home page writing software

2002-07-31 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: Anthony Atkielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 12:54 PM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Web home page writing software SD writes: ... notepad is the best... but is it worth th hassle and the learning curve? Doubt it

[filmscanners] Re: Web home page writing software

2002-07-30 Thread Shunith Dutt
Alex When it comes to doing the html don't use FrontPage... it's really crap... use Dreamweaver MX but that's several hundred dollars... there are a number of free html editors out there which are pretty good one that comes to mind is 1st Page 2000 by Evrsoft... you can download it at

[filmscanners] Re: Win 2k? problems

2002-07-17 Thread Shunith Dutt
James... 1/ I find the best thing to do in situations like this is to reformat the hard drive and reinstall windows 2k with all the hardware in place. Then start installing programs one by one. (Of course you need to back up your data.) Do you have partitions? i find that by having partitions, i

[filmscanners] Re: Win 2k? problems

2002-07-17 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: Shunith Dutt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:08 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Win 2k? problems snip all day on drives other than C:... so reformatting is never a problem Ooops... that 'day' should read 'data

[filmscanners] Re: Black and white scans onLS4000EDandotherissues

2002-06-29 Thread Shunith Dutt
No problem here either :) SD - Original Message - From: Bruce M. Burnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Black and white scans onLS4000EDandotherissues Austin, You assume that everyone with a Nikon scanner has

[filmscanners] Re: Need some tips on Vuescan

2002-05-02 Thread Shunith Dutt
Peder wrote: No, I really mean the raw file, not the (Vuescan-adjusted) scan file. But *I* dont't use that option - after all, Vuescan has special knowledge about the input data (i.e. that it is data from a specific Vuescan-controlled scanner); an image editor knows only that it is

[filmscanners] Re: HP 5470C and 16 bit (NOT)

2002-05-01 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 8:39 PM Subject: [filmscanners] RE: HP 5470C and 16 bit (NOT) The 5470c scans at settings up to 16 bit, but the output from the resident software, HP PrecisionScan Pro 3.1, is only 8 bit

[filmscanners] Re: HP 5470C and 16 bit (NOT)

2002-05-01 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:35 PM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: HP 5470C and 16 bit (NOT) Someone mentioned on comp.periphs.scanners sometime back that (pretty sure it was this scanner) WILL output a 48bit file

[filmscanners] Re: Need some tips on Vuescan

2002-05-01 Thread Shunith Dutt
Peder, Thanks for the reply... - Original Message - From: Peder Skyt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 2:10 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Need some tips on Vuescan 1/ The preview looks like hell bears no resemblance to the actual pic Set

[filmscanners] Scanning B W

2002-04-20 Thread Shunith Dutt
Hi everyone... Am just starting to scan BW... now, i realise there are some obvious issues... ICE for instance... but what i'd like are a few basic tips that'll save me having to reinvent the wheel :) (Am using a Nikon 4000ED) 1/ Realise that Nikon scans in RGB and then converts to

[filmscanners] Re: Re:GRAIN/ICE SHOWDOWN: Nikon LS8000vs.MinoltaScanMulti Pro!

2002-04-13 Thread Shunith Dutt
No problems here... had terrible luck with 3.1 and 3.1.1... version 3.1.2 is fine... the problem with the earlier versions was my dual cpu... Nikon couldn't handle it... yes, it was a Nikon Software problem... a solution was to reboot in single cpu mode... which i refused to do... so used

[filmscanners] Re: Re:GRAIN/ICE SHOWDOWN:NikonLS8000vs.MinoltaScanMulti Pro!

2002-04-13 Thread Shunith Dutt
Have an LS4000 ED... far more quiet than the Microtek ArrtixScan 4000T is was using before... it does occasionally make grinding sounds... butas mentioned less than the ArtixScan and often runs pretty silently... have no other 35mm scanners to compare with... SD - Original Message -

[filmscanners] Digital Ice - ROCKS!!

2002-03-30 Thread Shunith Dutt
Was scanning a friend's slides today... one of them had a lot of fungus on it... the thought of touching it up was too much for me so, i thought i'd give Digital Ice a try Wow! It really rocks!!! All fungus gone... image nice and clean more than sharp enough for our/his purpose. On

[filmscanners] Re: Yahoo Automatic Spam Generator

2002-03-30 Thread Shunith Dutt
I don't think he ever said that this was a Yahoo Group. i gather it's just a general warning and a solution:) - Original Message - From: Laurie Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 2:20 AM Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Yahoo Automatic Spam

[filmscanners] Re: VueScan FIY (was: Polaroid's future)

2002-03-14 Thread Shunith Dutt
Yup... the Nikon 3.1 used to stink... However, the latest version 3.12 is pretty ok have been using it quite a bit of recent and must admit... no problems... of course, i don't try to do too many scans at one time... but then my work methods are such that any way i usually take one frame...

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic?

2002-03-02 Thread Shunith Dutt
There was reference by someone here... ages ago... with regard to cleaning a Nikon 4000ED. I posted a question as to how it was done and never got a reply... so, just in case someone here knows the feasibility of cleaning that particular scanner... would appreciate a feedback (it's a major

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic?

2002-03-02 Thread Shunith Dutt
Major A... Grateful if you could copy that to me... TIA... SD - Original Message - From: Major A [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 10:46 PM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic? There was reference by someone here... ages ago...

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic?

2002-03-02 Thread Shunith Dutt
Or is this the post you were talking about? Cheers... SD - Original Message - From: Major A [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 10:43 PM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic? I am passing my LS2000 on to my daughter but i want it to be

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic?

2002-03-02 Thread Shunith Dutt
Yes... chamois is excellent... you just have to be careful that it's clean.. wash... and rinse really thoroughly and then work it till it's soft again. The other option is well washed/used pure cotton like an old 100% cotton handkerchief :) SD - Original Message - From: Arthur

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic?

2002-03-02 Thread Shunith Dutt
a camera's which does scratch easily with this in mine what ever you clean it with should be soft. camera lens tissues is what I've used without scratches. Thats all the service agents do rob Shunith Dutt wrote: There was reference by someone here... ages ago... with regard to cleaning a Nikon

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning LS2000 optic?

2002-03-02 Thread Shunith Dutt
Thanks it doesn't seem to difficult :) Just hope the 4000 is as easy as the 2000! Regards... SD - Original Message - From: michael shaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 4:07 AM Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Cleaning LS2000 optic? Shunith writes

[filmscanners] Re: PMA 2002 - Orlando

2002-02-20 Thread Shunith Dutt
Hear! Hear! It's a shame that just too many people are a__l minded - Original Message - From: Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:47 PM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: PMA 2002 - Orlando Norman Unsworth wrote: Give us a

Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan V3.1.2 For Windows and MAC

2001-12-19 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: Enoch's Vision, Inc. (Cary Enoch R...) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:20 PM Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon Scan V3.1.2 For Windows and MAC snip It's there. Honest it is:

Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan V3.1.2 For Windows and MAC

2001-12-19 Thread Shunith Dutt
Enoch Thanks for the feedback... Cheers... SD --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.307 / Virus Database: 168 - Release Date: 11/12/2001

Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan V3.1.2 For Windows and MAC

2001-12-19 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: Enoch's Vision, Inc. (Cary Enoch R...) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 7:23 AM Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon Scan V3.1.2 For Windows and MAC environments. Having worked at Microsoft for six years I know enough to

Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan V3.1.2 For Windows and MAC IMPORTANT

2001-12-19 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: James Grove [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:38 AM Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon Scan V3.1.2 For Windows and MAC IMPORTANT You should always uninstall the Windows versions and also run the regsweep utilitity in

Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan V3.1.2 For Windows and MAC

2001-12-18 Thread Shunith Dutt
James Grove wrote to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 10:09 PM Subject: filmscanners: Nikon Scan V3.1.2 For Windows and MAC Hi Folks, At last Nikon Scan V3.1.2 With XP Compatibility also for the MAC Where on earth did you find it? in the UK section 3.1.1 is still

Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan V3.1.2 For Windows and MAC

2001-12-18 Thread Shunith Dutt
James/Enoch You know, i must have spent an hour hunting for it on the Nikon sites... going in thru www.nikon.com and then following links... on the us site (it's a black and white effect) couldn't even find a link to support... on the uk site it was still 3.1.1... they're really strange

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30: High contrasts in slides cause halos!

2001-12-10 Thread Shunith Dutt
How d'you clean the scanner? Any ideas how i'd go about cleaning the LS4000? I mean, is it easy or does it have to go to a service centre? Thanks... SD - Original Message - From: Op's [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 5:24 PM Subject: Re:

Re: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 / 4000+ and others

2001-12-02 Thread Shunith Dutt
Mikael Risedal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 / 4000+ and others All non flat film have a problem in Nikon scanners despite if you are using manual film holder or the motor unit.. I prefer the manual film holder. ( quick and easy and keep the film

Re: filmscanners: VueScan cropping

2001-11-23 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 3:58 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: VueScan cropping You sometimes need to adjust the Device|Frame offset option with the LS-40 and LS-4000, especially if there's a bit of film leader.

Re: filmscanners: Nikonscan 3.1.1 update

2001-11-21 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: Mark Otway [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:07 PM Subject: filmscanners: Nikonscan 3.1.1 update snip James Grove's site was faster (thanks James) but still no resume, so I got a mate with a 'fat pipe' to download it

Re: filmscanners: Question about Vuescan

2001-10-28 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 6:01 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Question about Vuescan It's not auto-detect, but it has 16 (more than a few) Kodak film types, and each film type has settings

Re: filmscanners: Nikon film flatness (was Glass slide mounts)

2001-10-24 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: Neil Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:37 AM Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon film flatness (was Glass slide mounts) and you thought this thread had died.. G Well, someone asked if the AN coatings of Glass

Re: filmscanners: Nikon film flatness (was Glass slide mounts)

2001-10-24 Thread Shunith Dutt
- Original Message - From: Svante Kleist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 12:41 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon film flatness (was Glass slide mounts) Supposedly, Nikon Scan 3.1.1 is round the corner. I can't imagine that Nikon would

Re: filmscanners: Glass slide mounts

2001-10-18 Thread Shunith Dutt
On the subject Would an anti-Newton Rings mount affect the quality of the scan? Shunith --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.282 / Virus Database: 150 - Release Date: 25/09/2001