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

2001-01-31 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
> As for the resolution needed to equal 35mm film, I think I have seen it quoted > that it would need about 8-10 Megapixels. I imagine they are talking about > mid-range print film here, such as Kodak Gold 100. Fine grain emulsions like > Kodachrome would obviously need more pixels. > > Brian Ruma

filmscanners: [OFF] problem with image brightness

2001-01-29 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
Please help me with this problem: Me (photos) and my friend (HTML) are preparing my Internet photo gallery. The problem is that the photos I've prepared in Photoshop 4.0 are prefect on my screen, but when I view them through Internet Explorer 5.0 they appear much darker. They also appear darker in

Odp: filmscanners: Nikon scanner selection

2001-01-18 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
What do you a digital back for? Do you intend to switch from viewing slides to viewing digital images on your screen? I don't see any point in switching to digital for my personal photography. My peronal work is b&w on baryta paper. I need digital equipment only because of my commercial photograph

filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-12 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
Do Nikon filmscanners come with special colour profiles for scanning different colour negatives? Somebody told they don't. In that case, how can I automatically remove the orange mask? What about the new Nikon scanners? Regards Tomasz Zakrzewski

filmscanners: jaggies

2001-01-12 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
Trivial question: What exactly look jaggies like? (in case of LS-30)? Tomasz Zakrzewski

Odp: filmscanners: New scanners from Nikon

2001-01-09 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
> Nikon Coolscan IV ED, LS-40 > Nikon Super Coolscan 4000 ED, LS-4000 > Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED, LS-8000 > > 4000 dpi and 14 bit/channel > >Mikael Risedal Hey! They listened to me ! :-) The 4000ED can even scan uncut rolls! The choice of th

filmscanners: Photoshop influence on image quality

2001-01-08 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
Some guy dealing with professional scanners told me that even by minor adjustments in Photoshop (changing colour, levels, contrast) you loose information on colour of you file and as a result you get a lesser quality file as compared to adjustments made with the scanner software in the scanning pr

Odp: Density increase w/SilverFast and SS4000?

2000-10-29 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
- Original Message - From: Jake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 12:33 AM Subject: Density increase w/SilverFast and SS4000? > I am wanting only to scan 35mm and am trying to decide if I should go for > the SS4000 or wait for the SS120 with an a

Odp: Hello

2000-10-26 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
95% of my films are 35mm, the rest 6x7cm but since I bought a Cambo 4x5inch camera, in future I'll also have negs and trannies of this size (now I'm only using the 6x9 rollfilm back). The price of the scanner is the decisive factors, so I'm only considering a 35mm scanner. But, preferably from Nik

Hello

2000-10-25 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
I'm new on this mailinglist but I hope I'll be present here for some time. I'm a professional photographer (mainly stage photography, architecture, b&w and colour), I ned a scanner for several reasons: - scanning of negatives for reference before selling them to clients - scanning of negs precious

ICE

2000-10-25 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
Hi, Nikon LS2000 an Polaroid SprintScan4000 have different methods of detection and retouching of dust and scratches. Is there any difference in both methods when it comes to the effectiveness and side effects of this feature? Is the function switchable. I would be obliged if somebody could answ

SS 120

2000-10-25 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
Hi, At Photokina in Cologne I saw a pre-production version of a new scanner by Polaroid: 4000 dpi, from 24x36mm up to 6x9cm, negs and slides, 14 bit A/D per channel, and 0-3.4 or 3.6 density (don't remeber exactly). The name of the scanner was Polaroid SprintScan 120, or so I remember. Does anybo

update

2000-10-25 Thread fotografia - tomasz zakrzewski
Is there an update of Tony Sleep's page on scanners somewhere on the net? I mean new models of scanners, like Microtek ArtixScan 4000t or new Minolta models tested with the Kodak transparency? Tomasz Zakrzewski Poland The film