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From: Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 11:29 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Nikon scanner availability
There are a good half
CCFT stands for cold cathcode fluorescent tube. It's a difficult to
drive (electronically) device if you want long life. There are
integrated circuits to drive them, but the external components are
critical. With poorly engineered drivers, the tubes blacken on one end
then ultimately fail.
The
Digital Light Processing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLP
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It's all explained at the link
http://www.dlp.com/
They have had DLP TVs for I guess about 8 years. Most electronics stores
carry Samsung DLP TVs. You probably walked past one and didn't know it
had DLP inside.
Getting back to LCD for photo use, LaCie and NEC have displays with wide
gamuts and
I've shot quite a bit of hand-held existing-light night photography with
Ilford delta 3200. It is amazing what you can pull out of the aether.
http://www.lazygranch.com/death_williams.htm
If you are pro-death, you may not want to read the commentary. You have
been warned.
Delta 3200, shot as 3200,
What's the typical useful life (daily use, 8+ hours per day)
of a monitor like the Lacie you linked to? Thanks!
Scott
lists wrote:
It's all explained at the link
http://www.dlp.com/
They have had DLP TVs for I guess about 8 years. Most electronics stores
carry Samsung DLP TVs. You probably
To: Hanna, Mark (x9085)
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Nikon scanner availability
I just went to a small rally in support of Denmark. There were
TV film crews and several PJ's there.
I was really surprised (and sort of pleased) that many of the PJ's
were using high end Canon film bodies. I'm told
I have no fist hand knowledge of the lifetime. However, these monitors
are used by Cantoo in Berkeley for their customers, i.e. in a service
bureau application. You might get them to give you an opinion.
http://www.cantoo.com/index.html
I certainly wouldn't bug them at lunch time PST, but who
You can still get high quality Trinitrons. Try Viewsonic, which is the
heir to Nokia's monitor business. I can't stand those two trinitrons
lines across the screen, so it wasn't an option for me. Getting a high
quality shadow mask is impossible. Hitachi left the tube business, and
they were the
Thanks. I had no idea that Viewsonic monitors had trinitron guts
inside of them.
Scott
lists wrote:
You can still get high quality Trinitrons. Try Viewsonic, which is the
heir to Nokia's monitor business. I can't stand those two trinitrons
lines across the screen, so it wasn't an option for me.
The copyright on the word trinitron still lives on, but the patent
itself is expired. The buzzword is aperture grille:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_grille
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Thanks. I had no idea that Viewsonic monitors had trinitron guts
inside of them.
Scott
Thanks. I had no idea that Viewsonic monitors had trinitron guts
inside of them.
Scott
lists wrote:
You can still get high quality Trinitrons. Try Viewsonic, which is the
heir to Nokia's monitor business. I can't stand those two trinitrons
The Viewsonic P Series are discontinued. They
When was the last time you saw a 8mm movie film to video transfer system
sold retail? I imagine there are some commercial outfits still offering
video transfer services, but even those are probably disappearing.
What I am getting at is this: Film will become specialty product,
available by
Arthur Entlich wrote:
When was the last time you saw a 8mm movie film to video transfer system
sold retail? I imagine there are some commercial outfits still offering
video transfer services, but even those are probably disappearing.
How popular were 8mm movies as compared to still photos
Poppy cock. As long as there are photographic *artists*, there will
be mono chrome emulsion shooting, even if no company chooses to
make film any longer.
I don't imagine that many photographic artists make much coin, but
Sally Mann's work is very popular, get's top marquee exhibitions and
her
I think Arthur and Austin are very much on target. Some specialty labs will
provide certain film services like scanning, etc.
Since when did artists ever have the market clout to dictate what would be
manufactured or supported by the manufacturers of mass market products?
Besides, most of them
When you start getting desperate for BW paper, let me know ;-). I have
pounds and pounds of the stuff, and that just may go up in price. I
have several packages of papers no longer made. Some may be fogged by
now, I don't know.
BTW, the main used camera and darkroom equipment store in Victoria
There are a good half a dozen new technologies waiting in the wings to
supersede LCD panels. It is one of the reasons LCD panels are dropping
rapidly, and CRT are literally not being made anymore (as I understand
it the manufacturers, which are all in Asia, are pretty much working on
leftover
I don't know how camera shops survive (minus a few
high end service oriented shops in a few cities where there's a
large enough and well healed market for those services).
I buy pretty much everything online from the usual suspects
although sometimes I'll get an itch and head on over to a
local
I used Moniserv in Hayward Ca to get the CRT going again. Most of their
business is (don't laugh) CCFT replacement in LCD displays. I've never
seen so many Apple Cinema displays in one place.
Sony displayed a LCD TV using white leds at the 2004 CES. Samsung
displayed a DLP TV using RGB leds at
: Saturday, February 25, 2006 11:29 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Nikon scanner availability
There are a good half a dozen new technologies waiting in the wings to
supersede LCD panels.
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I'll plead ignorance here, but I thought the only silver based film is
BW, excluding products like Kodak Portra BW.
I'm not convinced Nikon is the end to all ends of film scanners, so the
question is when will the whole market die.
My biggest complaint in film scanning is the lower quality of
I just went to a small rally in support of Denmark. There were
TV film crews and several PJ's there.
I was really surprised (and sort of pleased) that many of the PJ's
were using high end Canon film bodies. I'm told that it's all gone
digital, but that's not what I saw today.
There were a ton
Let me throw in my 2-cents worth, here. I think scanners of many types will
be around for some time to come. It does appear to be true that many
silver-based BW negative films are being phased out, along with the papers
to print them. Transparency film will rule the commercial roost for a long
Al,
Yes, your replies (at least, the one to me) have seemingly gone
AWOL. Messages to the list as a whole seem to have come through ok.
Glad to hear you've found pointers towards a solution. Once you
figure out the solution, perhaps you could post it to the list with
some before and after
Art,
I asked if the person's wife was using an LCD screen and if so, if the
image had been set to the monitor's native resolution, but I have
never heard any further feedback, so I didn't delve any further into
it.
I did reply to you on Friday but can't recall seeing it on the list. I
What techniques do list members use to resize/sharpen screen display
images and what USM etc values seem best? I'm determined to produce
an image which my wife actually feels does the original
justice
Are you sure the sharpness issue isn't simply one of having the
proper resolution
Duh-oh! Wait. I *do* misunderstand the problem. You aren't making
wallpaper, you want the best image.
OK, forget everything I just said.
Sorry about that.
Slinking off into the corner now, tail between legs,
Carlisle
On Feb 17, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Carlisle Landel wrote:
What techniques
I forgot to add I sharpen on the L layer in Lab mode, if that's any help.
Regards,
Francis
At 16/02/2006 21:57, Francis Corvin wrote:
Personally I don't always have the time to create an edge mask, so I
usually duplicate the layer and set the top one to Darken. The
bottom one will have very
off into the corner with tail between your legs
but rather stand tall and proud. :-)
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Carlisle Landel
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:36 AM
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Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Postprocessing
At 15/02/2006 14:16, wrote:
What techniques do list members use to resize/sharpen screen display
images and what USM etc values seem best? I'm determined to produce
an image which my wife actually feels does the original justice
Here are a couple of links:
I have been staying quite and following the thread and holding my tongue
to see what others might suggest. However, it appears that everyone has
neglected the questions dealing with resizing and focused on sharpening.
So I guess I have to jump in and ask the difficult primary questions.
First,
Is your wife using an LCD screen? If so, are you resizing to its native
resolution?
Art
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I know this has been asked before so my apologies for going over old ground!
When I scan my wife's slides, she normally likes a resized version for use as
desktop wallpaper. My
One aspect of most digital camera sensors (I think the only exception is
the Foveon chip) is they all use some form of color separating filters
on a black and white sensor, creating a color matrix. In other words,
no digital camera sensor provides RGB separation per sensor. The sensor
is only
and interesting considerations with respect to other
issues and points.
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Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Using high res digital
Your questions tend to ignore some other key issues. Even if the
resolutions and quality of digital cameras have improved to the point of
competing with flatbed scanners or even film scanners when it comes to
the results or even if one uses high quality flat field normal and/or
macro duplicating
Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 10:26 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Using high res digital camera for
scanning/duplicating
Your questions tend to ignore some other key issues. Even if the
resolutions and quality of digital cameras have improved
On 2006-01-31, at 16.00, Carlisle Landel wrote:
Harald,
Let us know if the firmware update solves the problem. Here's hoping
that it does!
I can't say that the basic erratic behaviors have disappeared, but
possibly, the upgrade seems to have reduced the problems somewhat
(although it is
From: Ed Verkaik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone on here ever used a Howtek 4500 drum scanner? Someone told me it
will blow away the best dedicated slide scanners. I've used a Nikon 4000ED
for awhile and am basically happy but have always wondered if a cheap, used
drum scanner would be worth getting.
On 12/02/2006 Ed Verkaik wrote:
Anyone on here ever used a Howtek 4500 drum scanner? Someone told me
it
will blow away the best dedicated slide scanners.
It has the potential to exceed anything CCD scanners achieve, but you may
not need the extra quality. There's an old reference Howtek drum
At 1:31 AM + 2/1/06, Tony Sleep wrote:
[snip] Or use a mail client that allows you to quote selectively
in the first place, eg Thunderbird with the Quickquote extension. [snip]
I'm guessing Thunderbird is Windows-only.
I'm on a Mac and still use Eudora. It lets me quote selectively, and
I
On 3:16 PM Sam McCandless wrote:
I'm guessing Thunderbird is Windows-only.
I'm on a Mac and still use Eudora. It lets me quote selectively, and
I like its spam filter.
Thunderbird is available (free!) for Windows, OSX and Linux:
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
Peter Marquis-Kyle
Thunderbird runs on macs and linux too.
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/all.html
Version 1.5 doesn't work with my server for some reason. Just an FYI.
Sam McCandless wrote:
At 1:31 AM + 2/1/06, Tony Sleep wrote:
[snip] Or use a mail client that allows you to quote selectively
in the
I'm sure Hakon was trying to be helpful (even if it was written a bit
harshly)--maybe a linguistic issue.
I would not suggest using a firmware upgrade for the 120nf for the
4000tf, as you recognize, they are very different models, and likely
have quite unique firmware.
Art
Harald E Brandt
As I understand it, Silverfast Ai is not equivalent to dICE, nor is it
meant to be.
Digital ICE is a method of using a special infrared light channel to
remove dust and scratches by making them visible via the IR scan, and
then fixing those areas.
Silverfast Ai is a software package that mainly
Another new 35mm film scanner with SilverFast Ai (equivalent to Digital Ice)
is £249/£149 Plustek OpticFilm 7200i - 7200dpi resolution which is the
highest resolution of any manufacturer. See the Practical Photography review
against Nikon, Minolta, Canon and the AP detailed review.
7200dpi resolution which is the highest resolution of any manufacturer.
I assume you mean CCD scanners? I believe Imacon has an 8000SPI resolution
scanner...
Regards,
Austin
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On 12/01/2006 Stan Schwartz wrote:
I played with the monitor ICC profile. I could not browse to a file
named 'monitor.icc' as my system doesn't seem to have a monitor.icc
Just type 'monitor.icc' into the field, I think - it's a VS default
setting that is meaningful to the prog., not a real .icc
Tony,
I played with the monitor ICC profile. I could not browse to a file
named 'monitor.icc' as my system doesn't seem to have a monitor.icc
file. I searched the hard drive, and the closest I came up with is a
file called
c:\Program Files\Common Files\Polaroid Imaging\Profiles\monitor,pc.icc
I
I usually use the WB setting but as you do, I will sometimes use the
neutral setting.
I haven't used Ektachrome in quite a while, but the film I have used
when not shooting Velvia is Elite Extra Chrome, which I understand is
the consumer version of Ektachrome 100VS (I think...)I actually like
Hi,
I've asked this before and then been side tracked.
I'm still looking for a flatbed scanner that I can use for my 8X10 BW
negatives. I have something between 300 and 500 to scan and then I will
never need that functionality again (sold the 8X10 camera about 7 years ago
after not using it for
From: BRAD DAVIS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm still looking for a flatbed scanner that I can use for my 8X10 BW
negatives. I have something between 300 and 500 to scan and then I will
never need that functionality again (sold the 8X10 camera about 7 years ago
after not using it for a decade) - there
Epson makes a high quality flatbed that will certainly take you 8x10 negs.
Look on their website. It's less than $500 and has serious resolution.
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At 05:19 PM Wednesday 12/28/2005, you wrote:
I have a terrible time
getting satisfactory color rendition with VueScan.
Viewscan can be colour managed - you can purchase IT8 profiles for each film
type and the software will adjust the colour as necessary.
I never got it to work, however!
Tony,
Thanks. In comparing the SS400 scan results between Vuescan and the old
Polaroid Polacolor Insight, I find Vuescan seems to give a sharper scan
but produced a scan terribly biased toward blue. It just takes me
forever to correct the colors with Vuescan.
Even using the grey balance dropper,
Rich:
I use the 1640SU Epson Perfection with Vuescan. Fine for me but I'm not a
pro.The
film adaptor is an optional extra. Have had this a few years so may not be
available
now.
Good Luck
Myles Dryden
***
Date sent: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:01:09 -0500
I think what has happened is that as the resolution that flatbed
scanners were able to offer at reasonable prices increased, it became
very possible to offer film scanning, especially small and medium format
films. At 2400 dpi and above, these scanner are able to provide the
mechanical resolution
On 16/12/2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was hoping to find a flatbad for around $100.
Format no bigger than std 8.5x11 or A4 (or close to it).
I use a crummy, cheap Canon Lide 50. Originally bought for messing about
with Profile Prism. Its LED lightsource is relatively un-metameric
compared to
I think that these days you will probably find that all the flatbeds offer
some form of film scanning capability since the cost differential between
offering it and not offering it is minimal and the inclusion is a big
selling point for most potential amateur and hobbyist buyers - especially
with
I think any Epson flatbed would be fine - I have the old Epson Perfection
1200, which scans at 1200ppi maximum, and IMHO it provides excellent
results. I've scanned BW and color photos, magazine and book images, and
just the other day a notebook computer RAM chip.
I did spring for SilverFast SE
Peter
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Hi,
I've been using my Polaroid SS4000 for some time and have noticed a problem
which has increased with time. Scanning negatives has always worked well,
but occasionally (now nearly all the time) I have a problem with the
Please forward any questions relative to the Polaroid scanner to :
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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:49 AM
To: Kapetanakis, Constantine
Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Old
Berry,
Any chance your software is corrupted? If you have a mac, you might
try trashing the preference file, or uninstalling and reinstalling
the windows software.
You might try Vuescan as alternative software, too.
Good luck,
Carlisle
On Nov 17, 2005, at 9:27 PM, Berry Ives wrote:
I
Did you call Nikon Service? They will walk you through a diagnostic
procedure that will help determine what is wrong -- or rather whether
you need to send it in to get fixed. It can't hurt to call them.
Berry Ives wrote:
I didn't see my email posted on the list, so I am sending it again. Not
Dieder,
Your shots remind me of the time someone printed my
120 negative by running not only the negative through
the printer but also the transparent plastic protector
sleeves. I got the same reticulated wavy appearance I
see from your K chromes.\
Warren
Warren Xato
For where to go when you
Dieder Bylsma wrote:
re: lines... does this happen with alternate s/w used to scan? i.e.
hamrick.com's vuescan?
Dear Dieder,
I scanned slides with the Minolta software and also with Vuescan, and in
both
cases, the lines appear.
Regards,
Pat
Not having the scanner you mention, can you insert single frames w/o the
motorized carrier being used? i.e. like a slide?
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Here are a few images from the 5400 II
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/temp/albert_tower.jpg
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/temp/albert_tower_crop.tif
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/temp/albert_tower_crop_levels.tif
The jpg has it's angle adjusted. The crop image does not have the
angle
[snip]
For the same reason as most on this forum I'd always steered clear of LCD's
until recently, when it became necessary to find something lighter to
transport (getting old arthritic.)
After a lot of research, I settled on Dell's FP1905 and was quite surprised
how good it is (I'd been using a
This film scanner is receiving a lot of commentary. My suggestion is
that anyone considering it be sure to read the FULL reviews about it to
better understand it's limitations and benefits. I is certainly cheap,
and apparently high res, but it is not without major flaws.
It comes with
whose front elements and often rear elements are
accessible to users.
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OK, I give up, I'm beginning to sound like an echo in here...
You're just one step (or more) ahead on me each time I post... I best
read your replies before answering ;-)
Art
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If the optical resolution is variable and YES there are scanners that
can do it (they have
That's what I thought also... although I'm a bit late on this (again!)
Art
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Lens coatings MUST be on the outside surface of the lens or else they
don't work. Pretty much, they would be on every glass-air interface.
Mr. Bill
Laurie Solomon wrote:
Without trying to
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The native optical resolution of this scanner varies
dependent upon the size of the image being scanned. In the
case of 35mm film, which
Chris,
Thanks for the edifying trip into AR coating technology. Very interesting.
Art
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To my (admittedly limited) knowledge, I believe AR coatings
need to be on the front/rear surfaces of the lens to do much
of their work. Some lenses also have internal lens groups
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This was the head of Schneider Optics USA service.
Mr. Bill
P.S. The original question
I had a problem obtaining isopropyl alcohol about 2 months
ago and the chemists - about half a dozen local ones - all
said it was due to new (?) fire regulations. However, I did
find one in Marlow, Bucks who had a full 500ml bottle and
also a half full one.
Unsure where we get our IPA (not
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Subject: [filmscanners] Re: HP PhotsSmart - questions
On 6 Aug 2005 at 12:06, Laurie Solomon wrote:
As for the question of why 150 dpi appears sharper than
300 dpi when
scanning
I can't speak for any desktop scanner, we never discussed AR coating
while I was at Agfa, but every Scitex scanner has an AR coated flatbed.
Mr. Bill
Arthur Entlich wrote:
I have yet to see an anti-reflective coating on the glass of a flatbed
scanner, and I have owned half a dozen different
, 2005 8:39 AM
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I was surprised, but the Schneider guy recommended the dilute
Windex solution without any reservations.
Mr. Bill
Laurie Solomon wrote:
I would speculate that the impact that various dilutions
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The native optical resolution of this scanner varies
dependent upon the size of the image being scanned. In the
case of 35mm
Fair enough, I have never purchased a high end professional scanner of
the value of a Scitex model. You make a good point. For the average
user, I don't think even the better quality desktop scanners use AR
glass. It is just too costly. In fact, I don't even think most desktop
scanners use
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If the optical resolution is variable and YES there are
scanners that can do it (they have to be able to change the
distance between
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Subject: [filmscanners] Re: HP PhotsSmart - questions
Anti-reflection coating on the flatbed of a scanner has
nothing to do with uncovered parts of the flatbed and
everything to do with the fact that anytime the image forming
light hits a glass-air surface there is the potential
You are not wrong, but you have very much oversimplified things.
Basically, the optical resolution of a scanner is determined by how many
pixels the sensor (CCD,CMOS) captures and how wide a strip the scanner
scans.
So, a scanner with a 5,000 element (pixel) sensor that covered a strip
1 wide
Laurie,
You've got things oversimplified here, or maybe disconnected.
Yes, stray light inside the scanner (from having artwork not covering
the entire flatbed) is an issue and affects (reduces) contrast (but may
improve shadow detail), however this is NOT controlled by AR coatings on
the lens or
Stripes and strips may not be the same. One CCD 'strip' could
capture three scan 'stripes' for each scan line via three different color
filters. Problem is that we don't know today what the HP writer meant by
the term stripes in 1997-98.
Bob Shomler
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Don't confuse a
In '97-'98 they were probably trying to describe a tri-linear array so
I'd take that as stripes, and bet my own money on it. Almost every
scanner out at that time used tri-linear arrays. The price-point of the
HP would prevent them from profitably installing multiple CCD's and it's
not a
On 8 Aug 2005 at 16:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stripes and strips may not be the same. One CCD 'strip' could
capture three scan 'stripes' for each scan line via three different color
filters. Problem is that we don't know today what the HP writer meant by
the term stripes in 1997-98.
electronics grade alcohol may possibly be isopropyl alcohol
Here in the UK at least a long time ago I found no one would sell isopropyl
alcohol
probably due to government restrictions.
denatured
alcohol is methylated spirits here in the UK.
Yes, and it seems impossible to find what the
I do not have answers to the question of cleaning the internal optics,
mirror, or sensors; nor do I have an answer to why 150 dpi appears
sharper than 300 dpi when scanning a 3 x 5 color print. I take it that
this is a flatbed scanner.
I would suggest the obvious with respect to cleaning. You
Windex contains amonia which can etch coatings. Never use it on optics.
Electronics grade alcohol is generally accepted as best for optics. I
use cottonballs rather than cloth.
Laurie Solomon wrote:
I do not have answers to the question of cleaning the internal optics,
mirror, or sensors; nor
On 6 Aug 2005 at 12:06, Laurie Solomon wrote:
As for the question of why 150 dpi appears sharper than 300 dpi when
scanning a 3 x 5 color print, you did not tell us if the result you
speak of was on the monitor or on a hard copy print
At this point I'm just looking at the results on a 19inch
When I was in the camera repair business I used denatured alcohol cut
5-% with ether. The ether dispersed water droplets and promoted faster
drying. Other recommendations from factory repair houses included MEK
and distilled water with a drop or so of mild dish washing detergent.
Jim
lists
I had (still have one in a box somewhere upstairs) and
the calibration card was not a sheet of paper but
looked like a 5x7 glossy paper that one half white and
half black. You insert the white part first and then
the calibration occurs as it scans the black part. As
to cleaning the sensor, IIRC,
You are mistaken. I've communicated with the head of service for
Schneider Optics and Windex diluted 50:50 with water is the #1 thing he
recommends for cleaning lenses.
Most lens cleaners are water bases, not alcohol based.
Mr. Bill
lists wrote:
Windex contains amonia which can etch
as long as they do not leave behind
any form of lint or cotton strings or dust.
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Hi Laurie,
On 6 Aug 2005 at 12:06, Laurie Solomon wrote:
I do not have answers to the question of cleaning the
internal optics,
mirror
They advertise Windex with Ammonia D. Of course it has ammonia. You
can find any number of references that state ammonia destroys coatings:
http://www.opticallabproducts.com/07/young.php
I don't even clean my car windows with windex. I use the same
electronics grade alcohol, especially if I'm
The water would have to be purified as well, else you would get mineral
deposits.
Mike Kersenbrock wrote:
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You are mistaken. I've communicated with the head of service for
Schneider Optics and Windex diluted 50:50 with water is the #1 thing he
recommends for cleaning
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