Re: filmscanners: Scan Dual II Bad Elements - was Supra 400 shadows

2001-08-07 Thread Arthur Entlich
Norman Unsworth wrote: How do the bad elements in the CCD evidence themselves? I'm sorry to report my second Minolta Dual Scan II is going to need replacement as well. Not only does it have a few funky elements in each color, (more on that later), but today I scanned some neg film

Re: filmscanners: Scan Dual II problem

2001-04-11 Thread Berry Ives
on 3/24/01 5:24 PM, Berry Ives at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guess this is a question for Minolta... My scanner just started making a thin band across the long dimension of the image, viewable on the monitor and comes out on the print as well. The band has a cyan cast, and it is about 1/32"

Re: filmscanners: Scan Dual II problem

2001-03-24 Thread Arthur Entlich
This could either be a failed CCD sensor, or, more likely some dust that has fallen over the CCD. Try placing the scanner on its side and gently tap it on all sides. Then try scanning something with it still on it's side. That might fix it. If not, some careful use of compressed air in

Re: filmscanners: Scan Dual II

2001-03-10 Thread Arthur Entlich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now for something completely different: what is the difference between the Scan Dual II and Scan Dual II White? Both come up after a search of cdnet and znet, with the White version being about $50 more. It may be the Genuine Fractals software, but I'm not

Re: filmscanners: Scan Dual II

2001-03-10 Thread Berry Ives
on 3/10/01 2:08 AM, Arthur Entlich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now for something completely different: what is the difference between the Scan Dual II and Scan Dual II White? Both come up after a search of cdnet and znet, with the White version being about

Re: filmscanners: Scan Dual II

2001-03-10 Thread Bigboy9955
In a message dated 3/10/2001 6:40:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does it mention if Photoshop 5.0LE also comes with the white, as well as the GF software? Art Says it comes with both for both "versions". I have since e-mailed Minolta and was very surprised by the

Re: filmscanners: Scan Dual II on Mac platform

2001-02-24 Thread Tony Sleep
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:08:18 -0700 Berry Ives ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 4. I had a lot of trouble trying to get neutral gray in the background out-of-focus area of one image (Fuji S400). I ended up accepting some magenta surrounding the darker grays that came out okay, and then around the

Re: filmscanners: Scan Dual II

2000-12-01 Thread Dale Gail
Title: RE: filmscanners: Scan Dual II Hi Daryl, I would appreciate itvery much if you had a few sample slide scans, type of shot could be landscapes, people, street scenes and of course in color. I have slides dating back to 1960 which I want to scan to CD. A comparison scan using

RE: filmscanners: Scan Dual II

2000-11-30 Thread Daryl G. Jurbala
Title: RE: filmscanners: Scan Dual II I have been very happy with mine, but I use VueScan. I scan mostly slides (Kodachrome and Provia). It has some troubles with certain Velvia images, as most CCD scanners seem to. I wish I had a Q-60 to scan on it, but I may be able to come up with some

RE: filmscanners: Scan Dual II using Minolta s/w: 16-bit or 16-bit linear for data setting?

2000-11-24 Thread Bond, Alistair
Felix Sieder wrote: Am I better choosing 16-bit or 16-bit linear for the data settings under preferences. Is there any difference between these two if I don't alter the colour or curve correction settings in the software? I can only speculate (I have an Elite) but with the Elite the 16-bit