filmscanners: Comparing scanners

2001-08-27 Thread Rob Geraghty
Just a thought - I don't know the guts of how Photoshop produces histograms, so this may not work as well as I think it could... Would it be a useful comparison of scanners to scan the same slide with Vuescan to raw files and compare the histograms? It seemed to me that this might give some sort

Re: filmscanners: Comparing scanners

2001-08-28 Thread Mark T.
<> G'day rob. Being in your neck of the woods (well, at least the same hemisphere!), I would be happy to share a slide or negative or two, and produce some raw scans on my Acer 2720S. Let me know if you get any other responses, and I'll give you a postal address. I think it would be an inte

Re: filmscanners: Comparing scanners

2001-08-28 Thread Mark T.
Ooops. Apologies to list members for more clutter. It was *meant* to be offlist.. ..old age approacheth!.. mark t At 07:51 PM 28/08/01 +0930, Mark T slipped up and wrote: ><> > >G'day rob. etc..

Re: filmscanners: Comparing scanners

2001-08-28 Thread Mike Duncan
>Just a thought - I don't know the guts of how Photoshop produces histograms, >so this may not work as well as I think it could... Would it be a useful >comparison of scanners to scan the same slide with Vuescan to raw files >and compare the histograms? I suggest Stouffer gray target from www.dar

Re: filmscanners: Comparing scanners

2001-08-29 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Mike Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Just a thought - I don't know the guts of how Photoshop produces histograms, > >so this may not work as well as I think it could... Would it be a useful > >comparison of scanners to scan the same slide with Vuescan to raw files > >and compare the histogr

Re: filmscanners: Comparing scanners

2001-08-29 Thread Mike Duncan
>"Mike Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I suggest Stouffer gray target from www.darkroom-innovations.com. You'll >> find media settings in VS make big difference in OD range. > >A gray target would be nice but I don't think I could afford the import at >the moment. You might try your photo