RE: filmscanners: CoolScan IV

2001-06-04 Thread James Grove
Any find there CoolScan IV a bit noisey? -- James Grove [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jamesgrove.co.uk http://www.mountain-photos.co.uk ICQ 99737573

filmscanners: Coolscan IV

2001-04-07 Thread Douglas Landrum
My Coolscan IV is about two weeks old. I have been switching between Nikon Scan 3.0 used as a TWAIN import for Photoshop 6 and Vuescan (7.0.10 to date). Nikon Scan 3.0 has worked without the crashes that some have complained of. Nikon Scan wors flawlessly on my system - my OS is Win 98SE. So

Re: filmscanners: Coolscan IV

2001-04-07 Thread shAf
Douglas writes ... ... Nikon Scan 3.0 has worked without the crashes that some have complained of. Nikon Scan wors flawlessly on my system - my OS is Win 98SE. I think this says more for the maturity of the device drivers for this OS, than the Nikon programmers, although they certainly

Re: filmscanners: CoolScan IV (or LS40)

2001-03-27 Thread Tony Sleep
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:20:28 -0800 (PST) Collin Ong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Interesting that Nikon is also a major provider of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, in which they include steppers that perform *much* more finely that 4000 lines/in. I didn't know that, but that makes

Re: filmscanners: CoolScan IV (or LS40)

2001-03-27 Thread Tony Sleep
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:27:41 Mikael Risedal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: -- What kind of problems with the stepper motor? I have been doing tests with ED4000 during the 2 last weeks. Only problem so fare is to slow software. Not optimized. Please be more specific, and let me know.

Re: filmscanners: CoolScan IV (or LS40)

2001-03-26 Thread Collin Ong
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Tony Sleep wrote: We hope, but during the LS4000's long gestation period there have been persistent (though unconfirmed) rumours that Nikon was having trouble developing 4000line/in stepper motor technology. It's all very intriguing. Interesting that Nikon is also a

Re: filmscanners: CoolScan IV (or LS40)

2001-03-24 Thread Tony Sleep
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 04:22:00 -0800 Arthur Entlich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: The Ls-2000/30 models suffered from some stepper motor problems which likely were designed out of the new scanners. We hope, but during the LS4000's long gestation period there have been persistent (though

filmscanners: CoolScan IV (or LS40)

2001-03-23 Thread vicky
What do you guys expect from Nikon's new upcoming scanner LS40 ? Should I wait or should I buy Canons FS2710 or even the older Nikon LS30 ? Is the gain in density from 3.2 to 3.6 (in ls40) worth waiting and the exta money? Do I really need dpi of 2900 compared to dpi of 2700 ? I'm

Re: filmscanners: CoolScan IV (or LS40)

2001-03-23 Thread Arthur Entlich
HI Vicki, There may be a number of advantages to waiting for Nikon's newer film scanners, unless you must have one in the next several weeks. The Ls-2000/30 models suffered from some stepper motor problems which likely were designed out of the new scanners. Prices on quality CCD chips have