filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 & ICE

2000-11-22 Thread ESkorpideas
Hi everyone, I am relatively new to the list and possibly my question has already been discussed in previous postings. If so, could someone please point me to the right direction? I am considering of buying a filfscanner but hesitating between Nikon LS-30 and Canon 2710. Does anyone know if ther

RE: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 & ICE

2000-11-22 Thread Bond, Alistair
Nodas wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a function similar to > Nikon'sICE, implemented in any of the commercial > software packages? The key element of the ICE feature in both the Nikons and the Minolta Elite is a separate Infra-red, which detects surface defects and dust. Many other pac

Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 & ICE

2000-11-22 Thread Rob Geraghty
Nodas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > computing power available on desktop machines, the same scratch-removal > algorithm used by Nikon (don't know whether is Nikon's patent or not) > should be possible to be ported to an image manipulation program, or even > a device driver. It's not Nikon's patent

Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 & ICE

2000-11-22 Thread Wei Hua
all. Wei - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 5:21 AM Subject: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 & ICE > I am considering of buying a filfscanner but hesitating between Nikon LS-30 > and Canon 2710. Does an

Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 & ICE

2000-11-22 Thread photoscientia
> However, ICE requires an Infra-red channel from > the scanner to work properly, and only the Nikon and Minolta Scan Elite > (AFAIK) scanners have it. Consequently they are the only scanners which can > use ICE. I don't think I'm letting any cats out of any bags by saying that Acer's soon-to-be

Re[2]: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 & ICE

2000-11-22 Thread Guy Prince
Hi, Yeah, I have to say that once you add in the ICE on a 1200 + dpi pass my scan time really increases. The slides I have been scanning lately have been 4 year old Kodachrome and Ektachrome with TONS of dust particles and little hairs. I get rid of most with air and a soft brus

Re: Re[2]: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 & ICE

2000-11-22 Thread Ezio
; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 1:17 AM Subject: Re[2]: filmscanners: Nikon LS-30 & ICE > > > Hi, > >Yeah, I have to say that once you add in the ICE on a 1200 + dpi >pass my scan time really increases. >The slides I have been