Re: filmscanners: leveling scanners

2001-06-21 Thread jimhayes
Um, I would worry about maintaining six inches open space behind scanner and, observing that there appear to be a perf pattern of holes on lower right toward rear-my mechanical R&D experience says "keep two inches away from the holes" in case they are for ventilation... "Sam A. McCandless" wrote

Re: filmscanners: leveling scanners

2001-06-18 Thread Sam A. McCandless
This is just a note of thanks to all those who helped me answer, in the negative, the question of whether scanners need to be level. From the responses both on this list and on the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> list, it seems to be a non-issue. Sam

Re: filmscanners: leveling scanners

2001-06-18 Thread Lynn Allen
Robert wrote: >>the red and cyan colour fringing around high contrast edges >>didn't change at all. Tony answered: >This is fairly characteristic of all filmscanners, to a degree at least. >Have a close look at some of the native resolution samples for different >scanners at my site. I don't bel

Re: filmscanners: leveling scanners

2001-06-18 Thread Tony Sleep
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:31:34 +1000 Robert Q Groom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Alas, the red and cyan colour fringing around high contrast edges > didn't change > at all. :-( This is fairly characteristic of all filmscanners, to a degree at least. Have a close look at some of the native reso

Re: filmscanners: leveling scanners

2001-06-16 Thread Robert Q Groom
Tony Sleep wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 20:59:15 -0700 Sam A. McCandless ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > That worries me > > because I think I remember reading somewhere that it's important that > > a scanner sit perfectly flat. > > I don't think filmscanners care, and can't see why they w

RE: filmscanners: leveling scanners

2001-06-16 Thread Tim Atherton
Indeed, most Nikon filmscanners can be used on their side or upright... Tim A

Re: filmscanners: leveling scanners

2001-06-16 Thread Tony Sleep
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 20:59:15 -0700 Sam A. McCandless ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > That worries me > because I think I remember reading somewhere that it's important that > a scanner sit perfectly flat. I don't think filmscanners care, and can't see why they would. Regards Tony Sleep htt

filmscanners: leveling scanners

2001-06-14 Thread Sam A. McCandless
I'm adding a Polaroid Sprint Scan 4000 to my already crowded desktop, and it does not seem (I don't have a level) to sit precisely level in either of the two places I had hoped to put it. That worries me because I think I remember reading somewhere that it's important that a scanner sit perfec