Re: OK, Now Where Do I Go? [was Re: Scanning Terminology Questions]

2002-01-07 Thread Doug Franklin
Hi Cotty, On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 23:00:18 +, Cotty wrote: Yup. The Nikon site proclaims that there is no Nikon-originated profile for the LS-1000. I have searched a bit further. I use Google almost exclusively [...] I'm afraid I can't help much, then. :-) In Evening's Photoshop for

Re: OK, Now Where Do I Go? [was Re: Scanning Terminology Questions]

2002-01-07 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Hi Cotty, if you want to make the work yourself, there are very good _freeware_ (so you don't have to have PS6) tools for generating ICC/ICM (?) profiles from scans of a known target. Generally, it works by scanning a known target like IT-8, (e.g. Kodak's Q60 or the equivalent

Re: OK, Now Where Do I Go? [was Re: Scanning Terminology Questions]

2002-01-07 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Monday, January 07, 2002, 2:37:01 PM, Doug wrote: [...] DF Photographers book, he mentions that there's a company out there that DF will build a profile for a specific output device. My suspicion is DF that it's more expensive than a new scanner that does have an ICC DF profile from the

Re: OK, Now Where Do I Go? [was Re: Scanning Terminology Questions]

2002-01-06 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 12:27 AM Subject: OK, Now Where Do I Go? [was Re: Scanning Terminology Questions] | Hi Paul ... | | That's the scanner I've used a few times. It seems to be a pretty

Re: OK, Now Where Do I Go? [was Re: Scanning Terminology Questions]

2002-01-06 Thread Cotty
over here the very good printers who do Iris etc. prints also do the scanning themselves rather than taking a customer's scan. This lets them control the entire process and avoids discussions about whose fault it is if the print isn't up to scratch. It means the entire process is calibrated in

Re: OK, Now Where Do I Go? [was Re: Scanning Terminology Questions]

2002-01-06 Thread Doug Franklin
Hi Cotty, On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:14:46 +, Cotty wrote: scanning themselves rather than taking a customer's scan. [...] It means the entire process is calibrated in the same way. Indeed. Is this what is known as a 'closed loop' setup? Yes, it is. Alas, a lowly Nikon LS-1000 film

OK, Now Where Do I Go? [was Re: Scanning Terminology Questions]

2002-01-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Paul ... That's the scanner I've used a few times. It seems to be a pretty capable machine. It does 4000 ppi. One of the questions I have to answer is am I going to make serious prints from scans? If so, then I'm going to want a scanner that will give me the broadest range of detail and