One of the things I'm inspecting carefully is colour depth. I've got a
slide of a red geranium (on Velvia) that I cannot get a decent scan of
with the Craposcan. It looks indescribably dull and if I try to boost the
saturation, the image just goes a sort of wierd fluorescent hue before it
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/08/26 Fri AM 01:06:22 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Re: Film scanner question
the real test is scanning greens. the eye is most sensitive in that color
area.
Herb...
Care to elucidate?
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From: Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/08/26 Fri AM 01:27:55 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Film scanner question
I think you run a MAC. PS uses all the memory on MAC'., With PC's it will
only use up to 2 gigabytes. PS2 is nice.
graywolf
http
From: John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/08/26 Fri AM 07:28:42 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Re: Film scanner question
One of the things I'm inspecting carefully is colour depth. I've got a
slide of a red geranium (on Velvia) that I cannot get a decent scan
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the real test is scanning greens. the eye is most sensitive in that color
area.
Care to elucidate?
1: The green channel of a digital image very closely corresponds to the
overall luminance of the image.
2: The human
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/08/26 Fri PM 01:11:21 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Film scanner question
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the real test is scanning greens. the eye is most sensitive
On 25/8/05, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
My only excuse is that I am brain damaged, and can not seem to learn from
experience.
Mark!
(FWIW, this sounds like me actually)
Cheers,
Cotty
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required for
scanning dense slides accurately that give me the most trouble.
Herb
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Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 3:36 AM
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From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date
Me too.
Dave
On 8/27/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 25/8/05, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
My only excuse is that I am brain damaged, and can not seem to learn from
experience.
Mark!
(FWIW, this sounds like me actually)
Cheers,
Cotty
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Anyone used one of these? Any opinions?
http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=2101
At work I use a Nikon CoolScan 8000ED. At home I have a Minolta ScanDual
III. Last winter I got to see a demo of the KonicaMinolta Scan Elite 5400
II, which included making prints and
From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/08/25 Thu AM 05:36:55 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Film scanner question
On Aug 24, 2005, at 9:41 PM, mike wilson wrote:
That's the one I'm aiming for but my wallet keeps crying, wailing
and gnashing its cards
From: John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One question people ask is, why get the Nikon when the KM ScanElite 5400
produces higher resolution scans (5400 ppi vs the Nikon's 4000 ppi) for less
money? Well, as far as I can tell, the higher resolution is primarily
marketing. Yeah, you get more
25, 2005 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: Film scanner question
I upgraded from 1Gb to 3Gb. I've found that any more than about 2Gb may
be pointless anyway. Photoshop CS and CS2 don't behave well when they're
using more than about 1Gb... I tend to leave a lot of apps open in the
background which
the real test is scanning greens. the eye is most sensitive in that color
area.
Herb...
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From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Film scanner question
One of the things I'm
. the OS uses only
4G, but that is a different issue. some plugins have lots of problem
with too much RAM though.
Herb
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To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: Film scanner question
I
Message - From: David Mann
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To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:36 AM
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I upgraded from 1Gb to 3Gb. I've found that any more than about
2Gb may be pointless anyway. Photoshop CS and CS2 don't behave
well when
of
problem with too much RAM though.
Herb
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To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:36 AM
Subject: Re: Film scanner question
I upgraded from 1Gb to 3Gb. I've found that any more than about
2Gb may
On Aug 25, 2005, at 7:39 PM, Graywolf wrote:
Sorry I commented on one of your posts with some simple information
for those who might not know of it. ...
You did? sorry, I hadn't noticed.
Godfrey
On Aug 24, 2005, at 7:21 PM, mike wilson wrote:
Anyone used one of these? Any opinions?
http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=2101
A friend of mine has one of these and is very pleased with it. At
the time he purchased it he was able to evaluate both Nikon and
From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/08/24 Wed AM 09:28:26 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Film scanner question
On Aug 24, 2005, at 7:21 PM, mike wilson wrote:
Anyone used one of these? Any opinions?
http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp
mike wilson wrote on 24.08.05 9:21:
Anyone used one of these? Any opinions?
http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=2101
Mike, I didn't use this model, but I have and use its predecessor - Elite II
and it is great machine, certainly giving much faster and better qquality
On Aug 24, 2005, at 12:21 AM, mike wilson wrote:
Anyone used one of these? Any opinions?
http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=2101
Reports on the MInolta 5400 have been good, but reports on the 5400
II have not been. I know at least two people who were disappointed
That's one of the reasons I bought the Nikon.
Shel
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From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
Reports on the MInolta 5400 have been good, but reports on the 5400
II have not been. I know at least two people who were disappointed
enough in the 5400 II model that they returned it and
Thanks for all the responses. Some excellently useful information in
there that I am going to sift gently for a while.
m
On Aug 24, 2005, at 9:41 PM, mike wilson wrote:
That's the one I'm aiming for but my wallet keeps crying, wailing
and gnashing its cards.
You're living too close to Scotland :) When I bought mine I just
thought about how much they used to cost. I'd been saving for a
while and it did
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
...
Oh yeah the slide FILM. Whats out there in
200 and 400 speed thats good? I'm used to
shooting K64, but its too slow to often.
...
Personally I never found any slide film over ISO 100 to be really
satisfactory in terms of grain. Besides ISO 400 are quite more
Flavio Minelli wrote:
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
Oh yeah the slide FILM. Whats out there in
200 and 400 speed thats good? I'm used to
shooting K64, but its too slow to often.
Personally I never found any slide film over ISO 100 to be really
satisfactory in terms of grain. Besides ISO 400 are
So it's astounding in more ways than one.
At 11:09 AM 2/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
On Friday, February 22, 2002, at 10:35 AM, Flavio Minelli wrote:
Maybe recent Provia 400 (F?) is better as I heard wildlife photographers
are using it more and more.
Provia 400F is astounding. And very
I don't know if prices will fall more sharply in the near future, but I'd
guess that the new crop of 4000 dpi scanners that have come out recently
have had their impact on the prices of the 2400 dpi models. The Scan Elite
I bought for $1,200 two and a half years ago now sells for $650 - I
Yes, film scanner have been falling in price quite a bit. I have a
Polaroid SS4000, and except for Polaroid going out of business, I
recommend it. It can be had for about $500, I think, and it comes with
Silverfast.
Now, since you have a 67, you might want to look into a scanner that
can do
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