Re: Transperancy scanning

2002-03-09 Thread gfen
Oh, I'm about to give up and just buy a new scanner. It just seems easier. -- http://www.infotainment.org "The destructive character is cheerful." - Walter Benjamin - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the direction

Re: Transperancy scanning

2002-03-09 Thread Andreas
On 7 Mar 2002, at 14:05, gfen wrote: > On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Andreas wrote: > > It would be better but it can work without switching it off. But a > > lightbox is much to dark, you will need a much brighter light. > > Well, define "brighter light" then. :) Indeed is is not very clear, but ... I

Re: Transperancy scanning

2002-03-09 Thread Paul Stenquist
Does it have a transparency adapter? Something like a light box that can be placed above the flatbed tray? I've seen some flatbeds that purport to scan transparencies without such an adapter, but most require such a device. Paul Satish Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry I was off duty & could not repl

Re: Transperancy scanning

2002-03-07 Thread gfen
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, T Rittenhouse wrote: > Seems like a lot of work. Bill Owen got an discontinued model Epson with It actually wouldn't be that tough if it were a matter of flipping a floursecent bulb or something overtop of the neg, and turning a switch off. However, anything beyond that IS s

Re: Transperancy scanning

2002-03-07 Thread gfen
On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Andreas wrote: > It would be better but it can work without switching it off. But a lightbox is > much to dark, you will need a much brighter light. Well, define "brighter light" then. :) As long as I don't have position the metal halides to point at the bed, its possibly do-

Re: Transperancy scanning

2002-03-07 Thread Andreas
On 7 Mar 2002, at 8:42, gfen wrote: > On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I tried this on my flatbed scanner using my lightbox, but it did not > > work well at all. I tried 6x6cm negatives and slides but with > > little success. > > I'd heard tale of others trying it. I guess the

Re: Transperancy scanning

2002-03-07 Thread gfen
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I tried this on my flatbed scanner using my lightbox, but it did not work > well at all. I tried 6x6cm negatives and slides but with little success. I'd heard tale of others trying it. I guess the deal is that the scanner lamp needs to be turned off

Re: Transperancy scanning

2002-03-06 Thread gfen
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Anand DHUPKAR wrote: > If you have a flat bed scanner, there might be an accessory - which > will let you scan films. Even if it is having accessory, you need to this brings up a question from me: I have an Acer 35mm neg scanner, and an older MicroTek E3 flatbed. It has no t

Re: Transperancy Scanning

2002-03-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
It's easy to scan transparencies with the right equipment. However, you either need a dedicated film scanner or a flatbed that is a dual purpose scanner. If the scanner is suitable for transparency scanning, the software will have a setting for the scanning of positives. Since you're working with

Transperancy Scanning

2002-03-05 Thread Satish Kumar
Hi, I want to know whether there is possibility to scan Positives. If so how? Thanks in advance for the help. Satish Madras/India - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Ga