Thanks, Tom! I had been wondering why the wood screws were taking me so long to drive in. Thought I had it solved when I decided that the pointy end should go in first. ;-)) (having a giddy moment)
Jack --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Common sense point... :-) ... I only once considered scanning 35 film > with a > flat bed scanner. It was a high-end (for the time) HP something or > the > other. I looked at what the add on attachment cost vs. the price of > a > dedicated film scanner which was something like $100 for the > attachment vs. > $350 for the dedicated film scanner. The choice was obvious based on > the > value I was getting and film scanners were a pretty nifty item. > > There's the right tool for every job and using an all-purpose > flat-bed > scanner that was not really designed to scan film as a film scanner > is not > using the right tool for the job, as anecdotal evidence bears out. If > that's > all one has, then OK, but in a general discussion about film > scanning, any > talk about how bad or hard your experience was, is sort of missing > the > point. > > It's like telling how hard it is to pound in a woodscrew with a tack > hammer. > Certainly one can probably accomplish it, but it's not representative > of how > to drive in a screw. > > > Tom C. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Scott > > Loveless > > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:57 AM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Shooting film (Velvia) > > > > Adam Maas wrote: > > > Velvia and Kodachrome are too high contrast to get good scans on > low-end > > > flatbed scanners and older mid/high-end flatbeds. The scanners > simply > > > don't have the DMax to handle these emulsions. > > > > I'll agree with that. I've never shot Velvia, but Kodachrome is > nearly > > impossible to scan with a low-end flatbed. If the photo doesn't > have > > dense shadows I can get a scan suitable for web viewing. That's > about > > as good as it gets. Astia, Provia and E100 are much more > forgiving. > > > > -- > > Scott Loveless > > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and > follow the > > directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
