Paul, I printed the scan as JCO did it. Only slight crop to fit 8X10 dimensions. Like I said, it seems better than the scans from my unit, but not quite as crisp as from my lab. Had I gotten results like JCO's, I might have kept the unit.
Bruce Monday, June 03, 2002, 5:13:27 PM, you wrote: PJ> Hi Bruce, PJ> Did you apply any sharpening to the image? PJ> Thanks, PJ> Paul PJ> ----- Original Message ----- PJ> From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PJ> To: "David Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PJ> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:44 AM PJ> Subject: Re[6]: 6X7 Fujichromes (Bruce)2450 >> David, >> >> I just printed JCO's image on my Epson 820 at 8X10. It didn't look as >> soft as my scans. Still didn't look quite as good as I would expect a >> print from a 67 neg. Detail is basically there but just not as crisp. >> I'm guessing that there is some variation from unit to unit in focus >> as has been discussed previously. Let us know what you find. >> >> >> Bruce >> >> >> >> Monday, June 03, 2002, 4:20:56 PM, you wrote: >> >> DB> Hi Paul and Bruce.Hopefully some >> DB> experimentation this and next week will help >> DB> and confirm some suspisions. >> DB> All in all its good sofar. >> >> DB> Dave >> >> DB> ---- Begin Original Message ---- >> >> DB> From: "Paul Ewins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> DB> Sent: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 19:46:52 +1000 >> DB> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> DB> Subject: Re: Re[3]: 6X7 Fujichromes (Bruce)2450 >> >> >> DB> Hi Bruce, >> DB> I haven't had any problems with my >> DB> 2450, but I have read of someone >> DB> who found that the lens on their 2450 was not >> DB> focussed to the correct >> DB> distance. I think they had to pack pieces of >> DB> thin card (or thick paper) >> DB> under the holders and slides to get the >> DB> distance right. If that was the >> DB> problem with yours then sending it back was the >> DB> best course of action. >> DB> I guess the tolerances on the 2450 just aren't >> DB> up to the same standard as a >> DB> dedicated film scanner. Still, what you pay for >> DB> is what you get. >> >> DB> Paul Ewins >> DB> Melbourne, Australia >> >> >> >> DB> ----- Original Message ----- >> DB> From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> DB> To: "David Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> DB> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 12:44 AM >> DB> Subject: Re[3]: 6X7 Fujichromes (Bruce)2450 >> >> >> >> David, >> >> >> >> At first I thought it was a film flatness >> DB> problem, too. I tried >> >> several things including putting slide (not >> DB> mounted) against flatbed >> >> and another layer of glass on top of >> DB> that. It still came out soft. If >> >> I hadn't been scanning 35mm with a film >> DB> scanner for so long, I might >> >> not have noticed. Then getting a print back >> DB> from and trying to print >> >> the same on scanned by me, oh dear, not even >> DB> close. So I had them >> >> scan the slide and print it. Looked about >> DB> the same as their lab >> >> print. Then I took their scan and printed it >> DB> at home. Looked about >> >> as good as their print. Just my scan off the >> DB> 2450 looked much worse. >> >> >> >> I can say I had slightly better luck with >> DB> negatives versus slides >> >> (flatness issue?). >> >> >> >> >> >> Bruce >> DB> - >> DB> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail >> DB> List. To unsubscribe, >> DB> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the >> DB> directions. Don't forget to >> DB> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at >> DB> http://pug.komkon.org . >> >> >> >> DB> ---- End Original Message ---- >> >> >> >> >> DB> Pentax User >> DB> Stouffville Ontario Canada >> DB> http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ >> DB> http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses >> DB> Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail >> DB> - >> DB> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >> DB> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >> DB> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >> - >> 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' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . PJ> - PJ> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, PJ> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to PJ> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - 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' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
