Re: Digital Slide scanners

[Alan C]

A slide duplicator or bellows setup works well (easily & quickly) for 35mm 
slides but is very problematic for negatives. A scanner would allow copying 
of other formats too. In the end, the limiting factor will be your budget.


Alan C

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I picked up a Beseler slide copier from a lab that was closing down a number 
of years ago. That and the K1 give me a 35mp slide scanner that seems to 
work really well.



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 Original message 
From: Doug Brewer 
Date: 04-07-2017  9:45 AM  (GMT-06:00)
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Subject: OT: Digital Slide scanners

I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera
and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some
of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe
scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.

So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have
gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd
appreciate any guidance.

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RE: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[John Coyle]

I still have a ScanWit 720 scanner, but have been unable to find SCSI/USB 
linking cables for it, and
the original SCSI PCI card software will not install in later PC's.  It's now 
gathering dust in my
garage, waiting for me to think of a miracle solution!
OTOH, the Epson V500 does the same job really well, with either the Epson 
software or Vuescan.


John in Brisbane




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A long time ago, it seems, I bought an ACER ScanWit 2720s.  It's a SCSI 
interface device, and while
it's supplied software is hopelessly dated, there is third party software, 
(ViewScan), that will
actually give better scans, taking full advantage of the hardware, which the 
original software never
did.  It got very good reviews for it's output, and specifications equaled or 
bettered much more
expensive units, (when I bought it they were available new for approximately 
$300).  It produced a
9mp scans which I saved as TIFF files and corrected in Photoshop.

There are four notable drawbacks to it.

   It's limited to 35mm filmstrips or slides of 24x36mm mounted in standard 
mounts, you can scan
smaller but not larger so superslides are out thought I think 126 slides will 
work though the
software didn't support it, (110 format slides scanned well, but at a greatly 
reduced resolution of
course, I wish I had a few samples but all those scans disappeared in a hard 
drive crash).

  The slide and film carriers are made entirely out of plastic, and since 
the original
manufacturer sold out to BANQ the scanner, and it's bigger brother, 2047s which 
included digital
ICE, are long discontinued so parts including new carriers are made of 
unobtainable.

  Scanning speeds are oow, so bulk scanning is problematic, 
though how much of
that was due to the limitations of PC hardware at the time is a question, (I 
doubt that the scanner
has a particularly large or even any actual buffer built in.

  Finally reading the specifications, I'm not at all sure that it would 
actually outperform a
current Epson Perfection V550 or V600 which 
will scan up to 6x9cm slides and negatives.   So the effort to getting 
either ScanWit up and running on modern hardware on a modern OS may not be 
worth the effort,
especially as you'd actually have to find one, but if you're interested Amazon 
has on in their
warehouse used for only $127.00


On 4/7/2017 11:45 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:
> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
> and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, 
> some of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
> scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide 
> scanners.
>
> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you 
> have gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner.
> I'd appreciate any guidance.
>


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Re: August Solar Eclipse

[Stanley Halpin]

August 21 2017.


> On Apr 7, 2017, at 7:29 PM, Marnie (aka Doe)  wrote:
> 
> Time frame?
> 
> M aka D
> 
> On 4/7/2017 3:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:
>>> How long has it been since we've had a NorCal gathering? (Assuming you
>>> guys had one or two when I wasn't on PDML.)
>>> 
>>> Just curious. My walking ability is rather limited at the moment.
>> 
>> I guess the last one was when the Coyle's were in town and we went up to
>> Marin.
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Re: August Solar Eclipse

[Larry]

Armistance day
://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157676380966976

On April 7, 2017 4:29:38 PM PDT, "Marnie (aka Doe)"  
wrote:
>Time frame?
>
>M aka D
>
>On 4/7/2017 3:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:
>>> How long has it been since we've had a NorCal gathering? (Assuming
>you
>>> guys had one or two when I wasn't on PDML.)
>>>
>>> Just curious. My walking ability is rather limited at the moment.
>>
>> I guess the last one was when the Coyle's were in town and we went up
>to
>> Marin.
>
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[John Sessoms]

I'm working my way through my own old film & a family archive. I don't
think it would be cost effective to send the work out because it's in so
many different forms.

I have 35mm slides & negatives of my own along with 120 transparencies &
negatives and 4x5 transparencies & negatives.

The family archive consists of 35mm plus 126/127 negatives along with a
few 8x10 negatives from when my grandmother had a studio back in the
1920s. I also have a lot of old prints (1940s through 1970s) for which I
have no negatives.

I'm using the Nikon CoolScan IV ED (LS-40) for all the 35mm & an Epson
V750-M Pro for the others.

I can go through a roll while sitting here at the computer doing other
things on-line.

A couple of problems I've run into & had to solve -

A lot of my old slides & negatives are survivors from Hurricane Fran and
REALLY nasty. The best tool I've found for cleaning them are flushable
baby wipes. If I need to I can scrub fairly hard without scratching the
film. And I don't have to take old Kodachrome out of paper mounts.

Once I have them clean I take my hair dryer and blow dry them on the
lowest setting. That seems to cause the surface of the emulsion to
smooth out. I try not to let the slide get too hot. Doesn't get all the
dirt off of them, but it gets them clean enough that VueScan's IR Clean
can handle it.

The other thing is I'm finding rolls of film that were never cut into
strips. They were rolled up inside film canisters & left for years. I
have a container of Kodak Photo-Flow mixed & I soak the coiled film in
it for a while & then hang it over the bathtub with weights to
straighten it out while it dries. I use the flushable baby wipes to
squeegee it & again blow dry it with a low setting on my hair dryer.

I found a Matin film cutter on Amazon that gives me a lot more precision
than I ever had when I was cutting strips with scissors.

I'm saving everything from VueScan as .DNG files (which I think are just
a wrapper around 16 bit Tiffs).

On 4/7/2017 16:04, Mark C wrote:

Depends on what you want to use the scans for. If you are digitizing a
family archive or plan to just use the scans for web use a V600 might be
fine. Or as others have suggested, use a service. If you are doing
higher end work I would look at a V800 or V850.

I'm using a Nikon LS8000 for 35mm and 120 scans. When it dies I plan to
go with an Epson 800 or 850. But - I only scan negatives these days (B
and color) - no slides. Slides are more demanding, though I expect that
the V800/850 could handle them fine. I don't know about the V600 and
slide film.

- Mark


On 4/7/2017 11:45 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:

I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera
and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides,
some of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe
scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide
scanners.

So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you
have gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner.
I'd appreciate any guidance.






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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[John Sessoms]

It should work.

According to Hamrick's website there's a VueScan version for Apple OS-X
that supports the Nikon LS-1000

https://www.hamrick.com/support/how-to-guides/how-to-install-vuescan-on-mac-os-x.html

http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/nikon_ls_1000.html#technical-information

The 2012 MacBook Pro should have a Firewire 800 port & I found a SCSI to
Firewire adapter at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Systems-FR1SX-FireWire-Converter-IEEE1394/dp/B6BANR

There may also be SCSI to USB or SCSI to Thunderbolt adapters that will 
work.


On 4/7/2017 18:49, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 7/4/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:


I bought a Nikon LS1000


I've got Nikon Coolscan LS1000 I would love to use it again - any
workarounds so I can hook it up to my MacBook Pro 2012

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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Bruce Walker]

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
>
> And after I read your post, I thought maybe instead of scanning slides, it 
> might be more fun
> to secure a slide projector and have slide show night [...] I just may follow 
> my own advice here
> —secure a good working slide projector—and invite people over.

Good luck on finding a working slide projector. You could be forced to
scan the slides and use an LCD projector. I have two old Kodak
Carousels in the basement, neither working. The mechanisms get jammed
over time and become quite useless. Even the bulbs are getting scarce.

I'm thinking about that slide scanning service myself now.

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Re: Epson P600?

[Christine Aguila]

I think I’m going to order the p600 in the next few days.  My R2880 is running 
really wonky.  Cheers, Christine


> On Mar 20, 2017, at 6:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> Hi Christine, 
> 
> I've been using the P600 for a year and a half. Highly recommended. The 
> improved paper feed system over the R2400/R2880 is one of the truly great 
> things about it. Compared to the R2400/R2880, it's got better blacks, better 
> brilliance, and just does a better job. 
> 
> I don't recommend trying to refill the ink tanks. You can't get the Epson 
> inks for refilling of the same formulation. I've found this printer to be 
> pretty economical on ink anyway ... the big tanks help, and I think the heads 
> have greater precision in laying it down. 
> 
> I use Velvet Fine Art and Hot Press Natural papers the most, but swap to 
> Photo Black ink for Exhibition Fiber. It does an excellent job with all 
> three. Also with Hahnemühle Bamboo and other fine art papers  I haven't 
> found any papers that don't work well with it. 
> 
> You can't go wrong with the P600 unless you need the larger paper size of the 
> P800 ... :-)
> 
> G
> 
> On Mar 20, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
> 
 On 3/19/2017 4:21 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
 Hi All:
 
 Is anyone using the Epson P600?
 
 Care to share your thoughts on print quality and user workflows
 and/or issues?
 
 My Epson R2880 is still working, and I have been printing lately,
 just now in fact, but the rollers aren’t always grabbing on the first
 try of a print.  I often have to try a few times before the rollers
 agree to grab the paper and run the print.  I’m a big Velvet Fine Art
 user.  Love that stuff, but I have to use the back feed, and it’s
 been fussy lately.
 
 I’m definitely considering P600 so that I don’t have to change-out
 the photo and matte blacks.  I see the ink cartridges are much bigger
 and $32 a pop (listed on the Epson website).  Any thoughts about
 ink?
 
 If you have the P600, have you tried it on metallic paper or any
 other specialty papers?  Thoughts?  Quality?  I have some metallic
 paper I want to try on the R2880, and may soon, but I’m still
 interested how it works on the P600.
 
 Interested in any and all information you have to share!
 
 Cheers, Christine
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Re: August Solar Eclipse

[Marnie (aka Doe)]

Time frame?

M aka D

On 4/7/2017 3:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:

How long has it been since we've had a NorCal gathering? (Assuming you
guys had one or two when I wasn't on PDML.)

Just curious. My walking ability is rather limited at the moment.


I guess the last one was when the Coyle's were in town and we went up to
Marin.


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Re: Red Topped Barn (with tree top)

[Marnie (aka Doe)]

K. I did it rather quickly just to get it up.

Thanks for looking.

Marnie (aka Doe)

On 4/7/2017 3:39 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

I definitely prefer the composition with the full height tree but the
colour rendering in the other image is a tad more pleasing.

Perhaps a bit of tweaking of the first image would produce the best of
both worlds :-)


Cheers

Brian


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Re: August Solar Eclipse

[Gonz]

I rented a house in western TN via VRBO two and a half years ago.  The
owner was perplexed by the inquiry and the incredibly long lead time
to rent.  Its very close to the max duration point and has space for a
lot of people.  Right now, very few of my family members have replied
as to whether they will come or not.

Interestingly enough, there will be another eclipse just a few years
from now that will pass in totality within about 20 miles from my
house.

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>
>
> John Sessoms wrote:
>
>> I have a viewing spot south of Great Smokey Mountains National Park
>> picked out, but I'll be looking for other options as the date draws
>> nearer based on weather forecasts. If anyone knows long term weather
>> trends & where I will find the highest probability of clear skies, chime
>> in as well.
>
>
> I'm planning on packing up my van and heading to Eastern Oregon, possibly
> western Idaho.  I've got friends in Bend and Nampa that I can stay with,
> both of which are a reasonable driving distance from the path of totality.
> If we had a large contingent, I could drag my 20' enclosed trailer and
> effectively have a portable hotel room for eight of us and our gear, twelve
> if I put all the seats in the van.
>
> Maybe we could do a West Coast equivalent to the PDML GFM trip.
>>
>>
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Christine Aguila]

Hi Doug:

I own the Epson 600, but ironically I have used it way more for document scans 
than photos and slides.  I have tried some slide test scans, and I find the 
quality ok, not great.  I think the 600 is pretty decent for scanning print 
photos though.

But the real reason for my response is twofold:

1) If I had a slide and I wanted a print, I’d take the slide to a place that 
makes prints from the slide—like in the old days.  I don’t know that I’d want 
to fuss around with scanning a bunch of slides, and if I had to do a lot, I’d 
use a service, provided I had the money.

2) When I read your post, I thought of all my dad’s slides and the family slide 
projector and all the nights when the family sat around with popcorn viewing 
the slides.  That was a lot of fun.  And after I read your post, I thought 
maybe instead of scanning slides, it might be more fun to secure a slide 
projector and have slide show night—invite people over—family and friends—order 
a pizza—have some laughs and giggles.  And if folks want a print or two, start 
a list, nothing extensive, and use a service to make them a nice print. With my 
own dad’s passing, I just may follow my own advice here—secure a good working 
slide projector—and invite people over.

Cheers, Christine




> On Apr 7, 2017, at 10:45 AM, Doug Brewer  wrote:
> 
> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera and 
> Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some of which 
> are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe scanning some of 
> them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.
> 
> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have gone 
> down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd appreciate 
> any guidance.
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Re: August Solar Eclipse

[Larry Colen]

Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:

How long has it been since we've had a NorCal gathering? (Assuming you
guys had one or two when I wasn't on PDML.)

Just curious. My walking ability is rather limited at the moment.


I guess the last one was when the Coyle's were in town and we went up to 
Marin.


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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Steve Cottrell]

On 7/4/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I bought a Nikon LS1000

I've got Nikon Coolscan LS1000 I would love to use it again - any
workarounds so I can hook it up to my MacBook Pro 2012

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Re: Red Topped Barn (with tree top)

[Brian Walters]

I definitely prefer the composition with the full height tree but the
colour rendering in the other image is a tad more pleasing. 

Perhaps a bit of tweaking of the first image would produce the best of
both worlds :-)


Cheers

Brian

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On Sat, Apr 8, 2017, at 07:30 AM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:
> Having a heck of a time with flickr, didn't seem to save my album. Not 
> sure why. Anyway...
> 
> I used this on the front of my Xmas card last year. Not for the subject 
> matter, but for the red and green. ;-) Probably technically, a better 
> photo than the other one.
> 
> To get the top of the tree in, I had to be further away from the fence.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33056038794/in/album-72157678979222514/
> 
> But when I went through these photos the other night, I decided I like 
> this one too.. (one I showed already, fence closer, less tree).
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157678979222514/
> 
> You decide which one you like better. YMMV
> 
> Marnie (aka Doe)
> 

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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Mark Roberts]

Larry Colen wrote:

>Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
>
>> It is far more practical if you have several dozens or even hundreds of 
>> frames to scan is to wrap them up and send them off to someone like 
>> http://www.scancafe.com … They'll do as good a job as you will 90-98% of the 
>> time and whatever they charge is a FAR better use of your money and time 
>> than buying a scanner.
>>
>
>My grief with scancafe is that it costs twice as much to get tiffs as it 
>does to get jpegs.  Sure, I'm mostly interested in the quick scan to see 
>which photos are worth going deep and getting good scans, but it's no 
>more work to scan them as Tiff as jpeg.

Good point. (Though I'd be willing to pay the extra if the TIFFs are
16-bit.
 
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Re: August Solar Eclipse

[Marnie (aka Doe)]

How long has it been since we've had a NorCal gathering? (Assuming you 
guys had one or two when I wasn't on PDML.)


Just curious. My walking ability is rather limited at the moment.

Marnie (aka Doe)

On 4/7/2017 2:52 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

John Sessoms wrote:


I have a viewing spot south of Great Smokey Mountains National Park
picked out, but I'll be looking for other options as the date draws
nearer based on weather forecasts. If anyone knows long term weather
trends & where I will find the highest probability of clear skies, chime
in as well.


I'm planning on packing up my van and heading to Eastern Oregon,
possibly western Idaho.  I've got friends in Bend and Nampa that I can
stay with, both of which are a reasonable driving distance from the path
of totality.  If we had a large contingent, I could drag my 20' enclosed
trailer and effectively have a portable hotel room for eight of us and
our gear, twelve if I put all the seats in the van.

Maybe we could do a West Coast equivalent to the PDML GFM trip.


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Re: August Solar Eclipse

[Larry Colen]

John Sessoms wrote:


I have a viewing spot south of Great Smokey Mountains National Park
picked out, but I'll be looking for other options as the date draws
nearer based on weather forecasts. If anyone knows long term weather
trends & where I will find the highest probability of clear skies, chime
in as well.


I'm planning on packing up my van and heading to Eastern Oregon, 
possibly western Idaho.  I've got friends in Bend and Nampa that I can 
stay with, both of which are a reasonable driving distance from the path 
of totality.  If we had a large contingent, I could drag my 20' enclosed 
trailer and effectively have a portable hotel room for eight of us and 
our gear, twelve if I put all the seats in the van.


Maybe we could do a West Coast equivalent to the PDML GFM trip.




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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Larry Colen]

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:



I have been scanning film since the early 1990s and have had quite a few 
scanners, both negative and flatbed, over the years. Since about 2006, I've 
owned and used the Nikon Coolscan IV and Coolscan V extensively. Either of them 
with the automated 35mm feeder can scan a 6 frame strip very effectively in 
batch mode using VueScan.

But…

The process is *NEVER* fast. A thirty six exposure roll is an hour or two worth 
of work. A thirty six exposure roll of mounted slides is about four times that 
because you can only load them one at a time. Add time if you select 
individually which frames you want to scan, and if you want perfectly scanned, 
usable, balanced JPEGs to pop out of the scanner with no further editing 
required—lots of time.

It is far more practical if you have several dozens or even hundreds of frames 
to scan is to wrap them up and send them off to someone like 
http://www.scancafe.com … They'll do as good a job as you will 90-98% of the 
time and whatever they charge is a FAR better use of your money and time than 
buying a scanner.



My grief with scancafe is that it costs twice as much to get tiffs as it 
does to get jpegs.  Sure, I'm mostly interested in the quick scan to see 
which photos are worth going deep and getting good scans, but it's no 
more work to scan them as Tiff as jpeg.



Buy and use a scanner when you have specific things that you want to do with 
film photography that requires your personal control of the scanning process. 
Buy a scanning service when you want to convert an archive of older film images 
to digital in order that you can see them and share them.

G


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Red Topped Barn (with tree top)

[Marnie (aka Doe)]

Having a heck of a time with flickr, didn't seem to save my album. Not 
sure why. Anyway...


I used this on the front of my Xmas card last year. Not for the subject 
matter, but for the red and green. ;-) Probably technically, a better 
photo than the other one.


To get the top of the tree in, I had to be further away from the fence.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33056038794/in/album-72157678979222514/

But when I went through these photos the other night, I decided I like 
this one too.. (one I showed already, fence closer, less tree).


https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157678979222514/

You decide which one you like better. YMMV

Marnie (aka Doe)

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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Marnie (aka Doe)]

I have a lot of family slides from when I was kid. Stereorealist. So I 
figured someday when I am older and have more time, I would sit down and 
cut them in half and scan them. I can do about 8-12 at a time (don't 
remember) on the flat bed. It does do a good job and I wouldn't expect 
the highest quality (they didn't start as high quality anyway).


Of course, I am older now, and I find that now I don't actually have the 
time to do this. (Maybe when even older.)


OTOH, I am not sure these old family photos (many not of people but 
places we visited) are worth spending a chunk of change on either.


Marnie (aka Doe)

On 4/7/2017 9:10 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote:

I have a vast collection of my own and my father-in-law’s slides and negatives 
in 35mm and medium formats. Every few months I spend some time scanning, get 
bored, and move on to something else. At some point I will give up and send 
them off for someone else to do…

stan


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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Paul Stenquist]

I’ve found the V850 Pro to be the equal of the Nikon Coolscans, which I’ve used 
many times. Some reviewers have as well. YMMV.
Paul

> On Apr 7, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> Absolutely true, but no flatbed scanner produces the scan quality of a 
> dedicated film scanner. All of these things are tradeoffs at one level or 
> another. 
> 
> I have had four pro-grade flatbed scanners (including two Epsons, up to the 
> V750 model, and one with true glassless film carrier capabilities, can't 
> remember the name now). NONE produce the scan quality of the Nikon Coolscan V 
> or SuperCoolscan 9000. Film scanners are simply much better at this and 
> produce better results. That's why I still have the Nikons and all those 
> flatbeds are long gone.
> 
> Whether the results are good enough for your purposes … That's a different 
> matter and up to you to judge. 
> If it is, life is good… and you can still get new ones. They're certainly 
> good enough for a lot of purposes. :-)
> 
> G
> 
>> On Apr 7, 2017, at 12:06 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
>> 
>> With the Epson V850 Pro I can scan a dozen transparencies in about 20 
>> minutes, and I can load 24 at a time. It’s a pretty efficient way to go. 
>> 
>> Paul
>>> On Apr 7, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
 On Apr 7, 2017, at 8:57 AM, mike wilson  wrote:
 
> On 07 April 2017 at 16:45 Doug Brewer  wrote:
> 
> 
> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
> and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some 
> of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
> scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide 
> scanners.
> 
> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have 
> gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd 
> appreciate any guidance.
 
 My observation of this phenomenon over the past few years leads me to 
 believe,
 from other folks' scribblings, that the best way to do it is to pay someone
 else.
>>> 
>>> I agree. 
>>> 
>>> I have been scanning film since the early 1990s and have had quite a few 
>>> scanners, both negative and flatbed, over the years. Since about 2006, I've 
>>> owned and used the Nikon Coolscan IV and Coolscan V extensively. Either of 
>>> them with the automated 35mm feeder can scan a 6 frame strip very 
>>> effectively in batch mode using VueScan. 
>>> 
>>> But…
>>> 
>>> The process is *NEVER* fast. A thirty six exposure roll is an hour or two 
>>> worth of work. A thirty six exposure roll of mounted slides is about four 
>>> times that because you can only load them one at a time. Add time if you 
>>> select individually which frames you want to scan, and if you want 
>>> perfectly scanned, usable, balanced JPEGs to pop out of the scanner with no 
>>> further editing required—lots of time. 
>>> 
>>> It is far more practical if you have several dozens or even hundreds of 
>>> frames to scan is to wrap them up and send them off to someone like 
>>> http://www.scancafe.com … They'll do as good a job as you will 90-98% of 
>>> the time and whatever they charge is a FAR better use of your money and 
>>> time than buying a scanner. 
>>> 
>>> Buy and use a scanner when you have specific things that you want to do 
>>> with film photography that requires your personal control of the scanning 
>>> process. Buy a scanning service when you want to convert an archive of 
>>> older film images to digital in order that you can see them and share them. 
>>> 
>>> G
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

Absolutely true, but no flatbed scanner produces the scan quality of a 
dedicated film scanner. All of these things are tradeoffs at one level or 
another. 

I have had four pro-grade flatbed scanners (including two Epsons, up to the 
V750 model, and one with true glassless film carrier capabilities, can't 
remember the name now). NONE produce the scan quality of the Nikon Coolscan V 
or SuperCoolscan 9000. Film scanners are simply much better at this and produce 
better results. That's why I still have the Nikons and all those flatbeds are 
long gone.

Whether the results are good enough for your purposes … That's a different 
matter and up to you to judge. 
If it is, life is good… and you can still get new ones. They're certainly good 
enough for a lot of purposes. :-)

G

> On Apr 7, 2017, at 12:06 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> 
> With the Epson V850 Pro I can scan a dozen transparencies in about 20 
> minutes, and I can load 24 at a time. It’s a pretty efficient way to go. 
> 
> Paul
>> On Apr 7, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 7, 2017, at 8:57 AM, mike wilson  wrote:
>>> 
 On 07 April 2017 at 16:45 Doug Brewer  wrote:
 
 
 I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
 and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some 
 of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
 scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide 
 scanners.
 
 So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have 
 gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd 
 appreciate any guidance.
>>> 
>>> My observation of this phenomenon over the past few years leads me to 
>>> believe,
>>> from other folks' scribblings, that the best way to do it is to pay someone
>>> else.
>> 
>> I agree. 
>> 
>> I have been scanning film since the early 1990s and have had quite a few 
>> scanners, both negative and flatbed, over the years. Since about 2006, I've 
>> owned and used the Nikon Coolscan IV and Coolscan V extensively. Either of 
>> them with the automated 35mm feeder can scan a 6 frame strip very 
>> effectively in batch mode using VueScan. 
>> 
>> But…
>> 
>> The process is *NEVER* fast. A thirty six exposure roll is an hour or two 
>> worth of work. A thirty six exposure roll of mounted slides is about four 
>> times that because you can only load them one at a time. Add time if you 
>> select individually which frames you want to scan, and if you want perfectly 
>> scanned, usable, balanced JPEGs to pop out of the scanner with no further 
>> editing required—lots of time. 
>> 
>> It is far more practical if you have several dozens or even hundreds of 
>> frames to scan is to wrap them up and send them off to someone like 
>> http://www.scancafe.com … They'll do as good a job as you will 90-98% of the 
>> time and whatever they charge is a FAR better use of your money and time 
>> than buying a scanner. 
>> 
>> Buy and use a scanner when you have specific things that you want to do with 
>> film photography that requires your personal control of the scanning 
>> process. Buy a scanning service when you want to convert an archive of older 
>> film images to digital in order that you can see them and share them. 
>> 
>> G
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Mark C]

The Nikonscan hack is pretty useful. About a year ago I retired my XP 
machine and installed Nikonscan on a Win 10 x64 box. The hack works fine 
on Win10 though I had to temporarily disable WIn10's requirement that 
all drivers be digitally signed. Vuescan is a great optionand I use it 
for 35mm scanning,  but on the LS8000, when using 120 film, aligning 
frames in Vuescan is a royal PITA. Nikon scan, as dated as it is, does 
automatically detect frames.



On 4/7/2017 1:58 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

I have a Nikon Coolscan IV ED.

It came with two heads; "MA-20 Slide Mount Adapter" for slides & "SA-20
Strip Film Adapter" for film strips. It also had an accessory "Strip
Film Holder FH-3" that allows you to scan strips of up to 6 frames using
the slide head.

The Nikon scan software hasn't been updated since Windoze XP, but
there's a hack out there that will allow it to work with Windows 7.
OTOH, VueScan supports that model & works just fine on Windows 7.

If you're going to buy a used one from eBay or Amazon, you want to make
sure it includes the FH-3, because buying an FH-3 separately will set
you back almost as much as the scanner itself.

I still use mine frequently as I slowly digitize the remnants of my old
film. I scanned "Memphis Belle" for the 20th Anniversary PUG from an old
Kodachrome slide.

On 4/7/2017 11:45, Doug Brewer wrote:

I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera
and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some
of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe
scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide
scanners.

So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have
gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd
appreciate any guidance.






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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Mark C]

Depends on what you want to use the scans for. If you are digitizing a 
family archive or plan to just use the scans for web use a V600 might be 
fine. Or as others have suggested, use a service. If you are doing 
higher end work I would look at a V800 or V850.


I'm using a Nikon LS8000 for 35mm and 120 scans. When it dies I plan to 
go with an Epson 800 or 850. But - I only scan negatives these days (B 
and color) - no slides. Slides are more demanding, though I expect that 
the V800/850 could handle them fine. I don't know about the V600 and 
slide film.


- Mark


On 4/7/2017 11:45 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:
I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, 
some of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide 
scanners.


So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you 
have gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. 
I'd appreciate any guidance.





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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Paul Stenquist]

With the Epson V850 Pro I can scan a dozen transparencies in about 20 minutes, 
and I can load 24 at a time. It’s a pretty efficient way to go. 

Paul

> On Apr 7, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Apr 7, 2017, at 8:57 AM, mike wilson  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 07 April 2017 at 16:45 Doug Brewer  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
>>> and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some 
>>> of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
>>> scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.
>>> 
>>> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have 
>>> gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd 
>>> appreciate any guidance.
>> 
>> My observation of this phenomenon over the past few years leads me to 
>> believe,
>> from other folks' scribblings, that the best way to do it is to pay someone
>> else.
> 
> I agree. 
> 
> I have been scanning film since the early 1990s and have had quite a few 
> scanners, both negative and flatbed, over the years. Since about 2006, I've 
> owned and used the Nikon Coolscan IV and Coolscan V extensively. Either of 
> them with the automated 35mm feeder can scan a 6 frame strip very effectively 
> in batch mode using VueScan. 
> 
> But…
> 
> The process is *NEVER* fast. A thirty six exposure roll is an hour or two 
> worth of work. A thirty six exposure roll of mounted slides is about four 
> times that because you can only load them one at a time. Add time if you 
> select individually which frames you want to scan, and if you want perfectly 
> scanned, usable, balanced JPEGs to pop out of the scanner with no further 
> editing required—lots of time. 
> 
> It is far more practical if you have several dozens or even hundreds of 
> frames to scan is to wrap them up and send them off to someone like 
> http://www.scancafe.com … They'll do as good a job as you will 90-98% of the 
> time and whatever they charge is a FAR better use of your money and time than 
> buying a scanner. 
> 
> Buy and use a scanner when you have specific things that you want to do with 
> film photography that requires your personal control of the scanning process. 
> Buy a scanning service when you want to convert an archive of older film 
> images to digital in order that you can see them and share them. 
> 
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Paul Stenquist]

With the Epson V850 Pro I can scan a dozen transparencies in about 20 minutes, 
and I can load 24 at a time. It’s a pretty efficient way to go. 

Paul
> On Apr 7, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Apr 7, 2017, at 8:57 AM, mike wilson  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 07 April 2017 at 16:45 Doug Brewer  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
>>> and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some 
>>> of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
>>> scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.
>>> 
>>> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have 
>>> gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd 
>>> appreciate any guidance.
>> 
>> My observation of this phenomenon over the past few years leads me to 
>> believe,
>> from other folks' scribblings, that the best way to do it is to pay someone
>> else.
> 
> I agree. 
> 
> I have been scanning film since the early 1990s and have had quite a few 
> scanners, both negative and flatbed, over the years. Since about 2006, I've 
> owned and used the Nikon Coolscan IV and Coolscan V extensively. Either of 
> them with the automated 35mm feeder can scan a 6 frame strip very effectively 
> in batch mode using VueScan. 
> 
> But…
> 
> The process is *NEVER* fast. A thirty six exposure roll is an hour or two 
> worth of work. A thirty six exposure roll of mounted slides is about four 
> times that because you can only load them one at a time. Add time if you 
> select individually which frames you want to scan, and if you want perfectly 
> scanned, usable, balanced JPEGs to pop out of the scanner with no further 
> editing required—lots of time. 
> 
> It is far more practical if you have several dozens or even hundreds of 
> frames to scan is to wrap them up and send them off to someone like 
> http://www.scancafe.com … They'll do as good a job as you will 90-98% of the 
> time and whatever they charge is a FAR better use of your money and time than 
> buying a scanner. 
> 
> Buy and use a scanner when you have specific things that you want to do with 
> film photography that requires your personal control of the scanning process. 
> Buy a scanning service when you want to convert an archive of older film 
> images to digital in order that you can see them and share them. 
> 
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

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> On Apr 7, 2017, at 8:57 AM, mike wilson  wrote:
> 
>> On 07 April 2017 at 16:45 Doug Brewer  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
>> and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some 
>> of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
>> scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.
>> 
>> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have 
>> gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd 
>> appreciate any guidance.
> 
> My observation of this phenomenon over the past few years leads me to believe,
> from other folks' scribblings, that the best way to do it is to pay someone
> else.

I agree. 

I have been scanning film since the early 1990s and have had quite a few 
scanners, both negative and flatbed, over the years. Since about 2006, I've 
owned and used the Nikon Coolscan IV and Coolscan V extensively. Either of them 
with the automated 35mm feeder can scan a 6 frame strip very effectively in 
batch mode using VueScan. 

But…

The process is *NEVER* fast. A thirty six exposure roll is an hour or two worth 
of work. A thirty six exposure roll of mounted slides is about four times that 
because you can only load them one at a time. Add time if you select 
individually which frames you want to scan, and if you want perfectly scanned, 
usable, balanced JPEGs to pop out of the scanner with no further editing 
required—lots of time. 

It is far more practical if you have several dozens or even hundreds of frames 
to scan is to wrap them up and send them off to someone like 
http://www.scancafe.com … They'll do as good a job as you will 90-98% of the 
time and whatever they charge is a FAR better use of your money and time than 
buying a scanner. 

Buy and use a scanner when you have specific things that you want to do with 
film photography that requires your personal control of the scanning process. 
Buy a scanning service when you want to convert an archive of older film images 
to digital in order that you can see them and share them. 

G
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Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

[John Sessoms]

I can see both versions - first one says "Back to photostream" at the
top left & the second one says "Back to album".

On 4/7/2017 01:45, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:

Okay, second try.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157682202672636/


Not only do I have to learn a new email client (Thunderbird); I also
have to learn a new user interface on Flickr. If I didn't like PDML...

Marnie (aka Doe) :-)


On 4/6/2017 10:16 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:

I haven't taken that many photos in the last 18 months (or even longer).

Taken Dec. last year. I was doing a day outing with a friend looking for
likely photo stops. He said, "Go down that side road." I said, "There's
nothing there." Well, there was..

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/datetaken/

I haven't used flickr for a while and not sure if I need to set certain
things "public." So not sure this will work.

Marnie (aka Doe)

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Re: Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend

[John Sessoms]

Unfortunately, my alternative (Earthlink) is also being screwed up by
spammers right now. Several of the IP addresses for their mail servers
keep getting blacklisted by the SPAM catching service the PDML Server
uses. If my post to PDML catches one of those IP addresses it gets
bounced by the PDML server.

Finding anyone at Earthlink to address the problem is almost as
difficult as finding someone at Yahoo.

... and y'all should remember all the aggravation Time-Warner &
Roadrunner email gave me (and AnnSan).


On 4/6/2017 18:54, Mark Roberts wrote:

Bob Sullivan  wrote:


John, Your last 6 emails were spam to me. Regards,  Bob S.


The problem is Yahoo. Yahoo has a terrible reputation for having spam
sent from their network, making it as difficult as possible for people
to report it and doing nothing about it when it is reported.



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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[John Sessoms]

I have a Nikon Coolscan IV ED.

It came with two heads; "MA-20 Slide Mount Adapter" for slides & "SA-20
Strip Film Adapter" for film strips. It also had an accessory "Strip
Film Holder FH-3" that allows you to scan strips of up to 6 frames using
the slide head.

The Nikon scan software hasn't been updated since Windoze XP, but
there's a hack out there that will allow it to work with Windows 7.
OTOH, VueScan supports that model & works just fine on Windows 7.

If you're going to buy a used one from eBay or Amazon, you want to make
sure it includes the FH-3, because buying an FH-3 separately will set
you back almost as much as the scanner itself.

I still use mine frequently as I slowly digitize the remnants of my old
film. I scanned "Memphis Belle" for the 20th Anniversary PUG from an old
Kodachrome slide.

On 4/7/2017 11:45, Doug Brewer wrote:

I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera
and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some
of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe
scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide
scanners.

So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have
gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd
appreciate any guidance.



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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[anotherdrunkensot]

I picked up a Beseler slide copier from a lab that was closing down a number of 
years ago. That and the K1 give me a 35mp slide scanner that seems to work 
really well.


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 Original message 
From: Doug Brewer  
Date: 04-07-2017  9:45 AM  (GMT-06:00) 
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Subject: OT: Digital Slide scanners 

I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some 
of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.

So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have 
gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd 
appreciate any guidance.

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Re: Hybrid hard drives, anyone?

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How much improvement was there after the thing was running programs that had to 
use swap.More memory is always preferable to swap.Cherry picking how fast a 
system boots and ignoring operating performance is more than a little 
disingenuous. 


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From: Zos Xavius  
Date: 04-07-2017  9:07 AM  (GMT-06:00) 
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Subject: Re: Hybrid hard drives, anyone? 

You would have to be really starved for RAM if that made more
difference than adding an SSD. My old i5 laptop took at least 5
minutes to boot windows 10 into a desktop on a 5400rpm drive. An SSD
only takes about 10s. A massive difference.

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Bill  wrote:
> On 4/6/2017 10:34 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> In my opinion, this is not worth it. If you require SSD in your
>> system, just buy one such drive, as they are relatively inexpensive
>> these days. If you require proper storage - buy proper HDDs. These
>> SSD+HDD combinations were meaningful when SSD's were very expensive,
>> but not any longer.
>>
>> E.g. my system has HDDs for storing pics and 256 GB SSD for OS and
>> LightRoom caches, scratches, you name it. Works just fine and suits my
>> requirements for system responsiveness.
>
>
> There is a lot to be said for this. My own computer has two SSDs and two
> HDDs.
> The HDDs are storage only, the SSDs are my C drive and Photoshop swap drive.
> Also, you will likely get more speed by maxing out memory than fast hard
> drives.
> At least that's what I've been told.
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Bob W-PDML]

This is why God gave us other people. I bought a Nikon LS1000? 4000? When they 
were quite new. Used it about a dozen times. It was such a balls-ache. Good 
quality though.

B

> On 7 Apr 2017, at 16:46, Doug Brewer  wrote:
> 
> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera and 
> Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some of which 
> are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe scanning some of 
> them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.
> 
> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have gone 
> down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd appreciate 
> any guidance.
> 
> -- 
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[P. J. Alling]

A long time ago, it seems, I bought an ACER ScanWit 2720s.  It's a SCSI 
interface device, and while it's supplied software is hopelessly dated, 
there is third party software, (ViewScan), that will actually give 
better scans, taking full advantage of the hardware, which the original 
software never did.  It got very good reviews for it's output, and 
specifications equaled or bettered much more expensive units, (when I 
bought it they were available new for approximately $300).  It produced 
a 9mp scans which I saved as TIFF files and corrected in Photoshop.


There are four notable drawbacks to it.

  It's limited to 35mm filmstrips or slides of 24x36mm mounted in 
standard mounts, you can scan smaller but not larger so superslides are 
out thought I think 126 slides will work though the software didn't 
support it, (110 format slides scanned well, but at a greatly reduced 
resolution of course, I wish I had a few samples but all those scans 
disappeared in a hard drive crash).


 The slide and film carriers are made entirely out of plastic, and 
since the original manufacturer sold out to BANQ the scanner, and it's 
bigger brother, 2047s which included digital ICE, are long discontinued 
so parts including new carriers are made of unobtainable.


 Scanning speeds are oow, so bulk scanning is 
problematic, though how much of that was due to the limitations of PC 
hardware at the time is a question, (I doubt that the scanner has a 
particularly large or even any actual buffer built in.


 Finally reading the specifications, I'm not at all sure that it 
would actually outperform a current Epson Perfection V550 or V600 which 
will scan up to 6x9cm slides and negatives.   So the effort to getting 
either ScanWit up and running on modern hardware on a modern OS may not 
be worth the effort, especially as you'd actually have to find one, but 
if you're interested Amazon has on in their warehouse used for only $127.00



On 4/7/2017 11:45 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:
I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, 
some of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide 
scanners.


So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you 
have gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. 
I'd appreciate any guidance.





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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Paul Stenquist]

The Epson V850 Pro does an excellent job on transparencies and negatives. All 
the color shots on this page were scanned from Kodachrome slides and all the BW 
was scanned from negs. 
https://www.photo.net/gallery/1080368#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1

> On Apr 7, 2017, at 11:45 AM, Doug Brewer  wrote:
> 
> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera and 
> Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some of which 
> are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe scanning some of 
> them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.
> 
> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have gone 
> down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd appreciate 
> any guidance.
> 
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Mark Roberts]

Doug Brewer wrote:

>I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
>and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some 
>of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
>scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.
>
>So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have 
>gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd 
>appreciate any guidance.

I picked up a Minolta "Scan Dual IV" on eBay a few months ago. Less
than a hundred bucks.
 
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Marnie (aka Doe)]

No help. Except I have a lot of slides too. I still have an Epson 
flatbed slide scanner which I saved if I ever get around to my piles of 
slides. (When I first started photography I quickly switched from 
regular film and shot slide film instead.)


It does an amazingly good job, frankly. The only problem is dust. A 
microfiber cloth helps. And if the dust is kept low enough, then it's 
not too big a job to clean up the remainder in post processing. And it's 
a lot cheaper than a big slide machine. Also I am sure some of the newer 
Epson flat bed scanners are even better than mine.


But I am pretty sure that is not what you are looking for.

Marnie (aka Doe)

On 4/7/2017 8:45 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:

I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera
and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some
of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe
scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide
scanners.

So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have
gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd
appreciate any guidance.


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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Stanley Halpin]

I (and others on the PDML) have had some success with the Epson V600 Photos 
flatbed scanner. Or similar. Workflow is decent, not limited to 35mm, useful if 
you have any 645 or 6x6 or 6x7 negatives or slides, also useful for scanning 
photos and other paper.

There are also a couple of scanning services. It has been 10 years since I last 
did this, but I boxed my slides, sent them someplace in the U.S. The company 
sent them on to India. Thumbnails of the images were uploaded, I could deselect 
those that didn’t look good. They then did color balance etc on the keepers, 
sent it all back to me with the scanned images on a CD. IIRC, it was $.40-.50 
per slide, (just charged  for the keepers) cheaper than buying a good scanner 
if this is a one-time thing with relatively few slides. Also far less time 
consuming! 

I have a vast collection of my own and my father-in-law’s slides and negatives 
in 35mm and medium formats. Every few months I spend some time scanning, get 
bored, and move on to something else. At some point I will give up and send 
them off for someone else to do…

stan

> On Apr 7, 2017, at 11:45 AM, Doug Brewer  wrote:
> 
> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera and 
> Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some of which 
> are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe scanning some of 
> them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.
> 
> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have gone 
> down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd appreciate 
> any guidance.
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Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

[Jack Davis]

I has read the chopped top comment
and in looking at the image, questioned adding the additional
height to the scene. 

J

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> On Apr 7, 2017, at 8:11 AM, Marnie (aka Doe)  wrote:
> 
> I took about 40 pictures and some where the top isn't cropped. I liked this 
> version because the fence had more emphasis. I couldn't decide if it was 
> better with the top of the tree or not.
> 
> I may throw another version up later.
> 
> Thanks for looking!
> 
> Marnie (aka Doe)
> 
> 
>> On 4/6/2017 11:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
>> Yeah - that worked.
>> 
>> Nice composition and good light.  The fence shadows are very effective
>> and enhance the scene.  I wonder if it would have been improved if the
>> top of that foreground tree hadn't been cropped.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Brian
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Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[mike wilson]

> On 07 April 2017 at 16:45 Doug Brewer  wrote:
> 
> 
> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
> and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some 
> of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
> scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.
> 
> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have 
> gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd 
> appreciate any guidance.

My observation of this phenomenon over the past few years leads me to believe,
from other folks' scribblings, that the best way to do it is to pay someone
else.

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OT: Digital Slide scanners

[Doug Brewer]

I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some 
of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners.


So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you have 
gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner. I'd 
appreciate any guidance.


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Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

[Gonz]

I think you should just do like McCurry and clone the tree out.


On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Marnie (aka Doe)  wrote:
> No, I got out and walked around. Some, I waLked some. By last Dec. I was
> walking around well enough. (For those reading this and wondering what we
> are talking about, I fell down broke my hip last Spring. Because the break
> was just below the ball socket, I got pins, not a new hip.)
>
> I did not walk down the road, however, and there was no break in the fence
> and no way to get any closer to the barn. Then, duh, I realized the fence
> would make a nice element in the composition, since, duh, the fence shadow
> was there.
>
> Also the person I was with doesn't really understand how to "work the scene"
> and prefers to make short photo stops.
>
> I'll wait a day or two show another version and see if you guys like the
> complete tree top better.
>
> Thanks, Ann.
>
> Marnie (aka Doe) :-)
>
> On 4/7/2017 7:52 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:
>>
>> Marnie - You will love thunderbird when you get used to it... it's my
>> filing system!  IT is closest to old netscape
>>
>> I like the shot of the country road, though Brian has a good point about
>> the tree top being cropped off... which I didn't notice at first
>> because I was focused (no pun) on the nice light, the sahdows and the
>> barn... DId you take it from the passenger side of a moving car?
>>
>> ann
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Re: One of our own

[Rick Womer]

Very nice piece of writing, Paul. Pity you couldn't illustrate it with
some of your car photography!

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> Thanks Bruce. Lots of fun!
>
> Paul via phone
>
>> On Apr 6, 2017, at 6:16 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
>>
>> That was a great read, Paul.  Pony tale indeed; nyuk, nyuk. :)
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
>>> One of my clients is Hagerty.com, and I regularly provide editorial for 
>>> them. Last year they told me they needed Mustang edit, so I immediately 
>>> thought Nicole Jacque, who appears here sporadically and is frequently 
>>> mentioned by her friend, Larry Colen. Nicole is a great story. You can read 
>>> my brief review of her pony tale here: 
>>> https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/Articles/2017/04/06/minivan-for-mustang
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Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

[Marnie (aka Doe)]

No, I got out and walked around. Some, I waLked some. By last Dec. I was 
walking around well enough. (For those reading this and wondering what 
we are talking about, I fell down broke my hip last Spring. Because the 
break was just below the ball socket, I got pins, not a new hip.)


I did not walk down the road, however, and there was no break in the 
fence and no way to get any closer to the barn. Then, duh, I realized 
the fence would make a nice element in the composition, since, duh, the 
fence shadow was there.


Also the person I was with doesn't really understand how to "work the 
scene" and prefers to make short photo stops.


I'll wait a day or two show another version and see if you guys like the 
complete tree top better.


Thanks, Ann.

Marnie (aka Doe) :-)

On 4/7/2017 7:52 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:

Marnie - You will love thunderbird when you get used to it... it's my
filing system!  IT is closest to old netscape

I like the shot of the country road, though Brian has a good point about
the tree top being cropped off... which I didn't notice at first
because I was focused (no pun) on the nice light, the sahdows and the
barn... DId you take it from the passenger side of a moving car?

ann


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Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

[Marnie (aka Doe)]

I took about 40 pictures and some where the top isn't cropped. I liked 
this version because the fence had more emphasis. I couldn't decide if 
it was better with the top of the tree or not.


I may throw another version up later.

Thanks for looking!

Marnie (aka Doe)


On 4/6/2017 11:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

Yeah - that worked.

Nice composition and good light.  The fence shadows are very effective
and enhance the scene.  I wonder if it would have been improved if the
top of that foreground tree hadn't been cropped.


Cheers

Brian


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Re: Hybrid hard drives, anyone?

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You would have to be really starved for RAM if that made more
difference than adding an SSD. My old i5 laptop took at least 5
minutes to boot windows 10 into a desktop on a 5400rpm drive. An SSD
only takes about 10s. A massive difference.

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Bill  wrote:
> On 4/6/2017 10:34 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> In my opinion, this is not worth it. If you require SSD in your
>> system, just buy one such drive, as they are relatively inexpensive
>> these days. If you require proper storage - buy proper HDDs. These
>> SSD+HDD combinations were meaningful when SSD's were very expensive,
>> but not any longer.
>>
>> E.g. my system has HDDs for storing pics and 256 GB SSD for OS and
>> LightRoom caches, scratches, you name it. Works just fine and suits my
>> requirements for system responsiveness.
>
>
> There is a lot to be said for this. My own computer has two SSDs and two
> HDDs.
> The HDDs are storage only, the SSDs are my C drive and Photoshop swap drive.
> Also, you will likely get more speed by maxing out memory than fast hard
> drives.
> At least that's what I've been told.
>
>
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Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

[ann sanfedele]

Marnie - You will love thunderbird when you get used to it... it's my 
filing system!  IT is closest to old netscape


I like the shot of the country road, though Brian has a good point about 
the tree top being cropped off... which I didn't notice at first
because I was focused (no pun) on the nice light, the sahdows and the 
barn... DId you take it from the passenger side of a moving car?


ann



On 4/7/2017 1:45 AM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:

Okay, second try.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157682202672636/ 



Not only do I have to learn a new email client (Thunderbird); I also 
have to learn a new user interface on Flickr. If I didn't like PDML...


Marnie (aka Doe) :-)


On 4/6/2017 10:16 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:

I haven't taken that many photos in the last 18 months (or even longer).

Taken Dec. last year. I was doing a day outing with a friend looking for
likely photo stops. He said, "Go down that side road." I said, "There's
nothing there." Well, there was..

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/datetaken/

I haven't used flickr for a while and not sure if I need to set certain
things "public." So not sure this will work.

Marnie (aka Doe)

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Re: OT: Apologies for crashing PDML

[mike wilson]

> On 07 April 2017 at 00:12 Brian Walters  wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017, at 08:14 AM, mike wilson wrote:
> > > On 06 April 2017 at 22:59 Bob W-PDML  wrote:
> > 
> > >  no film in the camera.
> > > 
> > 
> > I think you just invented a new euphemism for idiot Presidents of the US.
> 
> 
> I think that can apply more generally.  We've certainly got more than a
> fair quota.

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Re: OT: Apologies for crashing PDML

[mike wilson]

> On 06 April 2017 at 23:26 Bob W-PDML  wrote:
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> 
> 
> On 6 Apr 2017, at 23:15, mike wilson
> > wrote:
> 
> On 06 April 2017 at 22:59 Bob W-PDML
> > wrote:
> 
> no film in the camera.
> 
> 
> I think you just invented a new euphemism for idiot Presidents of the US.
> 
> 
> Be careful what you say - if you criticise one of them you may be forced to
> reveal your true identity:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39522164

I'm not the one who needs to be careful.  Anyone who gets sight of me with my
knickers outside my tights is going to be really sorry, believe me.

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Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

[Paul Stenquist]

Nicely composed and a pleasant scene.

Paul via phone

> On Apr 7, 2017, at 1:45 AM, Marnie (aka Doe)  wrote:
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> Okay, second try.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157682202672636/
> 
> Not only do I have to learn a new email client (Thunderbird); I also have to 
> learn a new user interface on Flickr. If I didn't like PDML...
> 
> Marnie (aka Doe) :-)
> 
> 
>> On 4/6/2017 10:16 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:
>> I haven't taken that many photos in the last 18 months (or even longer).
>> 
>> Taken Dec. last year. I was doing a day outing with a friend looking for
>> likely photo stops. He said, "Go down that side road." I said, "There's
>> nothing there." Well, there was..
>> 
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/datetaken/
>> 
>> I haven't used flickr for a while and not sure if I need to set certain
>> things "public." So not sure this will work.
>> 
>> Marnie (aka Doe)
>> 
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Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

[Jack Davis]

WOW! Impressive DoF!

J

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> On Apr 6, 2017, at 11:01 PM, Brian Walters  wrote:
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> Yeah - that worked.
> 
> Nice composition and good light.  The fence shadows are very effective
> and enhance the scene.  I wonder if it would have been improved if the
> top of that foreground tree hadn't been cropped.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Brian
> 
> ++
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> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
> 
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> 
>> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017, at 03:45 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:
>> Okay, second try.
>> 
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157682202672636/
>> 
>> Not only do I have to learn a new email client (Thunderbird); I also 
>> have to learn a new user interface on Flickr. If I didn't like PDML...
>> 
>> Marnie (aka Doe) :-)
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4/6/2017 10:16 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:
>>> I haven't taken that many photos in the last 18 months (or even longer).
>>> 
>>> Taken Dec. last year. I was doing a day outing with a friend looking for
>>> likely photo stops. He said, "Go down that side road." I said, "There's
>>> nothing there." Well, there was..
>>> 
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/datetaken/
>>> 
>>> I haven't used flickr for a while and not sure if I need to set certain
>>> things "public." So not sure this will work.
>>> 
>>> Marnie (aka Doe)
>>> 
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Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

[Philip Northeast]

that worked, and worth the walk

Philip Northeast

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On 7/4/17 3:45 pm, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:

Okay, second try.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157682202672636/


Not only do I have to learn a new email client (Thunderbird); I also
have to learn a new user interface on Flickr. If I didn't like PDML...

Marnie (aka Doe) :-)


On 4/6/2017 10:16 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:

I haven't taken that many photos in the last 18 months (or even longer).

Taken Dec. last year. I was doing a day outing with a friend looking for
likely photo stops. He said, "Go down that side road." I said, "There's
nothing there." Well, there was..

https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/datetaken/

I haven't used flickr for a while and not sure if I need to set certain
things "public." So not sure this will work.

Marnie (aka Doe)

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Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

[Brian Walters]

Yeah - that worked.

Nice composition and good light.  The fence shadows are very effective
and enhance the scene.  I wonder if it would have been improved if the
top of that foreground tree hadn't been cropped.


Cheers

Brian

++
Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
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On Fri, Apr 7, 2017, at 03:45 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:
> Okay, second try.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157682202672636/
> 
> Not only do I have to learn a new email client (Thunderbird); I also 
> have to learn a new user interface on Flickr. If I didn't like PDML...
> 
> Marnie (aka Doe) :-)
> 
> 
> On 4/6/2017 10:16 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:
> > I haven't taken that many photos in the last 18 months (or even longer).
> >
> > Taken Dec. last year. I was doing a day outing with a friend looking for
> > likely photo stops. He said, "Go down that side road." I said, "There's
> > nothing there." Well, there was..
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/datetaken/
> >
> > I haven't used flickr for a while and not sure if I need to set certain
> > things "public." So not sure this will work.
> >
> > Marnie (aka Doe)
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