Re: filmscanners: Max Sharpness?

2000-11-26 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 11/25/2000 10:17:50 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I use a Nikon LS30, mostly with Vuescan. Is there a difference in the way how Nikon software uses the ICE feature? Yes, VueScan and NikonScan use the infrared channel differently to remove dust spots. Which software

Re: filmscanners:

2000-11-26 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 11/24/2000 1:24:01 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I also see from the Help file that "Auto mask" should also be turned off for uniform scans, but I'm wondering about the "Media/Mask red", "Mask green", and "Mask blue" settings. What do those values represent?

Re: filmscanners: Second Hard Drive

2000-11-26 Thread Ezio
YES, in case of large files and large records it is . In facts the caches enhancing the throughput of a IDE array , in these cases are almost irrelevant. The way I have found ''economical'' not to say cheap to implement this has been to deal the disks and the controller on eBay (despite I am

Re: filmscanners: Max Sharpness?

2000-11-26 Thread Robert Kehl
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 2:45 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Max Sharpness? Yes, VueScan and NikonScan use the infrared channel differently to remove dust spots. Which software achieves more sharpness when

Re: filmscanners: Scanning negs and white spots

2000-11-26 Thread barbara abel
When I find roller scratches on my negatives, I have found that taking natural oil from my forehead with my finger and wiping it on both sides of my negative eliminates most scratches and I am able to successfully print the image. I do not have a negative scanner as yet, so I don't know if this

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II for Mac

2000-11-26 Thread Berry Ives
This is one of the scanners I am considering. Question for Ed Hamrick: What is the status of Vuescan support for this scanner? --Thanks, Berry

RE: filmscanners: scan artifact

2000-11-26 Thread John Hayward at Hopco
shAf: Without seeing the entire frame, I cannot be sure. However, from my experience, it looks like a series of hypersonic pregnant chads falling on election night. John :o/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of =shAf= Sent:

Re: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 shadow/noise

2000-11-26 Thread Tony Sleep
This sounds great but doesn't actually say anything. Too many unquantified caveats. Most people could substitute their favorite scanner without otherwise changing a word. For example, what do the following mean? 1) "correctly exposed original" 2) "sensible black point setting" 3)

Re: filmscanners: Newbie question about film scanner noise??

2000-11-26 Thread Tony Sleep
Could some one please tell me how to measure the noise created by a film scanner and why it is so important? I have never tried to quantify it objectively, just reach empirical conclusions about how extensive and damaging it is to image quality. Measuring it looks hard to do, essentially

Re: filmscanners: SS 4000 Scan Pixel Color Noise?

2000-11-26 Thread photoscientia
Hi Rick. Rick Trankle wrote: All the solid colors in the Q60 don't appear to be smooth in color. For example the grey areas of the Q60 are not one shade of grey but instead have pixels of varying colors leaning toward reds or blues or tans. Is this normal? The grain of film effectively

Re: filmscanners: SS 4000 Scan Pixel Color Noise?

2000-11-26 Thread Florian Rist
Hi Rick! I am trying to determine if my scans are clear. Using the SprintScan 4000 with either PolarColor Insight or SilverFast through Photoshop scanning a Kodak Q60 slide at 4000 dpi. All the solid colors in the Q60 don't appear to be smooth in color. For example the grey areas of

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II for Mac

2000-11-26 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 11/26/2000 12:34:01 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is one of the scanners I am considering. Question for Ed Hamrick: What is the status of Vuescan support for this scanner? VueScan doesn't work with USB scanners on the Mac. I haven't figured out how to read and

Re: filmscanners: Monitor Calibration And Others

2000-11-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
Pete wrote: Does this spyder thingumajig plug into the joystick port by any chance? Ah, humour! No, it plugs into the serial or USB port. I'm just curious how they can make an accurate and sensitive enough photometer for that money. Define "accurate enough". Accurate enough for what and

Re: filmscanners: Umax support in VueScan

2000-11-26 Thread Andrew Robinson
Ed, I would be interested in beta testing Umax scanner support. I have an old, low end scanner (Astra 610s), so count me as part of the "comsuver" market. Thanks! Andrew Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just spoke with someone at Umax who agreed to loan me a Powerlook III scanner with

Re: filmscanners: Second Hard Drive

2000-11-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ezio wrote: Rob , IDE drives are anyhow cheaper than SCSI , but SCSI is not so expensive as you think. That depends on where you are. The average cost on eBay for an IBM Ultra160 18GB is around 250$ ... ;-) And the controller around 175$ .. Adaptec 29160 (full not N). Except I live in

Re: filmscanners: Second Hard Drive

2000-11-26 Thread Bill Ross
If I read you right you're saying testing has shown that the 160SCSI drive outperform an IDE Raid array by more than double. Also, was this RAID with parity? Simple parity-less striping gives a linear speedup in my experience (netBSD). Though you want parity for long-term

RE: filmscanners: Monitor Calibration And Others

2000-11-26 Thread Frank Paris
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Re: filmscanners: Second Hard Drive/Umax scanner

2000-11-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
Bill Ross wrote: Just a thought - getting a small 10k rpm drive for current work plus a cheap large 5400 to park stuff might make for faster overall workflow at comparable price. From what I've seen, 7200rpm drives are cheap enough that it's hardly worth getting a 5400rpm drive. However as far

Re: filmscanners: scan artifact

2000-11-26 Thread Dave King
My thought is that the problem is in the chemical processing (as others have implied). It would be a clincher if I could scan the sprocket holes and find evidence there, but in any case I wanted to throw the problem out to my peers and ask ... and possibly know how they remedied it.

Re: filmscanners: SS 4000 Scan Pixel Color Noise?

2000-11-26 Thread Rick Trankle
I was already set to High Color 16bit. Switching to True Color did not change the effect described below; looking at the 53Mb scan. :-( At 09:32 PM 11/26/2000 +0100, you wrote: Hi Rick! I am trying to determine if my scans are clear. Using the SprintScan 4000 with either PolarColor