At 5:06 am -0400 6/6/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
using the LS2000 for some time now and have been very pleased
with the results. Just recently however we have put through a batch of slides
with subjects against black backgrounds. The scans have all got a hazy halo
round all the bright areas
I
At 10:44 PM 6/11/01 -0500, Jared Dilg wrote:
This reminds me, after reading the first part of this thread, I tried to
power on my SprintScan 35LE and refresh the device list in Device Manager.
Yes, the SprintScan showed up, but upon launching PolaColor Insight the
software could not detect an
Either way, high resolution scanners seem to dictate high capacity
storage needs. I'd be interested to hear how others are storing
and archiving 4000dpi scans.
How about the new Iomega Peerless portables (10 and 20GB, USB and Firewire)?
Anyone tried these yet?
Dan
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, David Hoffman wrote:
At 5:06 am -0400 6/6/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
with the results. Just recently however we have put through a batch of slides
with subjects against black backgrounds. The scans have all got a hazy halo
round all the bright areas
I doubt that it's
on 6/12/01 5:41 AM, Dan Honemann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Either way, high resolution scanners seem to dictate high capacity
storage needs. I'd be interested to hear how others are storing
and archiving 4000dpi scans.
How about the new Iomega Peerless portables (10 and 20GB, USB and
I have no idea why, but Vuescan's crop box has gone loopy on me. I'm using
7.0.21. I've been attempting to scan some frames of 35mm colour neg film
using the motorised film strip adapter in my Nikon LS30. I've been using
the zoom function in Vuescan to adjust the edges to include the maximum
I see the last snips never made it to the list. Did you get them
(sent directly to you)?
Dave
David, would you be kind enough to post the same two images that you
did
previously, but this time using the unsharp masking you feel best
glorifies the Agfa scan.
on 6/12/01 5:41 AM, Dan Honemann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about the new Iomega Peerless portables (10 and 20GB, USB and
Firewire)?
Anyone tried these yet?
My only comment here is future proofing. It's more likely you'll have a
drive
which can read a CDR in 5 years time than an
That makes a lot of sense, and seems to equate to what I saw in the stars
test (viz pinholes in black leader). Different scanners appear to show
different results, but *some* haloing seems to be universal, in all the
tests I've seen.
I'd like to be proven wrong on this one, if anyone has
With the SprintScan LE, you might try downloading (from
Microtek) their driver for the 35t+ scanner. In fact, you
may be able to get the pre-Insight legacy driver from
Polaroid's website. All I know is that the screen captures
for the LE's driver program (from Polaroids' PDF files) were
on 6/12/01 8:30 AM, Rob Geraghty at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone else experienced this strange behaviour of the crop box, or is it
only me? Does anyone have any idea how to stop it?
ah, the joy of the Vuescan GUI.
turn on 'blink crop box' and all will be revealed
the crop box is not
Due to complaints about my recent posts, I'm *deep-six-ing* this Lycos/Angelfire
address.
I'm told that the days of free mailboxes are numbered, and I believe that to be
true. When it comes to pass, I'm out of here. ;-)
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I haven't experienced crop box problems to the extent you have but Vuescan
has always been difficult to set the crop lines in, though there has been
some improvement over the last several months. Ed's up to version 7.0.27 so
you might try that.
As to the memory hang-up, I guess is the software
In a message dated 6/12/2001 9:56:39 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
FWIW, I have a Microtek 35t+ and it won't work with the Polaroid software.
I don't know if this means the Microtek software won't work with a Polaroid
scanner or not but I was told there is some firmware code that
At 1:40 pm +0300 12/6/01, Harry Lehto wrote:
The black backgound
close to a bright spot is very unforgiving for such things. If your halos
move to the outer side of your bright image then I believe that it is
a reflection or a comalike distortion. If they stay only as halos
centered on your
For Apple only. This type of situation has been rectified sometimes -
for instance in certain CD machines - by using RESEDIT, and changing
the ID in the driver. Do you know if this is an ID issue or what?
Inquiry commands must include some form of ID - - -? No idea what PC
users can do in a
- Original Message -
From: Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Scanning 101...A basic question...
Marvin Demuth wrote:
I have read the recent debates over working with raw files and those
produced
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:44:30 -0500 Jared Dilg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
This reminds me, after reading the first part of this thread, I tried to
power on my SprintScan 35LE and refresh the device list in Device
Manager.
Yes, the SprintScan showed up, but upon launching PolaColor Insight
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:45:13 -0400 Dave King ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
Sorry Tony, but I don't agree with this. Neg films vary primarily in
the mask layer.
But that seems to be a variable, since mask density appears to vary
according to processing.
Processing is standardized by
What are the best color and bw films in terms of scanning? From what I've
read thus far, it sounds like Kodak Supra has a slight edge for color, and
the C41 processed films (XP2 super and T400CN) for bw. Are there others?
Also, if one is planning ultimately to scan and maintain files in
In California, ones with good reps in the fine art world include:
http://www.calypsoinc.com
http://www.westcoastimaging.com
http://www.colorfolio.com
Could anyone please list references or URL's for high quality scan/print
services on the _east_ coast (I'm in Baltimore).
This doesn't always work in all systems. With W98SE here it never does, I
have to restart, although with W95 it was fine.
Works evertytime on my Win98SE with Artixscan 4000T. I suspect there are a
host of issues that allow this to work or not.
Some combinations of hardare and software work
Robert writes ...
In performing the scan, of negatives, to produce the
raw scan aren't scanners/software varying the
color channel exposure to remove the negative mask?
Even if this exposure variation is based on some
sort of measurement of the film done by the scanner,
it represents
From: Tony Sleep [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:45:13 -0400 Dave King
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
Sorry Tony, but I don't agree with this. Neg films vary primarily
in
the mask layer.
But that seems to be a variable, since mask density appears to vary
according to
Dan wrote:
What are the best color and bw films in terms
of scanning?
This is a question which I began attempting to quantify at least in the
sense of a guide if not actually a scientific way. Unfortunately it's an
expensive and time consuming exercise to test every possible film in the
same
I tried Kodak Supra 400 and was disappointed - too much grain, probably
because it was the 400 speed. I have not tried the Supra 100.
I did like the results of Fuji Superia 100, though - good color and
comparatively less grain.
Maris
- Original Message -
From: Dan Honemann [EMAIL
At 05:08 PM 6/12/01 -0400, Dan wrote:
What are the best color and bw films in terms of scanning? From what I've
read thus far, it sounds like Kodak Supra has a slight edge for color, and
the C41 processed films (XP2 super and T400CN) for bw. Are there others?
Also, if one is planning
I tried Superia 200 and 400 and they were both grainy - the 400 moreso.
- Original Message -
From: Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Was New Nikon performance, now dust
I tried Kodak Supra
I have been very pleased with the Supra 100 with my LS-30, and at $3.04 a 36
exp roll, an excellent buy.
Edwin
- Original Message -
From: Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Was New Nikon performance,
Rafe wrote:
Fuji Reala is beautiful. Kodak Royal Gold 100 isn't
bad, either. But Supra (100) is my current favorite.
I was under the impression that there was little if any
difference between the current generation Superia 100
and Reala. When Fuji announced the extra colour layer,
it seemed
I thought I'd be of help if anyone wants to test this theory with a Microtek
scanner to utilize the PolaColor Insight software intended for Sprintscan
scanners. Here is a link to an exported registry key from my Win2k machine:
http://members.home.net/dilg/Polaroid35LE.re_
Note the
Rob,
I think you're absolutely right about CD's having more format longevity than
Iomega products. But I figure in five years, or maybe 10, we'll have be
able to get 10 terabyte?? raid arrays with mirroring for a few hundred bucks
and we'll transfer all our Iomega's or CD's or DVD's or whatever
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