on 7/15/01 10:27 PM, Austin Franklin wrote:
He issued a challenge
(as he often
does) to these consultants to provide details of press shops
who are using
color management, AKA profiles, for their press, and no consultant (if
anyone would know it would be they, as they'd be setting them up)
OH, now I'm clearer on this...
This relatively fast, unexposed film was X-rayed 8 times prior to being
exposed. That would place it at considerable risk of being damaged.
Art
Norman Quinn wrote:
No just the film. This is the 1st time I have had fogged film too.
Did the film travel as
The last time I was in the states, about a year ago, I left from an
airport in Syracuse NY. When I asked for hand inspection of my camera
bag and film, the two elderly gents, who looked like they were retired
FBI to me, said they wanted to have the equipment chemically sniffed.
They took some
At 01:09 AM 7/16/01 -0400, Todd wrote:
You know what I hate most about the Leaf? It's that each stage of the
process before you get to the scan is a separate operation, with too many
dialog boxes.
Todd -- I'm not taking sides in your debate with Austin,
though enjoying the dialog,
Tony Sleep wrote:
The other major issue for system stability is MS COM components.
I'm slow on the uptake here. What are the MS COM components please Tony?
Colin Maddock
Norman Quinn wrote:
Apparently two rolls of color print film were either fogged by
an xray machine or poorly developed.
The entire roll film is very dense but there are images there.
Norman,
I curious, is the edge of the film (by the holes) darkened? I'm making
the assumption that the
Without a doubt, Rob, that's the best answer re: fundamentals. I've been
shooting a lot of 400 speed, albeit quality films (Supra, Fuji NPH). The
Supra 400 isn't too bad at all, really, but I've had some very grainy
results shooting NPH with a flash. No question, I'm 'shooting' myself in the
foot
A couple of excellent resources for information on Unsharp Mask are Dan
Margulis article (http://www.ledet.com/margulis - you may need to double
check this link) and Wayne Fulton's Scantip site (http://www.scantips.com/).
Norm Unsworth, Owner
Clark Systems Custom Golf: Outstanding Quality and
He issued a challenge
(as he often
does) to these consultants to provide details of press shops
who are using
color management, AKA profiles, for their press, and no
consultant (if
anyone would know it would be they, as they'd be setting
them up) could
offer any.
And you gave
I've told you before, I get
the sense that a lot of owners (not you, you are a special
case altogether
;-)) don't want to discuss any negatives about the Leaf other than it's
weight.
I've never heard anyone have any complaints about it as you elude to
here...except for soft red
on 7/16/01 5:29 AM, rafeb wrote:
You know what I hate most about the Leaf? It's that each stage of the
process before you get to the scan is a separate operation, with too many
dialog boxes.
Todd -- I'm not taking sides in your debate with Austin,
though enjoying the dialog,
On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 21:45:11 -0400 Norman Quinn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
Would have been 8-10 passes though scanners Jamaica, Miami, Puerto =
Rico, St. Thomas and back.
FWIW X-ray exposure is completely cumulative, there is no reciprocity
failure. That is, each bit of exposure
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From: Tony Sleep [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Test Imacon, Nikon.Polaroid
On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 01:17:28 -0400 Dave King
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
If there are no mirrors in either,
To deal with grain I change to LAB color space, then use the median filter
on the a and b channels, and if needed the dust and scratch filter in the L
channel, masking the sky first if necessary.
Maris
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From: Norman Unsworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Austin, I'm drained from this. I have one short comment below, and then I'm
done for now.
He issued a challenge
(as he often
does) to these consultants to provide details of press shops
who are using
color management, AKA profiles, for their press, and no
consultant (if
anyone would know
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Austin Franklin wrote:
I've also questioned Austin before (and agree with
your skepticism) that exposure times can be varied
willy-nilly with no effect on scan quality. This
is quite contrary to my experience with film
scanners and photography in general.
Not
Kerry Thompson wrote
I recently installed a LS-30 on a new Win 2000 professional system. The
computer recognizes the scanner at startup but does not seem to install a
driver for it. Each startup the computer again recognizes the scanner and
begins the new hardware wizard. Is there a Win 2000
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Austin Franklin wrote:
No, I disagree that I misrepresented anything. The conversation wasn't
about resolution, so what was the point of you bringing that up? It was
nit-picking, and not relevant to my comment. You don't need to chime in
with every little point. If
The 'name' or 'id' of a USB device is transmitted by the device itself if it
is fully compatible with the USB spec. The 'new hardware wizard' compares
the name to its list of 'installed devices' and if it doesn't recognize it,
it prompts you.
So you have to have a fully sucessful install for
That is a great suggestion! I would never have thought of it - I am off to
eBay and Google! I would love to be able to practice while using Provia
100F!
I have been away from the list for awhile, so if somebody has already
mentioned this, please forgive me.
In my experience, the film mostly
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, tflash wrote:
on 7/16/01 5:29 AM, rafeb wrote:
You know what I hate most about the Leaf? It's that each stage of the
process before you get to the scan is a separate operation, with too many
dialog boxes.
Todd -- I'm not taking sides in your debate with
I have never heard of Photoshop's internal monitor compensation system
having trouble handling a wide gamut color space. Could you explain this,
or refer me to an article that will?
Real World Photoshop 6 is one such reference as is the Photoshop on-line
helo file, Andrew Rodney, Chris
I disagree with him (Margulis) on one point however, and I consider
myself a color balance freak. Why? In an average color photograph,
global color contrast is maximized at one point only -- the most
accurate color balance possible for that scene. I just don't see
how one can get there working
There's this mantra that capturing the scan
data in 16 bits obviates all other
responsibilities at the scanner-driver stage,
and I've never bought into that. Seems I
get by nicely with 24-bit (8 bit/color) scans,
in spite of all I read here and elsewhere
about the advantages of 48-bit
What's next? Do you then simply go back to the combined channels in LAB or
do you need to do something else in PS, like flatten?
Norman Unsworth
Management Specialist
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- Original Message -
From: Austin Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 9:32 AM
Subject: RE: Unsharp mask was Re: filmscanners: Getting started
question
He issued a challenge
(as he often
does) to these consultants to provide details of
Title: Re: filmscanners: Polaroid 120 carrier doesn't line up
Jim,
There
probably wasn't one. When I put a strip of 5 Pentax 645 negatives in the
carrier, the only one that can be scanned is the first one.
As Rafe has indicated I have mentioned this a few times here and directly with
tflash wrote:
I like the leaf, I'm glad I bought it, but mine has some problems, and the
cost for shipping and repair is prohibitive. So I live with it in it's
compromised condition.
OK, I've seen many posts similar to this in the last few months (even made a
few, myself). If it's a given
Rafe wrote:
Dan's approach is to go by the numbers
(RGB values, or L*a*b values, or CMYK values)
rather than the appearance of the image on the
screen. So in a way, Dan's approach is quite
absolute and mathematical, if followed rigorously.
My question in all of this is that if you don't go by
Cary wrote:
Who am I to argue with Microsoft? w
Who, indeed? Even when you win the argument, you lose. :-)
--LRA
_
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
No flattening is necessary as I'm not using layers, just working with the
individual channels. Just change the mode back to RGB and you're done for
print or web.
Maris
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From: Norman Unsworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:37
Dave wrote:
Margulis may well be a genius, and so perhaps Austin would like
him -- they could go to Mensa meetings together. :)
Some years ago, I was thrown out of a Mensa convention gathering I'd
wandered into with a cigarette in my hand (just to say hi to a friend), to
many angry shouts of
Norman Unsworth wrote:
Without a doubt, Rob, that's the best answer re: fundamentals.
I've been shooting a lot of 400 speed, albeit quality films
(Supra, Fuji NPH). The Supra 400 isn't too bad at all, really,
but I've had some very grainy results shooting NPH with a flash.
I haven't had the
Glad to hear it all worked out well!
extension, in case something goes wrong with the repair. I think I'm home
free right now, and I now have over a dozen rolls to get developed, and
scanned.
That will keep you busy - considering it's taken me two weeks to scan two
rolls of film in my spare
I have read Fraser. This is not a PS internal monitor compensation system
problem. This is a hardware limitation problem - monitors cannot show the
entire gamut of a wide color space and we all know this.and that was my
point.
The desaturate monitor colors . . . is an attempt to deal with
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:59:52 - Lynn Allen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Get out!! This is a *'Non-Smoking'* Hospitality
Room!!!
You misheard. They said 'hostility'.
Regards
Tony Sleep
http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio exhibit; + film scanner info
comparisons
At 06:42 PM 7/16/01 -, Lynn Allen wrote:
OK, I've seen many posts similar to this in the last few months (even made a
few, myself). If it's a given that service and repair are such terrible
problems (and believe me, they are), why can't/don't mfgrs make service
manuals more available?
On Wed, 16 May 2001 08:26:58 -0400 Norman Quinn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
Evenly fogged. Much different for individually overexposed frames.
If you can't see any print-through of sprocket holes, it may be heat
fogging rather than X rays.
Regards
Tony Sleep
http://www.halftone.co.uk -
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:09:31 +1200 Colin Maddock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
What are the MS COM components please Tony?
MS newest technology for interchange of data between applications, sort of
DDE/OLE Plus. I think. For W95 it was an add-on separate install, with W98
it's part of Windows
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:02:21 -0400 Norman Unsworth
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Interestingly, I just shot 2 rolls of Kodak T400CN for a local
newspaper. I
used Kodak mailers and when I got the pics negs back, all the pics had
a
pink cast
This is normal and correct with TMax400CN, an
On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 19:42:49 -0500 Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Dan's response would be that most repro houses don't use embedded color
profiles anyway - they do it the old-fashioned way. If he's wrong,
please
tell him ;)
He's largely right, although I just had a
The print ad specified the transparency adapter was included (at least here
in Los Angeles), but the web site version of the ad doesn't make the same
claim.
Pat
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From: rafeb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 03:58 PM 7/16/01 -0600, Stan wrote:
This weekend's circular from
At 07:14 PM 7/16/01 +0100, Ian Lyons wrote:
New carriers won't cure this problem, but a firmware update will fix it
real easy. So don't let Polaroid go bust.
Ironically, the best solution to this problem that
I have seen is in the Epson 1640 TWAIN 5 driver.
Since the TPU (transparency unit)
At 01:11 PM 7/16/01 -0400, Dave King wrote:
I disagree with him (Margulis) on one point however, and I consider
myself a color balance freak. Why? In an average color photograph,
global color contrast is maximized at one point only -- the most
accurate color balance possible for that scene. I
At 06:42 PM 7/16/01 -, Lynn Allen wrote:
Does anyone on the List know a good source for these? I for one would pay a
few dollars (US, and cash ;-) ) for one that detailed the HP 5000-6800
flatbed scanners. I may not be an engineer, but (at least so far) my hands
and my brain still work.
You're right on.
Maris
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From: Tony Sleep [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Which Buggy Software?
| On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 22:33:07 -0400 rafeb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
|
| Nope. Dan's approach
Does anyone on the List know a good source for these? I for one
would pay a
few dollars (US, and cash ;-) ) for one that detailed the HP 5000-6800
flatbed scanners.
I have manuals for most of my equipment, and they are available from the
manufacturer parts resource. They typically are
These exposure options -- what is the range
of variations? 2:1? 4:1? 8:1?
From memory...16ms to whatever...in the 100ms+ range I believe.
Why would you ever use the long exposure
option if the short one yielded a scan that
was as good?
Increase DMax for positives...
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Austin Franklin wrote:
No, I disagree that I misrepresented anything. The conversation wasn't
about resolution, so what was the point of you bringing that up? It was
nit-picking, and not relevant to my comment. You don't need to chime in
with every little point.
I believe this says it all:
Austin I can only suggest that the opportunities I take to dis
the Leaf are
only as annoying to you, as your chest puffing comments about the Leaf are
to every one else. Okay, can't speak for every one else - annoying to me.
This is a bunch of crap. It really
At 07:46 PM 7/16/01 -0700, Winsor Crosby wrote:
If I am not mistaken that is the one that MacWorld in the US did not
like because its tested resolution was no better than a good 1200 and
there was a red bloom along edges.
I already own one of these, and have reported on it
extensively.
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