The logic, from the consumer's point of view, is to purchase both scanners
(the SS120 and SS4000). Essentially you are paying approximately $150 for
the SS4000 if you subtract the value of the software and the rebate. Then
you can sell it in a few months when stock runs out for a profit on
In a message dated 9/19/2001 11:30:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Even with these
precautions I can see significant amounts of dust when the scan is greatly
magnified. I've come to the conclusion that almost all of it embedded in the
emulsion and results from sloppy
Hi everyone:
I just purchased a SS4000 and I'm wondering how I can advance the
film and eject it as well. There is no documentation that I could
find.
Thanks,
Andy Darlow
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[OT] Best digital projector?
Hi,
I realise it's a bit off-topic, but does anyone out there have some
experience showing photos on a digital projector? My photo club is
buying one.
What should we look for, and why?
How is it best set up (we have a 9-foot (3m) square screen.)?
Any
Tom,
First of all, realize that you need to let your audience seating area
determine the screen size, not vice-versa. Screens are relatively
inexpensive, so don't make the mistake of designing your display system
around your existing screen. Your screen height should be a minimum of
1/8th the
Congratulations on your SS4000 purchase. I don't think you'll be disappointed. I'm not so sure about SilverFast, though, as I've had nothing but trouble with it.
Anyway, to answer your questions, to eject the film carrier from the scanner, look to the left side of the SilverFast preview screen.
David,
Can you confirm if the rebate is available to Canadians from Canadian
addresses?
The coupon I saw via ecost only mentioned US purchases.
Also, do you have any idea why Canadian retailers are not moving from
their original list price of about $2200 CAN on the SS4000, while it
is selling
Hello,
Sony are very good for their price: about 2000 USD.
If you look for more advance models, maybe NEC.
For the best, no question, Barco is THE best!!!
Personally I use a Sony and I love it!
Cheers; Andrea from Italy
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Fratelli Alinari
Hello Art et al,
The SS 4000 can be had for under $1,500 here in Ottawa. I purchased mine
last December for $1,900.00
I am just returning mine for service after scanning about 1,000 slides and
300 negatives. The unit developed a strange indexing problem and won't scan
position 3 nor 4 if I start
I have a trial version that I'm using with a just purchased Sprintscan
4000,and want to be sure I can get the results I want before I buy it. I
find the instructions very confusing. My difficulty is that the colors seem
somewhat washed out, especially blue sky. I'm using a Mac and scanning
I'm looking for a first ever version of Vuescan that can
write a profiled files.
Best regards,
Gregory
I just released VueScan 7.1.16 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X
and Linux. It can be downloaded from:
http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html
What's new in version 7.1.16
* Fixed problem with preview looking different from scan
* Enabled infared cleaning and restore colors in preview
* Improved
What part of the instructions do you find confusing?
I find the instructions very confusing.
What type of scene are you trying to scan? Different scenes with dominate colors can
require different settings within vuescan. I've almost always had trouble with grass
scenes myself.
My
David,
That's good news, I think, unless it means the successor is
delayed. Within reason, can you give us a hint on the release date for the
SS4000 plus? I'd prefer the USB/1394 connections of the SS4000 plus
they'd be worth some add'l cost over the great deals on SS4000's now (along
with
"If,
instead, the "dirt" is really chemical compounds or small partially dissolved
pieces of emulsion, then ICE probably wouldn't help as infrared light would pass
through it as easy as the film itself. If anyone with ICE notices this
type of "dirt," you might report to us if ICE is of any
It has for the last several versions - see the Color tab, Color space
Maris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 8:40 AM
Subject: filmscanners: Older version of vuescan
| I'm looking for a first ever version of Vuescan
This is true, Ed. The preview does sometimes look very different (but the
end results are worth it).
Maris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 3:50 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Autoexposure problem in
Hello List,
I'm in the United States. I ordered the Nikon CoolScan 4000 on the
internet.
The day after I ordered it, I got an e-mail from the retailer. Call us as
soon as possible about your Nikon 4000 order!
I called them. They told me that the stock they have of Nikon 4000 scanners
is
Why this is so I don't know, but the first thing to try is to set Media type
(on the Device tab) to Image instead of Slide Film. The developer Ed
Hamrick has suggested this a number of occasions. You might also experiment
with changing the Gamma and Image brightness settings on the color tab.
I think that some additional costs over the current steal price would be
an understatement. Do not expect the new version to be anywhere near the
current sub $500 level.
David
-Original Message-
From: bob geoghegan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:51 AM
At 06:13 PM 9/19/2001 -0400, you wrote:
Just received mine today. Three days door-to-door once in the warehouse.
Silverfast came with the PC version without request. Shipped UPS - actually
drop shipped at the house without signature.
Hope this help.
PS. Ecost had mispriced it at $649.99
David,
As a proud new SS4000 owner I wanted to let you know that I had to call
eCost who faxed a copy of the receipt which I then mailed off for the
rebate. I hope that this is acceptable since there was no original receipt
with the shipment.
Secondly, I vaguely remember some
The Sprintscan 4000 Plus is now listed at eCost for $14500. See
http://www.ecost.com/ecost/ecsplash/shop/detail.asp?dpno=962229
Only changes appear to be FireWire/USB interfaces and 14 bits per color.
HI, Martin!
Id try it with all the auto settings first. I use what amounts to a
default configuration of Vuescan with my Scan Multi II and it works great on
all reasonably well exposed images, both positive and negative, color and
monochrome.
Oh, yes, I do this on a PC, but Ed Hamrick seems
I have taken to leaving a deliberately blank frame on every
film in order to scan it for the mask. Sometimes I find
Vuescan's results better with these settings, and sometimes
not; I have to try it and see. Perhaps this is because I
have a Scanwit, on which Vuescan can't control the exposure.
I am told the rebate request MUST include the UPC Code, and a receipt
showing date of purchase, dealer , price paid, and rebate form.
If for any reason what is provided is unacceptable the customer is notified.
David
Title: Re: filmscanners: Dust in Sprintscan 4000?
Roger
There is no doubt that the spots are either in the emulsion or caused by poor processing. But, I've looked at slides processed by three different top labs, and they all have about the same amount of junk. Therefore, I've come to the
If some one is familiar with the Nikon slide feeder I would like to
understand some of it's mechanical functionality.
* Is there any limitation on slide thickness?
* Can slides of various thickness' be scanned in one batch?
* Can you Raw Scan all slides?
* Can you apply
David,
I guess I assume that it would be at the 'real' SS4000 (and LS-4000) price
point of about $1500US
Tom
- Original Message -
From: Hemingway, David J
I think that some additional costs over the current steal price would be
an understatement. Do not expect the new version to be
correct.
-Original Message-
From: Tom Scales [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Sprintscan 4000 Rebate extension
David,
I guess I assume that it would be at the 'real' SS4000 (and
LS-4000)
Arthur,
Polaroid Canada has recently adjusted the pricing to their dealers to
reflect the US price after rebate (without the rebate). I am told you should
see final pricing within less than $50 to the US price after rebate.
Don't tell me after all these years you might actually buy a Polaroid
That SS4000 is looking better all the time, even allowing for the cost of a
SCSI PCCard.
CDW has the SS4000 plus in their catalog now. They're saying 1-2 weeks
delivery yes, some additional costs was an understatement:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=323503
Bob
At 12:39
Tom,
Thanks for buying the Polaroid scanner.
The 800 technical support number listed in the beginning of the manual can
provide you with the brush. Sorry no cover, yet! I am trying!!
David
-Original Message-
From: Tom Hueneman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20,
SCSI PC card comes with the SS4000 at least until we exhaust stock of the
SCSI cards.
David
-Original Message-
From: bob geoghegan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:RE: filmscanners: Sprintscan 4000
Any Mac users considering purchasing a SS4000??
David
If you are outside the United States, and you have purchased the Nikon
4000,
can you please tell me if your scanner came bundled with Genuine Fractals?
I can tell you that the Nikon scanners sold in Canada do not come with
Genuine Fractals. I believe it is a Nikon USA only bundle.
I've seen this as well. I've stopped worrying about it, because the differences are
never larger enough to present a correction problem in PS.
BTW, since I'm talking about colour corrections, one recommendation I want to pass on
is for iCorrect from Pictographics. I learned about it from
Dean, don't you mean $1,450? CDW lists about the same price but no tech details
BobG
.
At 01:23 PM 9/20/2001, you wrote:
The Sprintscan 4000 Plus is now listed at eCost for $14500. See
http://www.ecost.com/ecost/ecsplash/shop/detail.asp?dpno=962229
Only changes appear to be FireWire/USB
$1,448.55
- Original Message -
From: Shough, Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:23 PM
Subject: filmscanners: Sprintscan 4000 Plus
The Sprintscan 4000 Plus is now listed at eCost for $14500. See
Jim
I have not done a count, but I'm sure that I also find from 200- 1000 spots
on every scan, no matter how careful I am, and I live in a humid climate,
but work under much less clean conditions. I've been preoccupied with the
dust problem for some time. Some people don't seem to consider it
David
With the idea of saving money and possibly getting a better scan, I gave up
a Nikon LS4000 that I recently bought. I received the SS4000 from Ecost
yesterday. So far, I am terribly disappointed. The documentation is
terrible. Polacolor I find to be very poor. Silverfast documentation
A laptop PCCard or a desktop PCI SCSI card? In my case I'd need a laptop
PCcard (formerly PCMCIA), which I always assume is my responsibility.
Does anyone have experience with filmscanners connected via a PCCard SCSI
adapter on a Win2000 laptop? Confirmed hot-swap-ability would be a big
I was waiting to see how many users of the SS4000 might send e-mails like
this one. I too have suffered incredible efforts to get the SS4000 working
properly on an IBM platform. In the end and after much work with multiple
software vendors, and having to have the scanner's guts replaced at
I rarely get dust spots in my SS4000. I probably do something Polaroid would
recommend against. Occasionally, I use my air-gun nailer compressor to blow
air through the unit. I set the air at 30lbs pressure and blow carefully. I
cover the unit with plastic and avoid having slides or film out of
Martin and others:
This is another Roger (not Miller), but I have been following
the Dust thread with interest.
I have often noticed tiny spots on my scans (particularly
since I got a Minolta Scan Dual II, which shows the spots much more
than my previous Canon FS2710).
Great Idea!
- Original Message -
From: Alan Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 8:41 AM
Subject: filmscanners: Re: Autoexposure problem in Vuescan
I have taken to leaving a deliberately blank frame on every
film in order to scan it for
Hello,
I have the SS 4000 for more than a year now. I agree that the documentation
for Silverfast is terrible! However, the newest version of Polacolor
Insight (5.0 and available from the web-site) is really easy to use and just
as good as Silverfast. So I suppose my comments are: a) don't
At 03:39 PM 9/20/2001 -0400, Martin Greene wrote:
With the idea of saving money and possibly getting a better scan, I gave up
a Nikon LS4000 that I recently bought. I received the SS4000 from Ecost
yesterday. So far, I am terribly disappointed. The documentation is
terrible. Polacolor I find
Any Mac users considering purchasing a SS4000??
David
Hi David
Funny you should say that...I'm using a Canoscan FS2710 at the moment and
hope to trade up to a 4000dpi unit very soon.
Why do you ask?
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Regards
Richard
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on 9/20/01 9:32 AM, Phil at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello List,
I'm in the United States. I ordered the Nikon CoolScan 4000 on the
internet.
The day after I ordered it, I got an e-mail from the retailer. Call us as
soon as possible about your Nikon 4000 order!
I called them. They
I rarely get dust spots in my SS4000. I probably do something
Polaroid would
recommend against. Occasionally, I use my air-gun nailer
compressor to blow
air through the unit. I set the air at 30lbs pressure and blow
carefully.
Do you have a very good water trap on the output of your
If some one is familiar with the Nikon slide feeder I would like to
understand some of it's mechanical functionality.
* Is there any limitation on slide thickness?
* Can slides of various thickness' be scanned in one batch?
* Can you Raw Scan all slides?
* Can you apply
If you are outside the United States, and you have purchased the Nikon
4000,
can you please tell me if your scanner came bundled with Genuine Fractals?
I can tell you that the Nikon scanners sold in Canada do not come with
Genuine Fractals. I believe it is a Nikon USA only bundle.
I received
At 2:18 PM -0400 20-9-01, Hemingway, David J wrote:
Any Mac users considering purchasing a SS4000??
David
Hi David--
Yes definitely! I would not consider getting a scanner for any other
OS (that's not a religious statement, it's just I do %99 of my work
is done on Macs so those are the only
I am in the U.S. and I can state that Genuine Fractals did come bundled with
the scanner. The online documentation (on the CD) was not informative and in
some cases erroneous. I eventually had to go to their website to look at the
documentation there to understand how to work the software.
Brian
In the UK it does not come with genuine fractals.
- Original Message -
From: Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Filmscanners [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:32 PM
Subject: filmscanners: The Nikon 4000 and Genuine Fractals
Hello List,
I'm in the United States. I
Joe
I bought the Nikon 4000 from Ritz Camera and it came with Genuine Fractals.
I think that it is only the grey market products that don't come with it.
Martin
From: Joe Oldham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 17:51:53 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not to mention the potential for generating static electricity which may be
detrimental on any CMOS electronics inside the unit.
Wire
on 9/20/01 2:50 PM, Austin Franklin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I rarely get dust spots in my SS4000. I probably do something
Polaroid would
recommend
Which version of PolaColor is packaged with the current SS4000?
Thanks,
Stephen
- Original Message -
From: Hemingway, David J [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:35 PM
Subject: filmscanners: From Robert Candido and posted per his request
On 9/20/01 6:07 PM, Mike Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you are outside the United States, and you have purchased the Nikon
4000,
can you please tell me if your scanner came bundled with Genuine Fractals?
I can tell you that the Nikon scanners sold in Canada do not come with
Genuine
At 18:45 20-09-01 -0400, you wrote:
Joe
I bought the Nikon 4000 from Ritz Camera and it came with Genuine Fractals.
I think that it is only the grey market products that don't come with it.
I bought my LS4000 retail at KEH Cameras in Atlanta. It came with Genuine
Fractals though it wasn't
David Hemingway wrote:
Sorry no cover, yet! I am trying!!
This is definitely something I'd buy if it were available. Went to a local
sewing store picked up a sewing machine cover, but it's inadequate piece
of fairly thin plastic which is open at the bottom. I'd like to see a cover
stitched
Actually, I just finished researching this. I ended up consulting George
Lepp since he gives seminars around the country and pretty much demands
photo quality results from the projector.
Here is what I learned.
Must be XGA native resolution to look like a photo.
Laptop should also then be XGA.
I received Genuine Fractals with my Nikon IV, but I haven't figured out how
to use it. The only thing that shows up in PS LE5 is the Fractile export
which seems to save a cruddy looking image. Any tips?
We have GF (stand alone program) and the way we use it, is in the 'save as' or 'save a
probably, they are matched and all the same chips (micron)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Les Berkley
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals Help?
On 9/20/01 6:07
Well,
I was desperate for a cover and ended up using a shoe box. Found one
just the right size and cut out sections of the back for SCSI cables and
power cord. Not air tight, but surely cuts way down on the air wafting
through the front and rear openings. Just had to make sure the shoe box
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