Re: filmscanners: Superia, CM et al

2001-11-26 Thread Op's
Ken Durling wrote: Hi folks - I have two questions. One is I'm having a very hard time scanning Superia 400, and there's no setting for it in Vuescan. Colors are coming out all wrong even on the scan, and it's very hard to even know where to start fixing. What Vuescan settings can I

Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc

2001-11-26 Thread Arthur Entlich
PART 108--AIRPLANE OPERATOR SECURITY SPECIAL FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS (e) No certificate holder may use an X-ray system to inspect carry-on or checked articles unless a sign is posted in a conspicuous place at the screening station and on the X-ray

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan clipping flat images

2001-11-26 Thread Arthur Entlich
Jawed Ashraf wrote: The LS40 and LS4000 (used with Nikon Scan) do. It's what happens when the auto-exposure kicks in (I believe) which changes the brightness of the lamp (there's logic for why I could be wrong - I'll let somebody else argue the point). No, they don't. As Ed explained,

Re: filmscanners: IR channel and softness

2001-11-26 Thread Arthur Entlich
Although I have no empirical knowledge of this, it has been noted that the newer form of dICE has eliminated most of the softening process. Having studied a few scans which were done with the original dICE and the IR channel from that process, I concluded that the softening was a result of

Re: filmscanners: Superia, CM et al

2001-11-26 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Read the Advanced Workflow Suggestions section of the help file and lock in a test exposure. It worked for me on Superia 800.. Working in sRGB is fine, but you might look into profiling your monitor with Colorvision's Spyder with Photocal, and into printer profiles using either software such

Re: filmscanners: Superia, CM et al

2001-11-26 Thread Ken Durling
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:59:45 +1100, you wrote: Ken Durling wrote: Hi folks - I have two questions. One is I'm having a very hard time scanning Superia 400, and there's no setting for it in Vuescan. Colors are coming out all wrong even on the scan, and it's very hard to even know where

filmscanners: CanonScan 2710 and Vuescan

2001-11-26 Thread dbdors
I recently bought a refurbished CanoScan 2710. I also bought and later down loaded the latest copy of Vuescan. I did not install the Canon software at all. My problem is that I am getting soft scans. Even at 2710 resolution, the scans seem to be a little out of focus. What I am doing is

Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc

2001-11-26 Thread Doug Segar
At 04:21 PM 11/25/2001 -0800, you wrote: At 02:54 PM 11/25/01, Doug Segar wrote: Since the Administrator has issued no such notice regarding the hand checking film provision, the rule does apply WITHOUT exception. It is in no way clear that the Administrator has not done this. It is difficult

filmscanners: New software from Binuscan

2001-11-26 Thread Mikael Risedal
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filmscanners: Re: CanonScan 2710 and Vuescan

2001-11-26 Thread Roger Smith
At 11:14 AM -0600 11/26/01, dbdors wrote: My problem is that I am getting soft scans. Even at 2710 resolution, the scans seem to be a little out of focus. What I am doing is scanning and then comparing the scans to the slide on a light table. I used a Canon FS2710 for a year or so -

Re: filmscanners: CanonScan 2710 and Vuescan

2001-11-26 Thread Colin Maddock
dbdors wrote: I recently bought a refurbished CanoScan 2710. I also bought and later down loaded the latest copy of Vuescan. I did not install the Canon software at all. Install Canoscan and get used to that first. It is easier to use when starting from scratch. Leave it on the default

Re: filmscanners: CanonScan 2710 and Vuescan

2001-11-26 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
To answer what Roger didn't: 2. Preview means it will focus at the time of preview but will not refocus at scan, Scan means it will not focus for the preview (can save time) but will focus for the scan, and Always means it focuses both times. 3. No with the Canon 2710 to my knowledge.

Re: filmscanners: New software from Binuscan

2001-11-26 Thread Ken Durling
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:06:01 , you wrote: Photo Retouch Pro Try this fantastic software from Binuscan . I have used it with my scan pictures and pictures from my D1X At $1000, it BETTER be good!is it Mac only? Ken Durling Photo.net portfolio:

Re: filmscanners: New software from Binuscan

2001-11-26 Thread Jeff Spirer
At 11:06 AM 11/26/01, Mikael Risedal wrote: Photo Retouch Pro Try this fantastic software from Binuscan . I have used it with my scan pictures and pictures from my D1X I saw this software at the Newspaper Association of America show in June and it looked pretty good. However, it is Mac only at

Re: filmscanners: Superia, CM et al

2001-11-26 Thread Ken Durling
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:38:56 +1300, you wrote: Ken Durling wrote: I have two questions. One is I'm having a very hard time scanning Superia 400, and there's no setting for it in Vuescan. General consensus is to use Reala 100 (Japan), I believe. That choice gives me the most accurate colour

Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc

2001-11-26 Thread Arthur Entlich
Thank you. Art Doug Segar wrote: At 04:21 PM 11/25/2001 -0800, you wrote: At 02:54 PM 11/25/01, Doug Segar wrote: Since the Administrator has issued no such notice regarding the hand checking film provision, the rule does apply WITHOUT exception. It is in no way clear that the

filmscanners: No luck with Superia 400

2001-11-26 Thread Ken Durling
Very strange. I've tried everybody's suggestions, scanning under SGH, NGH, Real 100 (Japan) even Royal Gold 400, but a shot I have of a blood-red DayLily keeps coming out deep purple. Any ideas? Ken

filmscanners: Nikon Scan DOES Vary LED Brightness

2001-11-26 Thread Jawed Ashraf
Well, in disbelief, I have just done a test. With Nikon Scan 3.1.1 running stand-alone. Nikon Scan has four sliders for Analog Gain: Master, Red, Green and Blue. They work additively, i.e. Red brightness equals Master + Red. In my test I used a slide that I have lying around (i.e. I didn't use

Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan DOES Vary LED Brightness

2001-11-26 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 11/26/2001 5:58:04 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Looking into the scanner ***I could clearly see that the brightness of the alternating Red, Green, Blue light differed with each scan***. The light is seen reflecting off the slide mount. The length of time the LED

RE: filmscanners: No luck with Superia 400

2001-11-26 Thread Shough, Dean
Very strange. I've tried everybody's suggestions, scanning under SGH, NGH, Real 100 (Japan) even Royal Gold 400, but a shot I have of a blood-red DayLily keeps coming out deep purple. Any ideas? The problem may lie with the film, not the scanner. If the film sees colors differently than

Re: filmscanners: No luck with Superia 400

2001-11-26 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Try the Generic setting, and the Advanced Workflow Suggestions to lock in exposure for the roll. Then if you feel experimental try different individual brightness settings on the Color panel, esp. Red - try different combinations, maybe higher red and lower blue. You can change it, then

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: No luck with Superia 400

2001-11-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ken wrote: Very strange. I've tried everybody's suggestions, scanning under SGH, NGH, Real 100 (Japan) even Royal Gold 400, but a shot I have of a blood-red DayLily keeps coming out deep purple. Any ideas? Is there any grey point you can use with Levels to neutralise the image? Rob Rob

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Superia, CM et al

2001-11-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ken Durling wrote: Tried NHG, and it was way off. Haven't tried SHG, and I don't know why not! Will do and report. I don't know if you've tried this, but have a go at Generic Colour Negative and Neutral instead of White Balance. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

Re: filmscanners: No luck with Superia 400

2001-11-26 Thread Op's
Happens! I have a colour neg of a sign which contains a pale green wash logo - this will come out bright near fluro green scanned. I had to drop a colour in and make the correction. Rob Ken Durling wrote: Very strange. I've tried everybody's suggestions, scanning under SGH, NGH, Real

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Superia, CM et al

2001-11-26 Thread Ken Durling
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:35:41 +1000, you wrote: Ken Durling wrote: Tried NHG, and it was way off. Haven't tried SHG, and I don't know why not! Will do and report. I don't know if you've tried this, but have a go at Generic Colour Negative and Neutral instead of White Balance. Rob Thanks Rob

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: No luck with Superia 400

2001-11-26 Thread Ken Durling
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:31:02 +1000, you wrote: Ken wrote: Very strange. I've tried everybody's suggestions, scanning under SGH, NGH, Real 100 (Japan) even Royal Gold 400, but a shot I have of a blood-red DayLily keeps coming out deep purple. Any ideas? Is there any grey point you can use with

Re: filmscanners: CanonScan 2710 and Vuescan

2001-11-26 Thread Darrell Dorsey
From: Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4. Try these sites: http://www.mail-archive.com/filmscanners@halftone.co.uk Maris, Thanks, this link works. The other did not. Darrell

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Superia, CM et al

2001-11-26 Thread Ken Durling
Folks - Your suggestions are helping. Generic and Neutral color balance are getting me closer to at least the right hues, although the saturation is still way off. Tweaking the brightness levels of the reds and blues in the scan are helping too. I think it's to the point where I can

Re: filmscanners: X-ray scanners/etc

2001-11-26 Thread Karl Schulmeisters
Well whether or not the 'official process' has been followed is somewhat irrelevant. I just got back from a multi-stop hop into, within and back home from Europe. Here is what I found I took all my film, put it in a ziplock baggy, and made sure I had some 1600 in there marked PUSH. With that