[filmscanners] Defective Minolta Dimage Scan Elite II: update :-((

2002-01-12 Thread Ralf Schmode
Hi everybody, as you may remember, I addressed this list two weeks ago because my freshly delivered Minolta Dimage Scan Elite II turned out to be defective right out of the box (banding and telephone wires, see http://schmode.net/banding_channels.jpg for details). Here's what happened during

[filmscanners] Nikon Scan question

2002-01-12 Thread Brian D. Plikaytis
I was wondering if I could address as simple question tot eh group about Nikon Scan, version 3.1.2. In the previous versions, the LCH editor gave access to red green and blue. In the latest version this editor is set in the lightness-hue mode. I cannot find a setting where I can return to RGB

[filmscanners] SprintScan 4000

2002-01-12 Thread John Rossi
Have sent this post several times but it does not appear to be getting delivered. I assume there are still server issues. Forgive me if they all appear at once. Greetings - does anyone out there know where one might purchase additional slide holders for the Polaroid Sprintscan 4000? BH is

[filmscanners] RE: SprintScan 4000

2002-01-12 Thread Thomas B. Maugham
Try calling this number at Polaroid: 1-800-348-5287 ext. E068 Tom -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Rossi Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] SprintScan 4000 Have sent this post

[filmscanners] RE: VueScan Suggestions Needed

2002-01-12 Thread michael shaffer
The latest post regarding the LCH mode for Nikonscan ... which, as I understand, is a color space editing mode, independent of RGB color space, reminded me to ask ... does anyone see any benefit if Vuescan were to adopt a similar intermediate space??? I.E., ... raw RGB=LCH=final color space

[filmscanners] RE: SprintScan 4000

2002-01-12 Thread
Greetings! I am in the same boat that you are. One of the arms on my SS4000 slide holder is cracked and not amenable to repair with super glue. As you have found, none of the major retail sources seem to have replacements in stock. I have communicated with several people, including David

[filmscanners] Re: SprintScan 4000

2002-01-12 Thread Edward Wiseman
Try Microtek..their 4000T uses the SAME holders.. Eddie wiseman - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 11:29 AM Subject: [filmscanners] RE: SprintScan 4000 Greetings! I am in the same boat that you are. One of the arms on my

[filmscanners] Re: SprintScan 4000

2002-01-12 Thread Winsor Crosby
Have sent this post several times but it does not appear to be getting delivered. I assume there are still server issues. Forgive me if they all appear at once. Greetings - does anyone out there know where one might purchase additional slide holders for the Polaroid Sprintscan 4000? BH is

[filmscanners] Sprintscan 4000 Slide holder status

2002-01-12 Thread Hemingway, David J
Polaroid has on order since December 500 SS4000 slide holders. I am trying to get the status of this order and will advise. David Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or

[filmscanners] LS 4000 Green Cast

2002-01-12 Thread Martin Greene
I recently purchased a Nikon Supercoolscan 4000. I am using Nikon Scan 3.1.5 on a mac with OS 9.1. The film I use is Provia or Velvia. I also tried an Ektachrome slide. All of my pre-scans and scans have an extreme green cast, to the point that all other colors are obliterated. I had the

[filmscanners] Building PC system for image editing

2002-01-12 Thread Alex Zabrovsky
Hi all. Preparing to acquire IV ED within few weeks I've started to consider the PC system to handle post-processing and image achivating. Currently my regular system is quite old Compaq laptop running on 333 MHz Celeron + 192 MB memory. I realize that it will be probably quite hard - nearly

[filmscanners] RE: Building PC system for image editing

2002-01-12 Thread Wilson, Paul
I built the PC I use to scan and run Photoshop. It's a dual PIII 866 with 1.25G, two 18G SCSI drives and so forth running Win2K. I don't have experience with faster P4's but I really like dual processors and SCSI. Why? Because I'm writing this email while my scanner is going and both

[filmscanners] Re: Building PC system for image editing

2002-01-12 Thread Ezio c/o TIN
Alex ... first of all you will find as many opinion about the best as many users you will contact ;o) ... he he he ! Second ... I have developped my OPTIMAL SYSTEM in the past 12 years of self assembling ... all my friends have systems builded by myself ... and in house I have 3 systems

[filmscanners] Re: Defective Minolta Dimage Scan Elite II: update :-((

2002-01-12 Thread
Ralf Schmode wrote: as you may remember, I addressed this list two weeks ago because my freshly delivered Minolta Dimage Scan Elite II turned out to be defective right out of the box (banding and telephone wires, see http://schmode.net/banding_channels.jpg for details). I've just got an

[filmscanners] Re: Building PC system for image editing

2002-01-12 Thread Ezio c/o TIN
I have forgot ! ... OPERATING SYSTEM = WINDOWS 98 SE No other choices to avoid headaches with drivers ! Sincerely. Ezio www.lucenti.com e-photography site ICQ: 139507382 - Original Message - From: Ezio c/o TIN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002

[filmscanners] Anyone using Epson 2450 Photo, Mac + Vuescan?

2002-01-12 Thread
On 13/1/02 1:18 am, Ralf Schmode [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I've just got an Elite II and have been checking the deep shadows for issues, particularly the red channel banding. I have noticed something very odd. A straight scan (with or without ICE) shows red

[filmscanners] Re: Building PC system for image editing

2002-01-12 Thread
Have you considered the Apple route at all? Richard Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or

[filmscanners] Archive??

2002-01-12 Thread Dawn Campbell
This question has probably been asked a billion times before, but is there an archive for this group. I look at Tony Sleep's site and couldn't see any evidence of one. Rather than bore the group with the typical questions posed every week, I thought I'd try to educate myself a little first. I

[filmscanners] Re: Archive??

2002-01-12 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Web archives for this list may be found at :- http://www.mail-archive.com/filmscanners@halftone.co.uk http://phi.res.cse.dmu.ac.uk/Filmscan/ Regards Tony Sleep Maris - Original Message - From: Dawn Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002

[filmscanners] Re: SprintScan 4000

2002-01-12 Thread Hill James
Looks like the slide/negative holders have been covered. For ink I would choose www.atlex.com for any Epson OEM product, inks or paper. Good prices, great selection, usually fast service. I use MIS Lightfast inks, which are Epson OEM equivalents (actually a little better), in a bulk system and

[filmscanners] Re: Tips needed on difficult scan

2002-01-12 Thread Dave King
- Original Message - From: Julian Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 11:52 PM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Tips needed on difficult scan Being endlessly interested in contrast taming, I just tried this but obviously I am missing something

[filmscanners] RE: SprintScan 4000

2002-01-12 Thread John Rossi
Great info, thanks to all. John Rossi http://www.inksupply.com Great prices, good quality, and usually fast shipping, even if the email service is slow from time to time. James Hill Freelance Photographer Mebane, NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: John Rossi [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: VueScan Suggestions Needed

2002-01-12 Thread Dave King
Yep, I'm happy bringing a flat hi-bit Vuescan into PS to do final color/tone correction. I set up Vuescan to get all the tones the scanner can get, and then I use the shift up/down arrow trick to dial in the final correction. It's very helpful and shows you where things are at quickly. I also

[filmscanners] Re: Defective Minolta Dimage Scan Elite II: update :-((

2002-01-12 Thread
In a message dated 1/12/2002 7:34:24 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Incidentally, it doesn't look like the current support for the scanner in the latest version of Vuescan incorporates calibration routines. Minolta mailed me a loaner Scan Elite II on Friday. I expect to get this working

[filmscanners] Re: Building PC system for image editing

2002-01-12 Thread Jim Snyder
- Original Message - From: Alex Zabrovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all. I'm considering constructing myself the PC system (have previous experience doing that about 5 years ago though), however, it seems I'm out of date of the PC technology being confused by the choices of the parts. I rely

[filmscanners] RE: Building PC system for image editing

2002-01-12 Thread Wilson, Paul
Ezio's other advice was good. However, I have to disagree here. Win 98 and ME are utter garbage. Win 2000 or XP are vastly better and are real 32-bit, protected memory, multi-tasking operating systems and are vastly more stable than 98 or ME. If drivers don't exist for a piece of hardware and

[filmscanners] RE: Building PC system for image editing

2002-01-12 Thread Alex Zabrovsky
No Richard. I'm aware about Macs, however, their market is very narrow here in Israel making them significantly more expensive then comparable PC and there will be additional hassles of figuring out sotware for them. Regards, Alex Z -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]