[filmscanners] RE: Nikon LS-40 vs Polaroid SS4000

2002-03-27 Thread Jack Phipps
Hello Art-- Yes we do get a lot of comments about our name. This is a fun place to work, and I enjoy what I do. I can't help but notice that you do love your Polaroid! ;) I should have looked closer at your message. I didn't mean to imply that the Acer/Benq was superior to your Polaroid. I was r

[filmscanners] Minolta Scan Multi II

2002-03-27 Thread
Hi Folks.. recently I posted a question regarding the term "Dynamic Range" -- what it means in the context of film scanners?  How is this derived -- is it based on the gray-scale histogram?  Is it used consistently from one manufacturer to an other. A connected question is that I am about to step

[filmscanners] RE: VueScan and FilmGet

2002-03-27 Thread Alessandro Pardi
That would be great, but I experienced problems with FilmGet also in black-white point settings, and that means losing information that Vuescan couldn't restore. Alessandro Pardi One day I'll have a website. Until then, you

[filmscanners] RE: Moving on

2002-03-27 Thread Wilson, Paul
David, Maybe there's a potential for consulting here. You could consult with companies on how to do customer service in this age of the internet. I've been on the internet since since before the www and I've seen few other companies do as good a job participating in newsgroups, mailing lists, e

[filmscanners] Re: SCSI to Firewire & SS4000

2002-03-27 Thread TonySleep
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:18:53 -0800 ThomasH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am very surprised about this estimate. > > Isn't that rather so that Firewire is by _magnitudes_ faster? Yerse, but the limiting factor is the scanner's ability to generate, process and shovel data, not the interface. Abo

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-40 vs Polaroid SS4000

2002-03-27 Thread Arthur Entlich
Arthur Entlich wrote: In my haste, I made a few errors which made reading this difficult: It should read: > If you can get a SS4000 for a good price, I would grab it. It was, > and is, a great scanner. Both units are supported by Silverfast, > both units can use the full features of Insig