Dickbo wrote:
I might also point out that comparing the Nikon scanner with the Polaroid
Sprintscan 120 is utter nonsense because in the UK a typical asking price
for the Nikon is £1299.00 while for the Polaroid it is £2,899.00
I would suggest that it is easier and cheaper to put glass
I have had a Nikon LS-30 scanner for over a year now and until
recently it was being used occasionally to scan images that I needed
to post to a web page or send via email. A couple of months ago,
though, I started looking into how to capture the most from my films
for archival purposes and was
Someone else has confirmed that the emulsion is up in the Flex. It does
look like the light source is in the bottom so your guidance was indeed
correct.
Thanks.
Simon
On 27/4/02 8:53 pm, Austin Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Getting Started manual states in two places that the film
Rob wrote:
I have graduated from a Nikon LS2000 to a Minolta Multi Scan Pro.
I now find that digital Ice does not work as well with the Minolta. Is this because
of
the higher resolution showing up more detail - scratches and muck . Or is this
because
its not as good as within the Nikon
Is there any way to install Vuescan as a plug-in to Photoshop 6???
Second question: If so, is it worth doing?
-lee-
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I have worked as a freelance photographer for many years and am now looking
to replace my b/w darkroom with a film scanner.
I shoot medium format (t-max 100) film and the end use is for high qualiy
glossy magazines and corporate publications, usually A4, very occasionally
A3. The scanner would
Thanks Julian.
I'll take a look to your stuff and will get back.
Regards,
Alex Z
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Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of
Thanks Lauri, but would it be hardware reason the output would be wrong
completely with either
Nikon CMS On or Off.
In my case, switching the Nikon CMS off results in near-to-be color balanced
scans featured by slight green tint (barely visible sometimes), which is
nice considering the output
David writes:
I shoot medium format (t-max 100) film and the
end use is for high qualiy glossy magazines and
corporate publications, usually A4, very
occasionally A3.
Any decent scanner will be more than sufficient for this type of work, as
offset printing can't come close to the quality
From: Lee Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is there any way to install Vuescan as a plug-in to Photoshop 6???
Not that I know of. It's a standalone.
Second question: If so, is it worth doing?
Even if it were possible, there wouldn't be much point: it'll open any photo
editor you tell it to on
David J. Littleboy wrote:
From: Lee Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is there any way to install Vuescan as a plug-in to Photoshop 6???
Not that I know of. It's a standalone.
Second question: If so, is it worth doing?
Even if it were possible, there wouldn't be much point: it'll open any
Sassan writes ...
...
I am using VueScan 7.5 (beta ?)
Update your version of Vuescan. Vs versions later than 7.5.14 are very
solid with all Nikons. http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html ...
... and NikonScan 3.1.0, and the default
settings for VueScan generally produces images that are
Lee writes ...
Is there any way to install Vuescan as a plug-in to Photoshop 6???
No ...
Second question: If so, is it worth doing?
Given that Vs will open the image into your pixel editer automatically, the
only practical difference between a twain plugin and Vs, is that Vs saves
the
This is how Vuescan is designed to work - to NOT clip any highlights or
shadows, but to leave that for postprocessing in PS or other program where
you can examine the image more closely and determine what if any endpoint
clipping to do, and set your black and white point with much more accuracy.
That happens every now and then ;-)
Regards,
Austin
Someone else has confirmed that the emulsion is up in the Flex. It does
look like the light source is in the bottom so your guidance was indeed
correct.
Thanks.
Simon
On 27/4/02 8:53 pm, Austin Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 10:55 PM 4/27/2002 -0700, you wrote:
I have had a Nikon LS-30 scanner for over a year now and until
recently it was being used occasionally to scan images that I needed
to post to a web page or send via email. A couple of months ago,
though, I started looking into how to capture the most from
Julian Robinson wrote:
If you want to check your scanner, I describe an easy way on
http://members.austarmetro.com.au/~julian/photography/ls2000-focus.htm
What a very useful page. Have you had any feedback from LS-40, LS-4000 or LS-8000
users on the effective DOF on these scanners? Are
While others have given yo some very good answers, I would like to address
three tangential issues that you hint at.
First, as for the advice of distributors and retailers, remember that they
are selling products and seek to push customers toward the products that
they have in stock and which
Hi Simon,
On the one hand, there are 4 fingers and a thumb ;-)...
This is one of those situations that could be answered Yes, it's all a
matter of numbers, but the question is which numbers one is going to
consider. With enough information, I'm sure someone could plug the
numbers into an
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It would just gall me to spend that much on a scanner and still have to worry about
focus. (I cut my teeth on a Minolta Elite which had fixed focus and yet was sharp
over
the whole frame.)
Al Bond
A fixed focus scanner would likely be such because it has a
David wrote:
Secondly, when the Nikon was demonstrated, the film was clearly not at all
flat in the holder. They told me that the scanner had enough depth of focus
to compensate for this. Is this true? They also said that, if it was a
problem, a glass carrier was available, but I can forsee
I'm running a Polaroid SS4000 as my scanner utilize
Insight, Vuescan and PS6 in my workflow.
I'm planning to update my wintel box and need to
choose between Win2K WinXP.
Which should I choose?
Thanks,
JimD
2K by a mile.
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From: JimD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm running a Polaroid SS4000 as my scanner utilize
Insight, Vuescan and PS6 in my workflow.
I'm planning to update my wintel box and need to
choose between Win2K WinXP.
Which should I choose?
Thanks,
JimD
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