[filmscanners] braun scanner

2003-10-18 Thread Paul Roberts
has anyone tried the new Braun scanner. http://www.braun-phototechnik.de/E/Products/scanner/scanner.htm Best Wishes Paul Roberts mail at Paul-Roberts dot com Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with

[filmscanners] Re: [filmscanners_Digest] filmscanners Digest for Thu 16 Oct, 2003

2003-10-18 Thread malcolm
FAO Arthur Entlich Just to sday a big thank you for your advice. I had set my heart on either the Canon or Epson models but after reading your email started to re think the idea. (the process was, 1st reading 'no way', 2nd reading 'well he has a point' and 3rd reading 'it makes perfect sense'!

[filmscanners] Re: Minolta 5400 scan Elite Tests

2003-10-18 Thread
Thys, I too bought one of these about a week ago. I'm just starting on the learning curve. After opening the box, I was very disappointed to find it had an external power supply which was an American version only. (110V fixed, with a very strange looking 2 bladed plug). How can they sell

[filmscanners] Re: Minolta 5400 scan Elite Tests

2003-10-18 Thread sirius
- Image quality - sharpness: The Canon was definitely sharper and more snappy on the same image. This could be (and I suspect it is) the effect of Digital Ice vs Canon Fare. I intend to do another test with Ice off (unfortunately I scanned all my Canon samples with Fare on) The difference

[filmscanners] Re: scanning TMAX 3200

2003-10-18 Thread KARL SCHULMEISTERS
Ok, I'll try it and see - 14 stops huh?! hmmm - Original Message - From: Tony Sleep [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 2:10 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: scanning TMAX 3200 KARL SCHULMEISTERS wrote: The reason I question the 'great dynamic range' is

[filmscanners] Re: Minolta 5400 scan Elite Tests

2003-10-18 Thread ?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E5kon_T_S=F8nderland?=
sirius wrote: - Image quality - sharpness: The Canon was definitely sharper and more snappy on the same image. This could be (and I suspect it is) the effect of Digital Ice vs Canon Fare. I intend to do another test with Ice off (unfortunately I scanned all my Canon samples with Fare on) The

[filmscanners] 10D Tony shots

2003-10-18 Thread Jerry Hadam
Tony, I have been a little reluctant to convert to a new digital body because of the low light capabilities (or incapabilities of the digital bodies. Just haven't seen anyone pull off the look of high speed film in a digi. I shoot loads of Fuji 800 and Tmax 3200 (rate at 1600). Wow you did a nice

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2003-10-18 Thread Paul Kohl
About scanning and grain: I used Kodak Recording Film for a long time. It was developed in FG 7, 1:3- very concentrated. I used an Exposure Index that varied from EI 50 to 400. I loved the grain. I am now scanning those negatives using a Nikon 8000 Coolscan and am very happy with the results. A

[filmscanners] Re: Unknown Subject

2003-10-18 Thread Ellis Vener
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 09:58 PM, Paul Kohl wrote: I am also buying a glass carrier as Recording Film is very curly and I am having edge sharpness problems. Paul Kohl -- Paul you really need to look at the wet' glass carrier that Michael Grecco has devised for the Nikon 8000.

[filmscanners] connecting scanner to computer

2003-10-18 Thread patton paul
I have a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 scanner, and need to connect it to my new computer, which runs Mandrake Linux 9.1 and Windows 2000. The output from my scanner is SCSI, and I would like opinions about how best to connect it to my computer. I could either get a SCSI card for my computer and