[filmscanners] Dustbuster

2003-10-20 Thread Arthur Entlich
For anyone interested in downloading David Yip's Dustbuster program which I mentioned in a recent posting, it can be found at: www.geocities.com/dcw_yip/DustBuster Art Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Polaroid sprintscan 120

2003-10-20 Thread Craig Auckand
Hi I have a Polaroid sprintscan 120; it must be about 2 years old. It has had quite constant use during that time - perhaps being operated 2-3 times a week. Last week it developed a dark line/patch running the length of the frame. This is most noticeable in blue skies; I rescanned some earlier

[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid sprintscan 120

2003-10-20 Thread Eric C
Hi Craig, As far as I know, Polaroid themselves still offer support on the 120. I too have one and spoke with their support people about 2 months ago and as of then they were still offering support. http://www.polaroid.com/company_info/ww_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=84552

[filmscanners] Re: Minolta 5400 scan Elite Tests

2003-10-20 Thread Al Bond
The Canon scans still seems slightly sharper, but with a few levels of sharpening on PS, there is no real difference. I am quite fussy about the sharpness of my slides and the test slide I chose is very sharp under a 10x loupe. Maybe I should try the manual focus thing on the Minolta? I've

[filmscanners] Re: 10D Tony shots

2003-10-20 Thread Tony Sleep
Jerry Hadam wrote: 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).

[filmscanners] Re: connecting scanner to computer

2003-10-20 Thread Tony Sleep
patton paul wrote: Are my worries about possible incompatibilities warrented? Am I safer in this regard to stick with a SCSI card? Is it likely that a SCSI to firewire converter would be compatible with Linux? I've had no trouble at all getting Advansys PCI SCSI cards to work with Mandrake

[filmscanners] RE: 10D Tony shots

2003-10-20 Thread Nagaraj, Ramesh
Tony wrote: Hah, me too - only I changed to Delta3200 (@1600) eventually. Well, the 10d is amazing in bad light. Shortly after I got it, I was walking back from a job and did some handheld night street shots @800 which alerted me to the potential for seeing in the dark. It has since got me

[filmscanners] Pixels and Prints

2003-10-20 Thread
I suspect I will 'go digital' sometime in the next year or two. My question regards what type of print output quality I can expect from digital. I print on an Epson 2200 at sizes of up to 13x19 inches. In reality, I tend to leave an inch margin or so around the image, so lets say an image size

[filmscanners] RE: connecting scanner to computer

2003-10-20 Thread LAURIE SOLOMON
I've never seen one ~2' and I believe length is electrically critical. I have several that are 6' in length. the length that is electrically critical is the total lenght of any daisy chain from controller to the last device no matter how many devices are in the daisy chain. The total length is

[filmscanners] RE: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-20 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I print on an Epson 2200 at sizes of up to 13x19 inches. In reality, I tend to leave an inch margin or so around the image, so lets say an image size of 11x17 inches. Conventional teaching with scans (and I suppose that this could be part of the answer..that the

[filmscanners] Re: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-20 Thread KARL SCHULMEISTERS
The idea that you won't have grain is somewhat misleading. When you upsize to 11x17, you will have the equiv of grain in the form of digital artifacts. At even 8x10, I can tell the difference between a 35mm film image and a 6mpixel Camera, and it is even more obvious at 11x17. Realistically, a

[filmscanners] RE: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-20 Thread Austin Franklin
Karl, Realistically, a 6mPixel camera is equiv to 4000dpi scan of 35mm film. Where on earth do you get that idea? Basicall, your claim is simply not even close. Regards, Austin Unsubscribe by mail to

[filmscanners] RE: Pixels and Prints

2003-10-20 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
From: KARL SCHULMEISTERS Realistically, a 6mPixel camera is equiv to 4000dpi scan of 35mm film. Which generates some amazing images, but still doesn't quite match film when you enlarge it. 4000dpi comes out to about 4K by 6K, or 24M. A 6Mp camera is closer to a 2700dpi scanner. Save your