[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-18 Thread Peter Marquis-Kyle
Paul D. DeRocco wrote: I'm actually thinking about trying to photograph the slides with my 10D, and am wondering what lens I'd need in order to match up the 24x36mm slide to the 15x22.5mm sensor. That would indeed solve the DOF problem. Paul You might consider using a Canon FD Auto Bellows

[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-18 Thread Peter Marquis-Kyle
Paul D. DeRocco wrote: From: Peter Marquis-Kyle You might consider using a Canon FD Auto Bellows with the slide duplicator accessory and, say, a 50mm macro lens. This would make the business of framing, magnification and focus straightforward. (If you were in Australia I'd lend this gear to

[filmscanners] RE: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-18 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
From: Peter Marquis-Kyle This is all stuff that Canon MADE (past tense) as part of the manual focus system. The bits that I mentioned are all FD (manual focus), except for the adapter which allows you to attach the whole setup to your EOS mount body. see this 1982 brochure:

[filmscanners] RE: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-18 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
From: Peter Marquis-Kyle You might consider using a Canon FD Auto Bellows with the slide duplicator accessory and, say, a 50mm macro lens. This would make the business of framing, magnification and focus straightforward. (If you were in Australia I'd lend this gear to you...) You'd need

[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-18 Thread Arthur Entlich
Paul D. DeRocco wrote: From: Arthur Entlich Paul sent me a couple of his cooked slides to test with a few scanner for him. I too thought these could by flattened by all the usual methods, such as those you state below, until I saw them! Warped is a kind word. These mounts are charcoal

[filmscanners] Re: Scanning 8X10 negs

2004-01-18 Thread Arthur Entlich
I read this quickly, so perhaps I missed this piece of valuable info... What are you planning to do with the scans? If you want to make some good sized enlarged prints, I would suggest you consider getting a flatbed which has a full bed transparency adapter. Some of the older Umax scanners, like

[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-18 Thread Arthur Entlich
Paul D. DeRocco wrote: Some slides would require some cleanup in Photoshop, but surprisingly, most look just fine except for the fuzziness caused by the inability to focus on all parts of the slide. They're curved or rippled, and the cardboard mounts are brown around the edges, but their

[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-18 Thread Arthur Entlich
Keep in mind that heated slides will tend to pop, and the ones you have will be even worse. I'd try to go with a cool illumination source if possible. Art Paul D. DeRocco wrote: From: Peter Marquis-Kyle You might consider using a Canon FD Auto Bellows with the slide duplicator accessory and,

[filmscanners] Re: Scanning 8X10 negs

2004-01-18 Thread Brad Davis
On 1/18/04 5:13 AM, Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read this quickly, so perhaps I missed this piece of valuable info... What are you planning to do with the scans? If you want to make some good sized enlarged prints, I would suggest you consider getting a flatbed which has a full

[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?

2004-01-18 Thread Brad Davis
On 1/18/04 5:35 AM, Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul D. DeRocco wrote: Some slides would require some cleanup in Photoshop, but surprisingly, most look just fine except for the fuzziness caused by the inability to focus on all parts of the slide. They're curved or rippled,

[filmscanners] LS-2000 and Kodachrome

2004-01-18 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
I came up against the dreaded blue cast when attempting to scan some Kodachrome in my LS-2000. On Usenet, people have been fighting with this, trying to find some easy tweak to the controls the controls to fix this. I decided to buy a Kodachrome IT8 target and just profile the damn thing. I found