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2005-05-31 Thread Laurie Solomon
I would not have responded to your post in the way I did or even replied to your suggestion if you had only quoted the original poster rather than citing and quoting a passage from my post. This led me to believe that you were responding to my post and not the original message. I have no basic

[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid 120 opinions

2005-05-31 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi James, You are speaking of David Hemingway. Some time back, I tried to reconnect with him, but have not been able to locate him. After he left Polaroid he stopped communicating with me, so I have no news, unfortunately. He has a common name and so trying to Google him isn't easy. Art

[filmscanners] RE: Polaroid 120 opinions

2005-05-31 Thread Laurie Solomon
Art, I would also be interested in locating and re-establishing contact with David - especially concerning the Polaroid Film Recorder that I have and how one might get or create new lookup files for it that are dedicated to handling today's batch of films. However, I think that he dropped out of

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-29 Thread Berry Ives
Yuk! Carbon tet! We used to kill insects with it for general science class in the early 60's. Very deadly stuff. But I'm still here On 5/19/05 3:40 AM, Tony Sleep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arthur Entlich wrote: OK, how about this... maybe the PEC is responsible ;-) I've never owned

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-19 Thread
The US effectively banned TCE in the late 1970's. I figured I would just read the container and relay the ingredients, but they are not listed. http://www.photosol.com/msds_pec12.pdf The material safety sheet indicates the ingredients are a trade secret. Tony Sleep wrote: Arthur Entlich wrote:

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-17 Thread Tony Sleep
wrote: I think item 3 might be the culprit. Nice theory but the mould doesn't seem to show any preference for the film rebate, which is where handling has occurred. Regards Tony Sleep - http://www.halftone.co.uk

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-16 Thread Arthur Entlich
We (Tony and I) live in somewhat similar climates. This area (Victoria BC, Canada), also referred to as the wet coast is a rain forest. Many Brits feel very at home here. Long soggy gray fall, winter and spring. Our home is not particularly dry, in fact, quite the opposite, a factor often

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-16 Thread Arthur Entlich
A-ha You may be onto something... 1) Mold can be found on all surfaces, but especially organic ones, like hands 2) Enlargers provide heat while in use, probably promoting mold growth 3) handled negs may end us with body oils on the edges which may encourage growth of mold 4) possibly just the

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-15 Thread Tony Sleep
bob geoghegan wrote: Conditions are the big variable for mold I've been reviewing scanning 300+ rolls of 25-year old Tri-X HP5 negs that were well washed, stored in mostly good quality plastic pages, Glassine pages in loose leaf binders here, in a steel storage cabinet subject to normal

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-14 Thread Tony Sleep
wrote: There is nothing like BW negatives for longevity. You think? I'm scanning negs from 20-30 years ago before it's too late. Mould is a big issue and a swine to try and fix. These were very well processed and washed but ironically that encourages mould. OK, storage in a humidity and temp

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-14 Thread
Interesting comments. I also shoot BW film, scan the negs and print on inkjet printers. I started out with a simple C84 (now a C86) and the MIS quadtone inks. Very simple, inexpensive and does a wonderful job on matte papers up to 8x10. I tend to print 5x7 on this printer though. I'm also just

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-14 Thread
My comment is based on the stability of silver versus dye. Is BW more likely to get mold versus color transparency or negatives? Tony Sleep wrote: wrote: There is nothing like BW negatives for longevity. You think? I'm scanning negs from 20-30 years ago before it's too late. snip

[filmscanners] RE: Modern photography...

2005-05-11 Thread Austin Franklin
Hi lists, That is interesting since SCSI is a simple thing to add to a PC, you have to wonder why they went GPIB, which is a rather slow interface used for electronic instruments. National Instruments more or less owns the GPIB business. There is a very hidden form on their website where you

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-11 Thread ?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E5kon_T_S=F8nderland?=
Ken McKaba wrote: I have been out of touch with photography for a few years and recently dusted off my old Rolleiflex 6x6 to find myself in the digital age. I am trying to make sense of how serious photography is done in the 21st century. I've brought the issue up to various people and

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-10 Thread
Ken McKaba wrote: I have been out of touch with photography for a few years and recently dusted off my old Rolleiflex 6x6 to find myself in the digital age. I am trying to make sense of how serious photography is done in the 21st century. I've brought the issue up to various people and everyone

[filmscanners] RE: Modern photography...

2005-05-10 Thread Austin Franklin
Hi, I find ink jet prints look a bit odd in the dark areas as there is more ink plopped on the page. Have you seen a quad-tone/Piezography print, as opposed to a black-only inkjet print? I haven't seen any BW quads. Then, I suggest you do ;-) I'd like to understand why you use Tri-X

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-10 Thread Alex Z
Austin, I noticed you use Leafscan 45. I stepped up into meadium format (6x7) about a half year ago and then my main headache became the inability of quality scanning at my home convenience as I used to with my 35mm by Nikon IV ED. Flatbeds are out of question, I've tried a few of recent machines

[filmscanners] Re: Modern photography...

2005-05-10 Thread
(1) Print digitally on matte papers with a matte black. The 2200 class of printers does a great job on a good matte paper (EEM or a cotton fiber paper). Good print longevity as well. For glossy, try a paper like Epson Semi-Gloss. Ideally, you'll want glop (Epson 1800) or a coating spray like

[filmscanners] RE: Modern photography...

2005-05-10 Thread Austin Franklin
Hi Alex, Austin, I noticed you use Leafscan 45. I do. So I begun to consider selling my leg and arm (and also my wife, car, house and children) :-) for Nikon LS9000 till encountered people's recommendation to go Leafscan 45 route instead. What can you say about this one ? Can it still

[filmscanners] Re: New member

2005-04-30 Thread Tony Sleep
Bosko Loncarevic wrote: Is there a list archive that I could consult before asking a question(s) that may have been thoroughly discussed in the past? Hi, Mail headers contain the archive address, posting and unsubscribe addresses and instructions. Unsubscribe info also appear in the mail

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-25 Thread
Roger that. Scott LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: All those may be true; but not everyone wants to print on matte. Those that print on glossy can print with glop if they are using the R800 or R1800, otherwise, that may not be an option even if it were a solution. Spraying the prints is also another

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-25 Thread
Actually that was my post (Gary). I agree that all software isn't alike, but the RIP is just another way of using software. There is no reason to believe either method is superior. However, you already own the computer, and because a PC is COTS, the cost of the hardware is certainly going to be

[filmscanners] RE: Compact Cameras

2005-04-25 Thread
Hi, I know this question has been asked in the past (and slightly off-topic) but times change so I'd thought I'd raise it again. I recently read an article about a photographer who started out with digital (Fujifilm S2 Pro) but then switched to medium format for colour and to an Olympus XA

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-25 Thread Roger Krueger
Not sure how it works on a Nikon, but on my Sprintscan 120 Vuescan compensated for the orange mask on color neg by altering exposure times, rather than just twiddling bits, so scanning BW as raw color neg gave me three differently exposed channels to combine as needed. Almost enough to save pushed

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-25 Thread Berry Ives
I work mostly in color, but I am interested to know where I might find a comparison of Epson 2200 BW with Quadtone BW. I read a review once that thought very highly of the 2200 BW. Does anyone think it would be worthwhile to set up my old 1160 with Quadtone, rather than simply use the 2200?

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-25 Thread Berry Ives
My brother has the old XA, for many years now, and the Canon 350D, at about 30 oz with lens, must be about 4x the mass, and it isn't going to fit in anybody's shirt pocket. Berry On 4/25/05 7:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David J. Littleboy wrote The small-sensor

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread David J. Littleboy
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So my question is this: have digital compacts reached the stage yet where they can give film compacts like the XA a run for their money on image quality? I'd be interested in hearing any experiences list members may have on this. The small-sensor cameras have been

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread Dieder Bylsma
So my question is this: have digital compacts reached the stage yet where they can give film compacts like the XA a run for their money on image quality? I'd be interested in hearing any experiences list members may have on this. As far as I can tell, for pixel counts, yeah, they can. 8.2 MP is

[filmscanners] RE: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread LAURIE SOLOMON
While I do not usually engage in this sort of comparative reviewing of products nor in the recommending of them, I will make two general observations from my experiences, which need to be taken with a grain of salt since they entail my biases and preferences. First, even at today's stage in

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread
You should check out the PeizographyBW Black and White inkjet printing system from Jon Cone (and inkjetmall.com). It is really amazing. No bronzing, no metemerism, no fading, rich deep black and long tonal scale. It is really, really very good. LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: snip First, even at

[filmscanners] RE: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread Laurie Solomon
I am familiar with it and have heard good things about it from users; BUT that is one of the sorts of things that I consider as the EXTRA WORK required to remedy the issues I am speaking of. :-) First, I believe that you almost need to have a dedicated printer for B W printing to use it: second

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread
I think the solution is to have BW ink in different levels of blackness (if that is the correct term), but the inkjetmall solution is just too expensive for me. I'm not sure how the RIP will solve the problem since you would still be making BW with color ink. Laurie Solomon wrote: I am familiar

[filmscanners] RE: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread Austin Franklin
Hi Laurie, I am familiar with it and have heard good things about it from users; BUT that is one of the sorts of things that I consider as the EXTRA WORK required to remedy the issues I am speaking of. :-) It's not an issue if you do a couple of things...as you touch on... First, I believe

[filmscanners] RE: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread Austin Franklin
You should check out the PeizographyBW Black and White inkjet printing system from Jon Cone (and inkjetmall.com). It is really amazing. No bronzing, no metemerism, no fading, rich deep black and long tonal scale. It is really, really very good. Hi Lotusm50, Do you have the original, or

[filmscanners] RE: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread LAURIE SOLOMON
I think the solution is to have BW ink in different levels of blackness (if that is the correct term) That appears to be one type of solution to some of the issues; another potential solution is to have not just different densities of black but different shades of gray inks. However, this

[filmscanners] RE: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread LAURIE SOLOMON
I have no dispute with anything you have said below. Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Austin Franklin Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Compact Cameras Hi Laurie, I am familiar with it

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread David J. Littleboy
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm waiting for some company to release a really capable small digicam with a decent APS sensor, a truly superb lens (maybe a prime in the 40mm equiv. range) and I guess some kind of deluxe EVF. Optical RF based VF is probably hoping for too much :-) I imagine something

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread
As for bronzing, just print matte papers and it's a non issue. I have used EEM and Photo Rag with fine results. For glossy, folks print with glop or spray the prints with Print Shield which reportedly does a good job minimizing bronzing. Scott LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: I think the solution is to

[filmscanners] Re: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread
I had the original plug-in system, but I now have the current ICC system. Austin Franklin wrote: You should check out the PeizographyBW Black and White inkjet printing system from Jon Cone (and inkjetmall.com). It is really amazing. No bronzing, no metemerism, no fading, rich deep black and

[filmscanners] RE: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread LAURIE SOLOMON
All those may be true; but not everyone wants to print on matte. Those that print on glossy can print with glop if they are using the R800 or R1800, otherwise, that may not be an option even if it were a solution. Spraying the prints is also another option for glossy or even non-glossy prints;

[filmscanners] RE: Compact Cameras

2005-04-24 Thread LAURIE SOLOMON
David, I am sure that we would all like to know the answer or at least get additional information as to the difference between RIP and the print driver. However, I am equally sure that software is NOT ALWAYS software. Some software is better than other software; some software has features and

[filmscanners] Email disappearing

2005-04-23 Thread Berry Ives
Okay, off topic, but it is my filmscanner mail that is disappearing. I just read today's new filmscanner email, then checked my deleted items folder. None of the previously missing emails were there, and I think I had checked that before anyway. But then I went back to my in box, and the

[filmscanners] Re: Email disappearing

2005-04-23 Thread
My solution is to use as little microsoft software as possible. Hence: http://www.mozilla.org/ Firefox instead of IE, and Thunderbird instead of Outlook. You can completely get rid of outlook, but you are forced to keep IE if you expect to download software from the Microsquish website. I have a

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-23 Thread
Thanks to all for their advice. I've never tried a Vuescan raw scan or a positive scan, so I'll be giving those a try. Already, Vuescan is giving me a nice flat scan that I can tweak. Me'thinks I'll be delving deeper into the myriad options Vuescan's provides from here on out. Now I've also got

[filmscanners] Re: Email disappearing

2005-04-23 Thread Berry Ives
Actually, I am using Entourage here at home, which is part of the MS Office suite, not Outlook. Sorry I said Outlook, which I am using at work. Berry On 4/22/05 7:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My solution is to use as little microsoft software as possible. Hence:

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-22 Thread Arthur Entlich
One advantage of chromogenic BW film over the silver stuff ;-) is that you can use IR cleaning methods on the scan (dICE, etc). Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been my experience that chromogenic film is even harder to scan since it has an extremely wide latitude. I guess the problem here

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-22 Thread Berry Ives
Hi Art, I use MS Entourage. But I'm guessing it was somehow my mistake, because only the filmscanner emails were missing as far as I know. Bizarre. Berry On 4/22/05 7:19 AM, Arthur Entlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of interest what email client do you use? (I think I want to stay

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-21 Thread
I only get messages very, very sporadically. Is there traffic on this list that I'm missing? I'm desparate for tips on getting better scans of BW film on a Nikon Coolscan V, understanding Nikon's autoexposure vs. what I might do myself and so forth. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-21 Thread
Yes, I actually have purchased a license for Vuescan and haven't given it enough attention, still using NikonScan and the Coolscan V for most of my work. I develop my own BW negs and then scan them (no darkroom). I shoot mostly HP5+ and FP4+, with occasional TMZ. I dev almost exclusively with

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-21 Thread
I've got the Kodak kit to do positives from BW film, but I haven't got around to using it. I'd like to try the set on Macophot 820C, which is a very fine grain extended red film. Vuescan has a raw option. By raw, I mean really raw, i.e .no correction what so ever. I'd suggest doing a raw scan and

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-21 Thread David J. Littleboy
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] First, if you haven't seen this page, take a look: it's got lots of sample scans. http://www.terrapinphoto.com/jmdavis/ (1) I haven't been so lucky with FP4+, where the highlights are blown routinely even with extremely conservative development, as in HC110 dilution H

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-21 Thread Dieder Bylsma
(3) As I experiment and futz, I wonder exactly what Nikon's auto-exposure is doing to the raw scan results. I can't find any documentation. In my film speed scans, I can see that AE is trying to control the highlights, but I don't know how AE is doing this. Is it *only* the equivalent of a curve

[filmscanners] Oops?

2005-04-20 Thread Berry Ives
When I checked my in box this morning, all of my filmscanner mail for the last 3 months was gone. Perhaps I did something...maybe just losing it, my mind, that is. Anyway, just in case someone expected a response from me to something I haven't seen...

[filmscanners] Re: Oops?

2005-04-20 Thread
I have a different problem. My last two posts never showed up. Berry Ives wrote: When I checked my in box this morning, all of my filmscanner mail for the last 3 months was gone. Perhaps I did something...maybe just losing it, my mind, that is. Anyway, just in case someone expected a response

[filmscanners] Re: Contax demise

2005-04-19 Thread Berry Ives
I researched this after getting your email, and it appears you are correct. It is very misleading when you go to the Kyocera web site. But as you probably already know, Zeiss quit manufacturing Contax in 1966, then contracted with Yashica to do that in 1974, to hold down costs. Then Kyocera

[filmscanners] RE: Contax demise

2005-04-19 Thread Jawed Ashraf
http://www.shutterbug.com/features/0405theevolution/ Jawed Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title

[filmscanners] Contax demise

2005-04-18 Thread Berry Ives
This is off topic, but I expect there are some other Contax folks out there. I was disappointed to hear that Kyocera is quitting the camera business, including Contax. I read some rumors that Sony might be interested. But I like the Kyocera/Yashica/Contax/Zeiss association, with their quality

[filmscanners] Epson 4180

2005-04-12 Thread
Hi All, I have just purchased a Bronica SQ body from ebay (after using a Mamiya 645 at college). Wow - seeing those images on the enlarger! Obviously my Scan Dual will not do MF negs, and I have seen favourable reviews of the Epson 4180 (which does 120 roll film). Has anyone used this scanner?

[filmscanners] Re: NikonScan negative question (was Dynamic range question)

2005-03-27 Thread David J. Littleboy
From: Roy Harrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] A while back I had a similar difficulty with some other scanning software. I found that by scanning the film as a positive rather than a negative the software's notion of black/white points was much better -- especially in the thin regions of the negative.

[filmscanners] RE: NikonScan negative question (was Dynamicrangequestion)

2005-03-27 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
From: Austin Franklin BTW, why would the stepper motor pitch change (if you mean pitch as it relates to distance, not to sound...if it relates to sound, then, well, forget I asked ;-), which I assume, means it changes resolution? I mean audio pitch. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco

[filmscanners] NikonScan negative question (was Dynamic range question)

2005-03-26 Thread David J. Littleboy
From: Austin Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] At this stage, you don't expand anything. You set your setpoint so that you only USE the valid image data within the overall range. Therefore, say, your scanner is 10 bits, and therefore gives you 0-1023...and your image data occupies the range of data

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range question

2005-03-26 Thread Brad Davis
On 25/3/05 17:33, Berry Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still waiting for the right DSLR for me... Berry What will make a DSLR the one for you? Just curious. Brad Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range question

2005-03-26 Thread Lotus M50
So, is that full frame 35mm or full frame 645? 25 mp full frame 35mm size is a tall order. How long do you expect to have to wait for such a thing? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For me, the color mask has to go. Some sort of Foveon like technology is needed. I'd like to see the pixel spacing

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range question

2005-03-26 Thread
That would be 35mm if I did the math right. I'm guessing more than 5 years and less than 10. When my old 35mm developed a shutter timing problem which I deemed not worth the money to fix (about a year or so ago), I looked at the DSLR market and decided I just wouldn't be happy with the results, so

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range question

2005-03-26 Thread Berry Ives
Hi Brad, I think I would be satisfied for a while at least with 200ppi on the largest prints I can make on a 2200 printer, let's say 12 x 16, which works out to about 8 megapixels. Since Olympus has an 8 megapixel CCD on the E300 Evolt already, I am waiting for them to put it on an E-3, or

[filmscanners] Re: NikonScan negative question (was Dynamic range question)

2005-03-26 Thread Roy Harrington
A while back I had a similar difficulty with some other scanning software. I found that by scanning the film as a positive rather than a negative the software's notion of black/white points was much better -- especially in the thin regions of the negative. Roy On Saturday, March 26, 2005, at

[filmscanners] RE: NikonScan negative question (was Dynamic range question)

2005-03-26 Thread Austin Franklin
Hi Roy, Did you not have the ability to manually set the setpoints with this software? Regards, Austin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roy Harrington Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 11:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range question

2005-03-25 Thread Bill Fernandez
It's been several years, but I seem to remember that when I got my Nikon 4000ED filmscanner they were claiming a Dmax of somewhere around 3.5 to 4.0, but I measured it (by scanning a Kodachrome IT8 target slide and examining the greyscale separation) at around 2.1 to 2.9 (don't remember the exact

[filmscanners] RE: Dynamic range question

2005-03-25 Thread Austin Franklin
Hi Berry, Austin, with respect to your last sentence, isn't the point really that the contrast range of negative film is greater than slide film? I'm not sure what contrast range is, but I know what density range is. Slide film has less exposure latitude, and records on a higher density

[filmscanners] Re: Dynamic range question

2005-03-25 Thread
When you scan negative film, the histogram is narrow. So I would say negative film has a low dynamic range.[Yeah, I know slide and negative film is really the same.] I think I see the confusion here (or specmanship). The dynamic range of a dataconverter is related to the number of bits, since the

[filmscanners] Dynamic range question

2005-03-24 Thread Andrew Skretvedt
In evaluating a film scanner, one should consider its dynamic range. How deep can a scanner reach in and pull out shadow details from a very contrasty slide, for example. What about one that might have been underexposed a bit as you tried to keep from blowing out highlights? I've seen some

[filmscanners] RE: Dynamic range question

2005-03-24 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
From: Andrew Skretvedt In evaluating a film scanner, one should consider its dynamic range. How deep can a scanner reach in and pull out shadow details from a very contrasty slide, for example. What about one that might have been underexposed a bit as you tried to keep from blowing out

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2005-03-21 Thread Martin Wiseman
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[filmscanners] Re: [A tad OT] Scanned film deemed superior to CCD imaging at missiletest range

2005-03-12 Thread
this is for movie cameras btw not still images. On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:14:36 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://jcs.mil/RCC/manuals/Assessment_Digital_Optics/Assmt_DigOptics.pdf The Tonopah Test Range is where they film planes and missiles doing fly-bys for analysis.

[filmscanners] Re: [A tad OT] Scanned film deemed superior toCCD imaging at missiletest range

2005-03-12 Thread
Yes, I realize that, but the film analysis does compare still camera film such as provia 100f, velvia, etc. I gather the DOD does frame by frame analysis, so think of it more like a series of stills where failure is not an option. The lack of high resolution digital movie cameras more or less

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

2005-03-10 Thread Dieder Bylsma
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[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

2005-03-10 Thread Lotus M50
Send the scan back to the repair shop (I assume it is Nikon) and ask them what's wrong. Peter Marquis-Kyle wrote: In the hope that someone might still be reading this list, I'll ask a question: The context: My Nikon LS-30 scanner has just come back from a long stay in the repair shop, where it

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

2005-03-10 Thread Peter Marquis-Kyle
Dieder Bylsma wrote: try using it without ICE and see what happens Thanks for the suggestion, Dieder. I just did a test with and without ICE -- it made no difference to the waves. Any other ideas? Peter Marquis-Kyle

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

2005-03-10 Thread Peter Marquis-Kyle
Lotus M50 wrote: Send the scan back to the repair shop (I assume it is Nikon) and ask them what's wrong. Thanks, I will be taking the scanner back to the repairer (who is independent of Nikon, but is authorised and recommended by the Australian Nikon importers) and ask them to fix it properly.

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

2005-03-10 Thread Carlisle Landel
At 7:58 PM +1000 3/10/05, Peter Marquis-Kyle wrote: In the hope that someone might still be reading this list, I'll ask a question: My Nikon LS-30 scanner [snip] was fitted with new scanning and focussing stepper motors [and] now produces files with a weird waviness. [snip] What could be causing

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

2005-03-10 Thread Arthur Entlich
I'm not claiming to be an expert on scanner mechanics and electronics, but to me this looks like it could come from several sources. From a strictly mechanical basic, it could be something very wrong with the mechanism that moves the film carrier, causing it to be shifted from slide to side as it

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

2005-03-10 Thread
I'll go along with the carrier moving the film being the problem. The stepper motor should be just applying force to a platform that can only move back and forth. It shouldn't be able to cause a wobble. The stepper only has 4 unique patterns in how it is energized electronically, so you would

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

2005-03-10 Thread Tony Sleep
Peter Marquis-Kyle wrote: I'm annoyed to find it now produces files with a weird waviness. See the effect here: http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/mt/000689.htm Throw it back at the service technician, it clearly hasn't been tested or repaired as properly as they stated. Unless there's a transit

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

2005-03-10 Thread Peter Marquis-Kyle
Tony Sleep wrote: Throw it back at the service technician, it clearly hasn't been tested or repaired as properly as they stated. Unless there's a transit screw done up somewhere still :) It's going back to the shop as soon as I can arrange it. No, it's not a transit screw... I'd hazard a

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS-30 -- strange behavoir

2005-03-10 Thread Maris V. Lidaka Sr.
I second that emotion - I don't consider myself old at 55, nor a fogie, but thank you - I just picked up a PS digital for current use, but for fine art and long term, I'm still using film. Maris Peter Marquis-Kyle wrote: And thanks (again) for keeping this list going -- the dwindling crew of

[filmscanners] Nikon LS2000 Scanners

2005-01-27 Thread Jack Phipps
I hope everyone considers this a positive opportunity and not spam... If in doubt you should delete now. We had a special promotion we were using at trade shows. Anyone who bought at least three of our professional Photoshop plug-ins got a Nikon LS-2000. So I'm extending the same offer to our

[filmscanners] Re: Negative scanning : negpos plug-in part 2

2005-01-13 Thread DRP
Hi Simpy Very nice input, thanks for giving your time this way I don't have much time by the moment, but I'll think about your workflow I'm also a Minolta (Multi pro) / Vuescan / color negs user At first glance your PS8 plugin/workflow combo must be a real improvement, first for all Fuji films,

[filmscanners] Photoshop Plug-in Forums

2005-01-11 Thread Jack Phipps
Happy New Year to Everyone! I have learned a lot from this group and I enjoy monitoring the traffic. In addition to scanners I need some information on Photoshop compatible plug-ins. Can anyone recommend a forum that is comparable to this one relating to plug-ins? I've found quite a few with an

[filmscanners] Re: Scanning B+W negatives

2005-01-06 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Chris, I used to load my black and white reels in a closet with a towel blocking the light from the floor gap. Sometimes it got hot and my hands would get sweaty and then the film would get sticky. Worse was if the reel wasn't fully dry because I was running a bunch of film through, or

[filmscanners] Re: cleaning up scratched transparencies

2005-01-06 Thread Frank Lila Mullins
Hi, I have just seen an ad for the Microtek Scanmaker i900. I have two questions: Has anyone actually used this scanner or heard anything definitive about it for scanning 35mm slides? Does the included Silverfast Ai6 work with BOTH reflective and transparency scans? Thanks, Frank

[filmscanners] cleaning up scratched transparencies

2005-01-05 Thread
Hello to get the new year going... I have lots of transparencies that have been scratched at the printers in the past, what are the best programs/techniques for cleaning these up, post scanning with a Nikon Coolscan LS-2000. happy new year. -- Paul Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[filmscanners] Re: cleaning up scratched transparencies

2005-01-05 Thread Dieder Bylsma
Hello to get the new year going... I have lots of transparencies that have been scratched at the printers in the past, what are the best programs/techniques for cleaning these up, post scanning with a Nikon Coolscan LS-2000. All depends upon how many 'lots' are and how fussy you are willing to

[filmscanners] Scanning B+W negatives

2005-01-05 Thread Chris Aitken
Happy New Year All, I have finally got round to developing my first B+W films - an Ilford FP4+ an HP5+. I have viewscan, and many webpages recommend different ways of scanning B+W negs. Does anyone here shoot Ilford B+W, and scan regularly? What settings do you use? I intend to shoot a lot of

[filmscanners] Re: cleaning up scratched transparencies

2005-01-05 Thread Bernie Kubiak
Polaroid still has their free dust and scratch remover software (DSR) on their website: http://www.polaroid.com/service/software/poladsr/poladsr.html I've found it to be pretty effective. It won't work with compressed .tif files, though, so you need to resave those files with the compression

[filmscanners] Re: Scanning B+W negatives

2005-01-05 Thread Arthur Entlich
Congratulations on developing your first BW film. I hope it was fun. I can't do it anymore due to a sulfite allergy, but it was usually an enjoyable part of the photographic process, especially once I figured out how to load the reels correctly in the dark ;-) Some of the nature of the answer

[filmscanners] RE: Scanning B+W negatives

2005-01-05 Thread Chris Aitken
Hi Art, I sat there for most of the christmas break practising loading a film onto a reel in the changing bag. The pressure seems to double when you know it isn't a test film in there anymore (but a real one!). I'm using a Minolta Dimage Scan Dual (original ~2400ppi) dedicated film scanner,

[filmscanners] Re: scanning at less than optical res

2004-12-12 Thread Arthur Entlich
Laurie Solomon wrote: Art, Bob clarified what he was referring to in a later post, which you may have seen. The gist of it was that the post on this list was a repost of a response he made on another list where the original poster said that they were essentially cropping a smaller

[filmscanners] Re: Archiving???!!!

2004-12-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
PD drives were a precursor to the RW technology. They both read CD-ROMS and could read and write to PD disks. The name came from Phase-change Disk and was invented by Panasonic. I still own two drives and too many disks. The disks held up to 650 megs, and were the same size as CD-ROMS or other

[filmscanners] Re: scanning at less than optical res

2004-12-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
Maybe it should have been called larger file scanning or Larger format output scanning? It would be nice to know which scanners did what when lower resolution modes are selected. My UMAX Astra 1200S (Flatbed) definitely, at least in the direction of the scan head, doesn't scan full optical if

[filmscanners] RE: scanning at less than optical res

2004-12-11 Thread Laurie Solomon
Art, Bob clarified what he was referring to in a later post, which you may have seen. The gist of it was that the post on this list was a repost of a response he made on another list where the original poster said that they were essentially cropping a smaller portion of an image from a larger

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