filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.19 Available

2001-10-04 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.19 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.19 * Added USB support for Microtek X12USL, 4700, 8700 * Added FireWire support for Microtek and Polaroid scanners * Fixed bugs

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan brightness

2001-10-04 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 10/1/2001 8:34:17 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Will you bring the brightness option back, please? I've modified VueScan 7.1.19 so the Gamma option works like the old brightness option. For instance, if you used to set gamma to 2.2 and brightness to 1.5, set gamma to

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.19 Available

2001-10-04 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 10/4/2001 8:39:46 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a Mac Silver G4 733Mhz with Microtek 8700 and OS 9.2.1; I have installed the latest version of VueScan, just out today (7.1.19); You need Mac OS X 10.1 to use VueScan with FireWire scanners. You might try hooking

filmscanners: SprintScan 4000+ with VueScan 7.1.19

2001-10-04 Thread EdHamrick
I just got confirmation from someone with a SprintScan 4000+ that VueScan 7.1.19 works perfectly (his words) with it. Is there anyone with a SprintScan 120 who could do a test with VueScan 7.1.19? I have a hunch that the same fix I made for the SprintScan 4000+ will make it work with the

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.19 Available

2001-10-04 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 10/4/2001 1:51:23 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So Ed, the regular Elite doesn't supported either ? VueScan works nicely with the regular Minolta Scan Elite. I can probably get VueScan working with the Elite II with a few hours work, but I'd need to either have a loaner

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan 7.1.18, LS-30 and Fuji Superia negatives: What in h...

2001-10-03 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 10/3/2001 1:11:44 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://schmode.net/vuescan.jpg is a 337 dpi Vuescan scan of a tiger in Hagenbeck Zoo, Hamburg (Germany) using the settings to be seen in http://schmode.net/settings.jpg; most important amongst them are white balance as

Re: filmscanners: Sprintscan/Vuescan/Negs

2001-10-01 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/30/2001 11:52:18 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yesterday I was experimenting with fill flash (still haven't gotten it completely down yet) and decided to go w/neg film for it's extra latitude. Kodak Royal Gold 100, to be exact. A bit contrasty, but I like it.

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.18 Available

2001-10-01 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.18 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.18 * Added Image|Flip command (and keyboard shortcut) * Fixed problem with UMAX scanners Regards, Ed Hamrick

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.17 Available

2001-09-30 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/30/2001 9:38:01 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've played with all the Vuescan settings for HOURS and HOURS, but I just can't seem to get a nice, rich scan without dragging it in to Photoshop. I've also had the same problems with over brightness, but have been

Re: filmscanners: Nikon Scan VS Negative dynamic range

2001-09-26 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/26/2001 2:40:53 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, I've never got round to asking Ed whether the buffer value is b% or 2b% of the linear dimensions or b% of the frame area. For instance, if the width is 36mm and the percent is 10%, then there is a buffer of

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.16 Available

2001-09-20 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.16 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.16 * Fixed problem with preview looking different from scan * Enabled infared cleaning and restore colors in preview * Improved

Re: filmscanners: Autoexposure problem in Vuescan

2001-09-19 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/19/2001 6:55:20 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any suggestions? ISTM the only option is to do a preview which includes the film mask, then switch to manual exposure, and keep that setting for the rest of the film (or at least the strip). Yes, this is exactly what

filmscanners: VueScan on LS-20 and LS-1000

2001-09-17 Thread EdHamrick
I got a bug report from someone using VueScan 7.1.14 on a Nikon LS-20, and I was wondering if anyone else using either an LS-20 or LS-1000 has seen this bug. The problem was that if a section of the image was cropped on the right side of the preview and then scanned, a section on the left side

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.13 Available

2001-09-06 Thread EdHamrick
I've just released VueScan7.1.13 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.13 * Significantly faster on Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux * Added keyboard shortcuts for common functions * User interface

Re: filmscanners: MacWorld Scanner Review

2001-09-05 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/4/2001 7:59:46 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: VueScan already is beginning to support OS X, but I assume that it will need a Polaroid driver to work from. VueScan works fine on OS X with the SprintScan 4000 without any Polaroid drivers installed. Regards, Ed Hamrick

filmscanners: Keyboard shortcuts in VueScan

2001-09-05 Thread EdHamrick
If you have any preferences for the types of keyboard shortcuts you'd like me to add to VueScan, please send me e-mail with your suggestions (please don't clog up this mailing list with these suggestions though). I need to decide how to use the function keys, control-letter, Alt-letter, and

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-04 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/4/2001 6:16:48 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: VueScan uses a predictor of 2 - 7 isn't a valid predictor. All 2 means is to take the difference between adjacent pixel values before compressing. I don't understand. If a predictor of 2 is invalid why would you

Re: filmscanners: VueScan Problem ACDsee

2001-09-03 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/2/2001 11:50:14 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just a quick note to point out that ACDSee will happily display 48 bit images, and LZW compressed images, and the combination of those - 48 bit LZW compressed TIFFs. I guess from what people have said that it will not

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: My 8000 does NOT ba nd...

2001-09-03 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/2/2001 10:19:26 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Since the banding problem has not turned up with the Polaroid implementation I don't think that the three row CCD idea is something that does not work in practice. It may or may not depending on how it is

Re: filmscanners: RE: My 8000 does NOT band...re

2001-09-03 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/3/2001 4:37:59 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do both the Vuescan one row CCD scan and the NikonScan Fine scan produce a lower quality scan than the three row CCD scan? Quite the contrary - they both produce a higher quality scan than the three row CCD scan, albeit a

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-03 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/2/2001 7:17:58 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know if the compression settings have changed. Only Ed can answer that one. PSP gives an error I think about not being able to use a predictor of 7 with 48bit depth. VueScan uses a predictor of 2 - 7 isn't a

Re: filmscanners: ICE GEM Resolution Test on Nikon IV

2001-09-03 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/2/2001 5:52:43 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To answer the burning question, ICE degrades sharpness while VS IR filter does not, at least on Kodak Max400. Yes, this is how I designed VueScan's Infrared clean filter. It only smooths the image in the neighborhood of

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan doesn't recognize LS 4000

2001-09-03 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/3/2001 1:49:15 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just got a new LS 4000. It works fine with Nikon Scan 3.1, but I really want to use VS (prior experience with Polaroid SS4000). The Nikon doesn't show up as a device, only disk in the popup. You need Mac OS X 10.1 to

Re: filmscanners: My 8000 does NOT band using Vuescan!

2001-09-03 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/2/2001 12:28:58 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Even with the controllable light source of the Nikon? I would have guessed that they compensated for that by boosting the LED output, or are they not individually controllable? Do you know how many LEDs there are, per

Re: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-02 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/2/2001 3:57:22 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: check to see if the files being output by Vuescan are 48-bit instead of 24. I don't know about ACDSee, but many graphics apps can't cope with 48-bit files. Yes, try changing to 24 bit RGB as well as turning off the

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.12 Available

2001-09-01 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.12 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.12 * Added splash screen on startup (Windows and Linux) * Added support for Epson Perfection 1250, 1650 and 2450 * Added support

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.11 Available

2001-08-30 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.11 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.11 * Added support for Nikon LS-8000 (Windows and Mac OS X 10.1) * Fixed problem with image smearing on Canon FS4000 * Fixed

Re: filmscanners: LS 4000, Vuescan, G4

2001-08-30 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 8/30/2001 4:17:46 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I dowmloaded Vuescan to try with our new G4 and Nikon LS4000 scanner. Vuescan cannot find the scanner (neither in 9.2 nor X). Am I doing something wrong. You need Mac OS X 10.1 to use FireWire scanners with VueScan

filmscanners: VueScan LS-8000 Test Version

2001-08-29 Thread EdHamrick
I've got a test version of VueScan that works with the Nikon LS-8000. I hope to release it in the next day or so, but it would be useful if anyone with an LS-8000 (on Windows) could test it. If you find anything that needs fixing, please let me know today. It can be downloaded from:

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: IT8 Calibration was Re: filmscanners: I l...

2001-08-06 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 8/6/2001 1:34:20 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ed would be better answering this but AFAIK he has characterised the scanners which Vuescan supports and there is some sort of calibration going on. I've done an IT8 calibration of every film scanner VueScan supports.

filmscanners: VueScan for Canon FS4000 Available

2001-08-05 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.8 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.8 * Added support for Canon FS4000 * Improved support for Canon FS2700 and FS2710 * Added support for FireWire scanners on Mac OS X

filmscanners: Got FS4000 and FireWire SDK today

2001-07-26 Thread EdHamrick
I got a loaner FS4000US film scanner from Canon today, and I also got the SDK I need from Apple to add support for FireWire scanners on Mac OS X. When it rains, it pours smile. I've done a preliminary assessment of what it will take to add support for the FS4000US to VueScan, and it doesn't

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available

2001-07-25 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/25/2001 1:03:22 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Improved color when scanning negatives on SprintScan 4000 Might this mean the anomalous excess blue problem is now resolved? Someone sent me a raw scan file that exhibited the excess blue problem, and this

Re: filmscanners: Re: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-24 Thread EdHamrick
no honestly this is nuts. If I had a week to spare I could prototype a GUI in RealBasic. There's nothing hard about it. I agree - there's nothing hard about prototyping a GUI. The hard part is making the subtle things work. For instance, if I had two panes, I'd get dozens of e-mails a day

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available

2001-07-24 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.7 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.7 * Improved white balance algorithm in scenes with unnatural lighting or colors (i.e. sunsets or scenes with mostly bright

Re: filmscanners: Re: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-24 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/24/2001 1:02:14 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ed, this whole thread started because I was complaining about BUGS in the interface, not the design per se. I'm quite happy to fix bugs, and I add every bug that's reported to my list of things to fix. Most of the

Re: filmscanners: Re: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-24 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/24/2001 2:46:23 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It would be nice to be able to use standard file dialog boxes to specify both the directory and filename, but not at the expense of giving up auto increment. Now that I think of it, I could always count how many

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests

2001-07-23 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/23/2001 0:03:25 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's just two small items that really seem lacking to me and really slow me down and frustrate me every time I use it. 1.) A browse for folder button to locate the folder to save files in. You can already do

Re: filmscanners: Re: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-23 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/23/2001 1:41:15 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I will be very interested to hear when VueScan will support FireWire scanners running under MacOS X. It looks like I now need to wait for Mac OS 10.1 before being able to add FireWire support to OS X. Regards, Ed

Re: filmscanners: Re: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-23 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/23/2001 2:38:27 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As long as we're using up your programming time here Ed, why not a dual monitor approach as well? If I made the options one window, the preview another window and the scan a third window, then this would work fine.

Re: filmscanners: My replacement 8000 is banding like the first one :-(

2001-07-23 Thread EdHamrick
Moving the film via a carrier, which is likely molded plastic, with plastic gearing, and also having it need to mesh' with the motorized transport, and being that the carrier is prone to dust and dirt attraction and the elements, makes it much harder to maintain integrity of precision

Re: Scanning multiple times (was Re: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes)

2001-07-23 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/23/2001 2:19:32 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sometime back Ed mentioned there was a SCSI command that causes an extra 20% exposure on the scanwit and he enables it always. I vaguely remember someone telling me that Acer claimed there was a command that caused an

Re: filmscanners: Re:Multi-scanning; Was: My replacement 8000 is banding

2001-07-22 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/21/2001 1:46:59 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have you yet gotten one of the new Canon 4000 ppi scanners to include in VueScan? Canon said they'd get me one next week. In one of your earlier posts, you questioned whether the unit uses 2 scans or one to do the

Re: filmscanners: Profiling scanners...

2001-07-22 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/22/2001 6:19:56 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ed has deliberately integrated this into VS (rather than implementing it as a proper, changeable profile) to stop people stealing it and using it in other software. Actually, the main reason I did it this way is

Re: filmscanners: Re: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-22 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/22/2001 6:19:26 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I disagree, though I personally preferred the 2-pane approach. I keep going back and forth on this myself. Most other scanner software uses a 2-pane approach with the options and buttons in one area and an image that's

filmscanners: Re: Vuescan blue anomaly

2001-07-21 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/21/2001 9:14:18 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have finally managed to catch VS red-handed WRT it's occasional excess highlight blue in Superia 400 scans. I had thought this was an anomalous behaviour to do with the films 4th layer response under some shooting

Re: filmscanners: My replacement 8000 is banding like the first one :-(

2001-07-21 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/21/2001 5:14:06 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually, Nikon LS2000 and LS30 and I suspect all the newer 35mm models, at least, move the scanning unit (CCD, lens and lighting source and any mirrors), and not the film. Yes, every CoolScan Nikon scanner I've seen,

Re: Scanning multiple times (was Re: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes)

2001-07-21 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/20/2001 2:58:04 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have an Acer Scanwit 2740S, which requires multiple passes to do a multiple scan. I thought that this was the right thing to do to get lower noise when scanning at 16x. so as to be able to average the input from

Re: filmscanners: My replacement 8000 is banding like the first one :-(

2001-07-21 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/21/2001 12:29:30 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Using a microswitch or an optical sensor to detect the zero position is less accurate than the resolution of most scanners, which makes multi-pass multi-scanning impractical with these scanners. I disagree.

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-20 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/20/2001 9:50:04 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Me too. Having a LS-30 I badly need Vuescan as it's the only way to extract 10 bits rather than 8, and it's really a waste of time having to make a real scan to check if the exposure is correct (no clipping at the high

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-20 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/20/2001 10:23:26 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Because I frequently use the 16x multisample option and always scan in 16-bit mode, this means I sometimes spend as much as an hour on each image, which is a major PITA. Still, the results I get from it, despite the

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-20 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/20/2001 12:25:52 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually this is what I experienced: BW film (TMax 100 or 400, don't remember), auto-exposure, defaults settings: the histogram of the raw file had almost nothing in the lower half. I rescanned with manual exposure and

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.5 Available

2001-07-03 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.5 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.5 * Added support for Acer 640UT transparency adapter * Added color correction for SprintScan 45 * Added support for auto document

Re: filmscanners: Problems with LS40 and Nikon Scan 3

2001-07-02 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/1/2001 4:03:16 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Vuescan definitely doesn't produce skintones that make me want to puke - but at the same time I feel it produces results that are a little flat looking, both in contrast and in colour. Use sRGB and reduce Color|Gamma a

Re: filmscanners: Problems with LS40 and Nikon Scan 3

2001-07-02 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 7/2/2001 8:05:14 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a Nikon LS3 and using NikonScan 3 and Vuescan have very similar problems to what you describe. I shot allot of backlit subjects and interiors where a light source is in the picture. For this Nikon scan wins.

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.4 Available

2001-06-30 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.4 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.4 * Improved color fidelity when scanning film * Fixed problem with Microtek ScanMaker V * Fixed problem with using Nikon scanners

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.2 Available

2001-06-23 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/22/2001 1:36:55 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seconded! I was intrigued to find that the ICE feature was a binary option. Earlier versions of Vuescan gave me the impression that it was a variable effect. Earlier versions basically limited the size of the largest

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.2 Available

2001-06-21 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.2 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.2 * Improved color and tone when scanning negatives I'm pretty sure this fixes a lot of the problems people have been seeing with

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.1 Available

2001-06-20 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1.1 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1.1 * Fixed problem with infrared cleaning when border included in scan * Added support for calibration on Microtek scanners *

Re: filmscanners: Time to upgrade: Opinions wanted

2001-06-18 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/18/2001 6:59:21 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you suggesting that the LS-40 represents better value (less resolution and D-Max, but also less expensive), or that the differences in resolution/D-Max are so small as to be insignificant, or that this scanner has

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-17 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/17/2001 1:17:38 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are something else with VueScan just now if I compare VueScan to NikonScan and Silverfast. Little bit flat, doll and color less. I have send MR Hamrick 3 test pictures scanned by NikonScan, VueScan and

Re: filmscanners: Time to upgrade: Opinions wanted

2001-06-17 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/17/2001 12:35:50 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This lurker is going to retire his old Scan Dual and has decided to go with either the Coolscan IV or a Scan Elite due to budget restrictions(there seems to be a fire sale on Scan Elites right now). A used/refurb

filmscanners: VueScan 7.1 Available

2001-06-15 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.1 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS 8/9/X. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.1 * Improved infrared cleaning to work with larger dust spots * Added separate options for infrared cleaning and grain reduction

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1 Available

2001-06-15 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/15/2001 2:01:59 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Will this version work safely with the Polaroid SS 120--or is that restriction still in place? I'm pretty sure it won't hang up the SS 120, since I've disabled the calibration that was causing the problem. However, I've

filmscanners: VueScan and SprintScan 120

2001-06-13 Thread EdHamrick
If you have a SprintScan 120, I recommend you not use VueScan 7.0.26 or 7.0.27 with it. I've gotten two reports that VueScan kills the scanner, probably popping an internal fuse. I'm urgently releasing a version of VueScan that will disable all commands to the SprintScan 120 until I can get

Re: filmscanners: OT: Device recognition, Win 98

2001-06-12 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/12/2001 9:56:39 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: FWIW, I have a Microtek 35t+ and it won't work with the Polaroid software. I don't know if this means the Microtek software won't work with a Polaroid scanner or not but I was told there is some firmware code that

Re: filmscanners: Was New Nikon performance, now dust

2001-06-11 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/10/2001 6:22:35 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Agfa is definitely softer, no argument there, but when I apply unsharp masking to the Agfa scan on the order of 75%, 0.8 radius, 0 threshold to the Agfa scan, which is my normal amount to sharpen grain with the

Re: filmscanners: Infrared scan

2001-06-10 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/9/2001 6:18:40 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just tried scanning a slide and outputting a colour TIFF and an IR one. It was very educational. Any sort of mark, scratch or dust spot is utterly black in the IR scan. If you look closer, you'll see that the dust

Re: filmscanners: Sprintscan 120 and new negative proile scheme (LONG)

2001-06-10 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/8/2001 8:11:44 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I remember reading something in the Vuescan manual which said something about 'making the image look as much like the original scene as possible'. In other words, applying a inverse HD curve, presumably, plus a custom

Re: filmscanners: Sprintscan 120 and new negative proile scheme (LONG)

2001-06-10 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/10/2001 9:23:24 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: your design goal is to eliminate the specific characteristics of individual emulsions??? The design goal is to reproduce the actual scene as much as possible. Displaying the scene on a calibrated monitor should look

Re: filmscanners: Was New Nikon performance, now dust

2001-06-10 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/10/2001 8:32:54 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've never done critical comparisons of resolution between them, as they both resolve grain pretty well, and seem about the same in terms of resolution. It would be useful if you'd do a 2500 dpi and 2700 dpi scan of the

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.26 Available

2001-06-10 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/10/2001 9:38:28 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I had 7.0.24 and it works well with my MAC I just purchase and download 7.0. 26. Nothing happens, no scanner response. It was a small problem with the slide adapter. It's fixed in VueScan 7.0.27, which can be downloaded

Re: filmscanners: Was New Nikon performance, now dust

2001-06-10 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/10/2001 4:13:40 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The T-2500 scan (agfsnipVS) is a bit softer and flatter than the LS-30 scan (niksnipVS). After sharpening and correcting tone on both scans, I thought the T-2500 scan rendered image detail slightly better than the

Re: filmscanners: Infrared scan

2001-06-09 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/9/2001 4:27:15 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just curious but is any of Nikon's ICE code in firmware or is it all contained in NikonScan? It's a software algorithm in NikonScan. The scanner itself just returns infrared data along with rgb data. Regards, Ed

Re: filmscanners: Nikon LS2000 problem

2001-06-08 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/8/2001 3:45:11 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My LS2000 (running on a beige G3 rev 1 desktop system 8.6 384 meg ram) has just begun producing unsharp scans. The blurring seems mostly to be in the direction of scanning (parallel to the long side) sometimes the

Re: filmscanners: Ghosting on the Acer 2740S

2001-06-08 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/7/2001 2:32:02 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Running my new 2740S with the latest VueScan, when I try multiple passes or the extra-long IR scan, I see a ghost image displaced slight upwards. Yes, the hardware in the ScanWit doesn't always accurately reposition the

filmscanners: VueScan on Microtek Scanners

2001-06-08 Thread EdHamrick
I've spent the past few days getting VueScan to work with the Microtek X12USL. There was someone on this list who needed this, but I lost their e-mail address. If you need a test version of this, please let me know in a private e-mail. I added a calibration function for all newer Microtek

Re: filmscanners: New Nikon performance

2001-06-08 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/8/2001 6:14:53 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not quite sure how to answer this assertion since it goes against everything I've read and my own personal experience. Don't believe everything you read (including what I write smile). I guess all I can say is scans on

Re: filmscanners: New Nikon performance

2001-06-08 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/8/2001 12:32:29 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been biting my tongue throughout this whole dust conversation but I guess I am finally baited out. I have done actual scans on the scanner with a LED light source and the SS4000. It was quite obvious to me that

Re: filmscanners: VueScan Question

2001-06-07 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/5/2001 5:28:40 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can you perhaps post an example of what the infrared scan looks like of a typical image? You can do this yourself by setting Files|TIFF file type to 16 bit Infrared. Regards, Ed Hamrick

Re: filmscanners: VueScan Question

2001-06-06 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/5/2001 11:11:38 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I noticed a deep scratch in one of my negs, so I turned on Light Clean in the Filter tab and scanned from Disk again. The scratch disappeared. Yes, this is what should happen. So I suppose my question is: if Clean

filmscanners: VueScan and Occam's Razor

2001-06-06 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/6/2001 12:28:18 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have to defer to Ed's comment that Incompetence is more likely than Malice-- I can't quote Ed's exact text because an International Conspiracy ate my email-files! ;-) I happen to live near Ockham, and have always

Re: filmscanners: VueScan and Occam's Razor

2001-06-06 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/6/2001 4:07:36 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ed Hamrick wrote: I happen to live near Ockham Is that the same Ockham as the place William of Occam was born in? Yes, it's just down the road from where I live. I need to get a picture of me standing next to the

Re: filmscanners: VueScan Question

2001-06-05 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/4/2001 10:38:06 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm guessing, but I would be surprised that the infrared light scan would have very much noise artifacting in it. The exact same CCD and A/D converter is used to scan the image in infrared and visible light. The only

Re: filmscanners: VueScan Question

2001-06-04 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/3/2001 10:55:46 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unlike Nikons, doesn't this scanner insist the IR channel scan separately from the RGB scan ... ie, a 2nd pass. I thought the original post was stating, if he wanted 16x RGB passes, it also scanned the IR 16x. There

filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.25 Available

2001-06-01 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.0.25 for Windows, Mac OS 8/9/X and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.0.25 * Added support for Nikon SA-30 roll film adapter * Fixed problem with HP 5300C firmware version 4.00 * Fixed problem with

Re: filmscanners: Fast, decent (if you are lucky), low res scans

2001-05-30 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/29/2001 4:28:59 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The problem is, unlike the actual manufacturer, they are rarely supplied with enough replacement units to be able to just make a decision to trade the broken model with a new sealed or out of box model. I think a

Re: filmscanners: FS2710

2001-05-30 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/30/2001 1:08:12 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have this exact same problem with my Minolta Scan Dual II. I can get to a pretty good 'crop' image in Vuescan but the raw scans are generally very washed out. The raw scans are in gamma 1.0 space, not gamma 2.2 space

Re: filmscanners: HP Scanner (was:Fast, decent (if you are lucky), low res sc...

2001-05-30 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/30/2001 1:00:54 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any ideas on how to *clean* that sucker? I'm not sure I even know what it looks like (although there's a wide white stripe at the top of the scanning unit). The calibration stripe is usually a wide white stripe near

Re: filmscanners: re: brown yellow down side of Acer Neg scans

2001-05-30 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/29/2001 12:22:18 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just checked a frame with the problem in Miraphoto 2.0 and it exhibits the same yellow/brown cast down the right hand side on this sky negative. A difference of up to 12 points blue. Double-check that you don't

filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.24 Available

2001-05-28 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.0.24 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS 8/9/X. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.0.24 * Improved support for 14-bit UMAX scanners * Added support for varying CCD exposure time when using transparency adapter on HP

filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.23 Available

2001-05-26 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.0.23 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS 8/9/X. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.0.23 * Fixed problem with slide feeders on Nikon LS-1000, LS-2000 and LS-4000 * Fixed problems with HP 5300C and HP 7400C * Added

filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.22 Available

2001-05-23 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.0.22 for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 7.0.22 * Added full support for USB scanners on Mac OS X * Improved memory usage on Mac OS X * Added HP 7400C support for both CCD sensors

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan request

2001-05-21 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/20/2001 6:16:30 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can the whole directory be moved to another drive? Yes. Is the code specifically aware of the c: drive? No. Regards, Ed Hamrick

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan request

2001-05-20 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/20/2001 2:19:58 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ed, is there an easy way to add/modify this: have the install program let the user select which directory to install too? Just install it and then rename c:\vuescan to something that indicates the version number.

filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.21 Available

2001-05-19 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.0.21 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS 8.x, OS 9.x and OS X. I built two versions for the Macintosh - one in CFM format (8.x/9.x) and one in Mach-O format (OS X). The Mach-O version works with many USB scanners on OS X. If you have a USB scanner that's supported by

Re: filmscanners: OK, Vuescan is driving me nuts

2001-05-19 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/19/2001 7:05:01 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Am I the only one who has problems with the crop outline in Vuescan? I have been wondering why it is so incredibly difficult to position correctly. Try zooming into the image before dragging the crop outline. In

filmscanners: VueScan 7.0.20 Available

2001-05-14 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 7.0.20 for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html The Mac OS version now runs on Mac OS X (it's a Carbon application) and also runs on Mac OS 8.x/9.x. What's new in version 7.0.20 * Converted Mac OS version to run on

Re: filmscanners: Stellar ghosts and Nikon Coolscan IVED (LS40)

2001-05-10 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/10/2001 3:20:02 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I scan an image containing black sky and bright stellar images with a Nikon Coolscan IVED (=LS40) , then close to the edge of the field every bright (saturated) stellar image has a faint ghost image separated from

Re: filmscanners: Kodachrome ICE

2001-05-09 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 5/8/2001 11:25:10 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was surprised by Jack Phipp's comments that Digital ICE does not work with Kodachrome. I have used it with Kodachromes from the '50s to the early '90s when I switched, with great reluctance, to Fuji E6. On my

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