RE: filmscanners: New PolaColor Insight Color Slide profile for Sprintscan 4000 4 000+

2001-10-05 Thread Frank Parrotta
I concur! I bought the SS4K shortly after it came out for Much $$$. But I was willing to pay the price because of David's support to this list. I had a great deal more confidence that the software would get timely upgrades and that the product's problems would get addressed than I had with

RE: filmscanners: What's MFT

2001-04-06 Thread Frank Parrotta
John, Are you sure it wasn't MTF which is modulation transfer function. MTF describes the resolution of an imaging system. It is the response of the system to different spatial frequencies (usually expressed in lines per millimeter) and is typically presented as a plot of some output parameter

RE: filmscanners: Vuescan - Ed Hamrick - Thanks

2001-03-22 Thread Frank Parrotta
I guess I have to agree with these sentiments. I use a SS4000 and an Epson 1640 SU Photo mostly for astrophotos which means I do raw scans and process in PS and/or PW. Since Polaroid appears to have stopped developing software for the SS4000, my only option was Silverfast. To go this route, it

RE: filmscanners: 4x5 budget flatbed scanners - opinions

2000-12-01 Thread Frank Parrotta
Jim, What filmholder did you use? The information I've been able to get indicates you receive 4 holders with the transparency adapter - 35mm slide, 35mm neg., 4x5, and a "Brownie". I remember Brownies from a long time ago but I have no idea what size the film was. Did you use this holder or