RE: filmscanners: JPEG Loss - File format

2001-03-30 Thread Laurie Solomon
My personal work flow is sort of like you suggest. I save the original as a raw .tif or as a .psd and only use .jpg for the internet. If I am going to save a working version of the image, I save that with GF as a .stn file. However, my experiences with .jpg files has not been along the lines of

RE: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long)

2001-03-30 Thread Laurie Solomon
Is this a duplicate message? For some reason, I think I have already replied to it once. Am I going crazy or is Tony's server? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave King Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 12:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-29 Thread Laurie Solomon
Only if you change the quality when resaving the .jpg file or if you resample the file in any way prior to resaving the .jpg file even at the same quality level. With .tif files, you will lose information only if you resample the file after opening it and before resaving it. -Original

RE: filmscanners: File format

2001-03-29 Thread Laurie Solomon
Each time there would be some generational loss. Not necessarily true. If you open and close ( or resave) the compressed file without changing the compression from one quality level to another in the case of .jog or without resampling the image prior to closing or resaving the file, there will

RE: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long)

2001-03-28 Thread Laurie Solomon
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony Sleep Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 7:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long) On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:46:41 -0600 Laurie Solomon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: nor do I think

RE: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning

2001-03-27 Thread Laurie Solomon
as there a full moon. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 3:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning Laurie Solomon wrote: Sorry, drifting off topic. Nev

RE: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long)

2001-03-27 Thread Laurie Solomon
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long) Laurie Solomon wrote: Hence, given the purpose that you would be using the inkjet pri

RE: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long)

2001-03-26 Thread Laurie Solomon
Tony, This paper in all its formulations was first brought out and intended for the 870/1270 printers and the new dye based inks that were in their chipped cartridges and allegedly had greater lightfastness than the older dye based inks used in the 1200 and other earlier printers. As you know,

RE: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning

2001-03-26 Thread Laurie Solomon
Richard, Thanks for the updating of my information on the subject and for filling in some of the holes while correcting the errors. From what you have said I take it that the movie film is no longer used by these processors; does this mean that they are now using standard still films which any

RE: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning

2001-03-26 Thread Laurie Solomon
Sorry, drifting off topic. Never a problem with me - especially if the information is informative or interesting. I hate to sound stupid; but I want to check and see if you mean what I think you mean when you speak of CN in relation to film. Are you speaking about a chromogenic negative? All

RE: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning

2001-03-26 Thread Laurie Solomon
: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning You may want to check out this link for the latest and greatest from Mother Kodak as far as 35mm motion picture stock goes... this particular link is to a 250 ASA DAYLIGHT neg stock... http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/products/negative/5246.shtml Mike M. Laurie

RE: filmscanners: HP pigmented inks

2001-03-26 Thread Laurie Solomon
I was talking to a high end ink jet salesman who sold both HP and Epson (and other) wide format machines The real question is was he talking about the inks used in the commercial wide format inkjet printers used by sign shops and reprographic houses; or was he talking about the inks that

RE: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning

2001-03-25 Thread Laurie Solomon
Aren't they the ones who bought 35mm movie film tails, respooled the 35mm movie film ends into canisters of 24 and 36 exposures, and then resold the 35mm canisters to the public via the mail. The net result was that you had to use them for processing because no other knowledgeable lab would

RE: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning

2001-03-25 Thread Laurie Solomon
In all probability it could just as well be Konica film - also from Germany. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 5:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning "Mark

RE: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long)

2001-03-25 Thread Laurie Solomon
Dave, That is very useful information. I have seen packages of EPGPP in the stores with "new" and "improved" stickers on them; but since the original EPGPP often had similar stickers on them, I was not sure if I could trust them to be the reformulated paper or the old paper which while

RE: filmscanners: OT more copyright questions

2001-03-22 Thread Laurie Solomon
] Subject: Re: filmscanners: OT more copyright questions On 21/3/01 9:35 pm, "Laurie Solomon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, it all depends on a number of factors. The only universal statment that one can make as an absolute is that you do not have the right to "sell images

RE: filmscanners: OT Nikon 4k ss4k

2001-03-22 Thread Laurie Solomon
Maybe he can read but he certainly can't spell. I find it interesting that until two days ago I never heard of him; and in the last two days we have heard all kinds of vile, rude, abusive comments about people who wrote about OT subjects from him but not a substantive word until this latest post

RE: filmscanners: OT more copyright questions

2001-03-22 Thread Laurie Solomon
And quite frankly neither do I; but I refuse to indulge him or in his temper tantrums so I will just ignore his posts and continue to do whatever it was that I was going to do or say as if he did not exist. I am sure that we all ignore him until Tony throws him off the list, he will disappear of

RE: filmscanners: Re: OT messages OTquestions.

2001-03-22 Thread Laurie Solomon
What I am saying is not to be construed as disagreeing with or objecting to anything you have said. It is merely meant as a clarification of one small point respecting your comment: "Perhaps OT messages could be revised in the subject title -- instead of reading "Re: filmscanner ."." I

RE: filmscanners: OT more copyright questions

2001-03-22 Thread Laurie Solomon
Tony, can't speak for the UK or for Europe for that matter; but in the US, some artwork is considered to be in the public domain because they are historic artifacts which were created prior to any copyright laws or under older copyright laws which had time limitations on ownership of the

RE: filmscanners: Jay Maisel Interview with Pictures and Link...

2001-03-21 Thread Laurie Solomon
Is there any exact specification for copyright presentation? Yes, for legal purposes, I think there is both a proper form for the copyright notice, if it is used, for the contents of the notice, if it is used, and for the date that should be used. The date, I believe, is the date of registration

RE: filmscanners: Jay Maisel Interview with Pictures and Link...

2001-03-21 Thread Laurie Solomon
In the United States, at least, the copyright corresponds to the date of publication- But one needs to remember that the term "publication" as used in the legal system is construed very broadly to include public display. Thus, if a photographer sends a brand new photograph to a stock agency to

RE: filmscanners: Jay Maisel Interview with Pictures and Link...

2001-03-21 Thread Laurie Solomon
In France (and other parts of Europe), the copyright is in perpetuity. If they are like the current U.S. copyright law, the copyright is not in perpetuity; but it is for the lifetime of the creator plus 25 years (or it may be 100 years - I forget) after which it is not renewable. The older

RE: filmscanners: Jay Maisel Interview with Pictures and Link...

2001-03-21 Thread Laurie Solomon
Roger, Since the topic has come up on each and every list I belong to at one time or another in a recurring manner, I have decided to respond to your post in private because I think that there are a few things you should be aware of. First, your presentation of information tends to

RE: filmscanners: Jay Maisel Interview with Pictures and Link...

2001-03-21 Thread Laurie Solomon
Not to "dis" Niko or Rob (it was a perfectly valid and timely response, and exactly what this forum is most useful for), but do others think it would be helpful to change the Subject line when responding to a thread that's gotten a bit off-track? You are right; but for better or worse, it is one

RE: filmscanners: OT more copyright questions

2001-03-21 Thread Laurie Solomon
Of course, it all depends on a number of factors. The only universal statment that one can make as an absolute is that you do not have the right to "sell images of ANYTHING you photograph." If the sculptures are on private property or are private property, you need the permission of the owner

RE: filmscanners: Problems with my monitor and graphics card

2001-03-20 Thread Laurie Solomon
Maybe I can finally get some work done today. Now you really did not want to do that did you? :-) Shipping and reshipping these large monitors can be a real pain in the but as well as expensive. I have had my share of monitors going bad and needing to be shipped back under warranty to know

RE: filmscanners: Re: GeForce2 MX Graphics Card

2001-03-14 Thread Laurie Solomon
My friend has dual monitors with different resolutions going under Windows 2000 on the Matrox 450. Frank have you actually checked out your friends system to see if your friend actually is running the two monitors under different resolutions as opposed to thinking he is. I think you ought to

RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

2001-03-10 Thread Laurie Solomon
I concur with you that fixed fonts, menus, dialog boxes, and tool boxes are a design decision by Adobe. My understanding from posts over the years in a number of forums and mailing lists was that the decision was made that it was too much of a pain in the programming ass to program for dynamic

RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

2001-03-10 Thread Laurie Solomon
Low prices; but probably a very heavy VAT tax in country and a mighty shipping charge out of country. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Kersenbrock Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

2001-03-10 Thread Laurie Solomon
, March 10, 2001 5:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Laurie Solomon Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE

RE: filmscanners: Clarity! Dual Monitor Hell (Heaven!)

2001-03-09 Thread Laurie Solomon
Given the way dual PC systems with OSs that support dual monitors work, it not only is the common way - or even the preferred way; it appears to be the only way. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Shomler Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001

RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

2001-03-09 Thread Laurie Solomon
Not in my experience; it only increases menu and tool sizes in the OS interface and maybe Microsoft applications. A number of independent applications have fixed menu and tool sizes built into their programs which adjust with the changes in resolution but not with changes in the OS settings for

RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

2001-03-09 Thread Laurie Solomon
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 6:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution Laurie Solomon wrote: Most people are using 17" monitors these days, which is the sweet spot in the pricing structu

RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

2001-03-08 Thread Laurie Solomon
Yes it can. I have two dual monitor systems. One has two separate ATI cards and the other has a single dual head Matrox 400 Millennium card. Both allow under Win 98 for the monitors to be independent of each other and to be set at different resolutions. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like W98SE?

2001-03-08 Thread Laurie Solomon
My understanding is that Win2K is a replacement upgrade for Win NT. It would be most useful to those who utilize large networks. It supposedly is more stable than Win 98, 98SE, and ME; but it does not cupport the range of drivers that are supported under the other versions - at least not yet.

RE: filmscanners: Clarity! Dual Monitor Hell (Heaven!)

2001-03-08 Thread Laurie Solomon
As for the difference in images between the two monitors, the first thing to do is to calibrate both monitors. I agree 100% If I am not mistaken, Adobe has within it a calibration mechanism from there on. Here I have to disagree at least in so far as Win 98 is concerned. On systems using Win

RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

2001-03-07 Thread Laurie Solomon
Most people are using 17" monitors these days, which is the sweet spot in the pricing structure right now Not in my neck of the woods. Actually, at least where I live, 19" monitors are the current popular models and tend to be the sweet spot in terms of pricing. I would venture to say that this

RE: filmscanners: OT but interesting - Interview with Jay Maisel

2001-03-04 Thread Laurie Solomon
Unless, of course, he - like many other big name photographers - is getting endorsement money or free ownership, leasing, or use of equipment from Epson. In so far as Epson did not openly or widely acknowledge the problem, it is also possible that he has not suffered from the problem and is (a)

RE: filmscanners: pc monitors

2001-03-03 Thread Laurie Solomon
Frank, I have a Hitachi CM815 Plus which is a 21" monitor that sells from PC Connection for $1099US. I lucked out last Xmas when I bought it from Onvia.com for $970 US with them picking up the shipping and handling. I am very pleased with it; it has a 3 year warranty. Prior to it, I had the

RE: filmscanners: dither vs haltoning (was File sizes, file formats, etc. for printing 8.5 x 11and 13 x 17...

2001-02-28 Thread Laurie Solomon
Frank, Try The Chicago Art Museum or Chicago Museum of Art. :-) The artwork you speak of is truly amazing as are most of Seurat's other works. This same painting, I believe, was also utilized as the backdrop and the basis for a play on Seurat. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: filmscanners: dither vs haltoning (was File sizes, file formats, etc. for printing 8.5 x 11and 13 x 17...

2001-02-28 Thread Laurie Solomon
Is "CPU" a word or is it an abbreviation? Only kidding and not meant for further protracted discussion. I am not going to take sides on the "halftone" vs. "dithering" controversy; but I will say that the back and forth over the question was informative whatever position one takes in that it

RE: filmscanners: PS v.6.01

2001-02-26 Thread Laurie Solomon
Marc Pawliger [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] posted a message on the Photoshop Discussion List which read as follows: A number of Mac sites have pre-announced the Photoshop 6.0.1 update. The link they posted is not the official one, and may no longer work when the real one goes live

RE: filmscanners: why bother professionally ??

2001-02-24 Thread Laurie Solomon
Tony, I think this is a very astute analysis with which I agree completely, unfortunately. Mass market mentality not only seems to prevail; it appears to be steadily advancing in all areas of life. Even life itself appears to be becoming cheaper with every passing day despite all the alledged

RE: filmscanners: Re: Scanning problems

2001-02-05 Thread Laurie Solomon
Could it possibly be because it is easier and cheaper for them to output to in terms of storage and transportability as well as because everyone seems to assume that everyone wants their scans for use on the Web and do not really know about or concern themselves with such matters as

RE: filmscanners: Re: looking at the Sun

2001-02-04 Thread Laurie Solomon
I concur with you Hersch but would add that the danger is not from the brightness of the light but from the ultraviolet light rays that the sun emits and which are not screened out all that much by one-way mirrors and pentaprisms. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: filmscanners: Re: looking at the Sun

2001-02-04 Thread Laurie Solomon
at the Sun on 2/3/01 11:50 PM, Laurie Solomon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I concur with you Hersch but would add that the danger is not from the brightness of the light but from the ultraviolet light rays that the sun emits and which are not screened out all that much by one-way mirrors

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-04 Thread Laurie Solomon
features come very close to those, if not in some instances surpass those, of inkjets. Eh! Ian - Original Message - From: "Laurie Solomon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 4:53 PM Subject: RE: filmscanners: real value? Ian, Partia

RE: filmscanners: Re: bit depth and dynamic range

2001-02-02 Thread Laurie Solomon
Paul, "Dynamic range," typically refers to tonal range or the contrast range that the scanner can capture. 3.6 is considered very good for a CDD ( or is it CCD, I get confused) based scanner; drum scanners can get up into the 4.0 to 4.4 range. I believe 5.0 is the upper limit of the scale; but

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Laurie Solomon
orifice. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 6:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: real value? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:53 AM 02-02-01, Laurie Solomon wrote: (3

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Laurie Solomon
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: real value? Laurie Solomon wrote: Ian, Partial possible answers to your question are: I wonder why there are so few people film scanning then printing with dye sublimation printers? (1) Dye sublimation printers may be too costly as compared to inkjet

RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-02-01 Thread Laurie Solomon
. We have a long way to go to get to that point. In the meantime, we will have to settle for trying to be a society with less paper. Gordon Arthur Entlich wrote: Laurie Solomon wrote: I would suggest (a) that your office is a rarity, (b) your office technically is not a "p

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-01 Thread Laurie Solomon
Ok, I accept your argument. I really did not miss your point; I was just working on a different set of arguments to which that point was not very relevant. Yes, it is true that, if we quick freeze a state of affairs in time, it will go through the changing time continuum unchanged and will

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-01 Thread Laurie Solomon
Art, You have hit the nail on the head and even with Michael Wilkinson's hammer. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: real value?

RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-02-01 Thread Laurie Solomon
Eventually, through the use of bio-metrics, your electronic "signature" will be as "good" and as unique as your fingerprint. What you say may be true enough; but even that only guarentees the authenticity of the signature and not the content of the document that the signiture has been affixed

RE: filmscanners: Encoding/compression Was:CD storage

2001-02-01 Thread Laurie Solomon
An original 54MB PSD file was compressed to the following: 29.5MB with TIF (LWZ compression) 21.8MB with GF ("Lossless compresion) 5.8MB with GF ("Virtually Lossless compression) On the file I used to generate, I did not notice any significant differences between any of the modes of compression

RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-02-01 Thread Laurie Solomon
e document not sit beside the document. -Original Message----- From: Laurie Solomon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office Eventually, through the use of bio-metrics, your electronic

RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-02-01 Thread Laurie Solomon
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Laurie Solomon Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 5:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office Sorry to hear that you broke your delete finger; hope it gets better soon. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-01-31 Thread Laurie Solomon
are 35mm prints. Art Laurie Solomon wrote: Gee, there are a number of 10-18 screen multiplexes where I live; do they count as movie theaters? I have actually gone to see movies in them also; but there are many people in my university town who got to see movies in these multiplexes every week

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-31 Thread Laurie Solomon
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value? Laurie Solomon wrote: I never intended to write anything of the sort. The computer skipped some

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-01-31 Thread Laurie Solomon
clogged or dried up though, even when we've been away for two months. Res is awful, longevity worse, color a nightmare. Hart Corbett -- From: "Laurie Solomon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: real value? Date: Tue, Jan 30, 2001, 7:54 PM (1) Wil

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-01-31 Thread Laurie Solomon
For Trannies and Negs from Digital Files ,- Original Message - From: "Laurie Solomon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Operating systems could change : dramatically so as to render drivers not only inefficient but totally : obsolete, interface electronic connections may disappear to be replaced with

RE: filmscanners: real value? paperless office

2001-01-31 Thread Laurie Solomon
Fact is anyone who sends me an mega important doc will always have a copy themselves if we ever need it. How can you count on this if we were actually in a "paperless society" or if the other person was or was in a "paperless office" like you. Why would you expect them to have a copy themselves

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-01-30 Thread Laurie Solomon
Gee, there are a number of 10-18 screen multiplexes where I live; do they count as movie theaters? I have actually gone to see movies in them also; but there are many people in my university town who got to see movies in these multiplexes every week and throughout the week. They always seem

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-30 Thread Laurie Solomon
PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of B.Rumary Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 6:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value? In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Laurie Solomon wrote: you are still more or less *cunt* and can afford Eh!!! Brian Rumary, England http://freespace.

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-01-30 Thread Laurie Solomon
I feel strongly that a 10 year prediction is realistic in relation to buying kit for personal use. Of course one cannot argue with feelings so I will only say that while I feel the ten year prediction is slightly on the optimistic side even for personal use kits, as you put it in so British a

RE: filmscanners: real value? paperless office

2001-01-30 Thread Laurie Solomon
I would suggest (a) that your office is a rarity, (b) your office technically is not a "paperless office" in that you still receive invoices, receipts, etc. from others that you need to scan in, and (c) most other places which are relying heavily on electronic operations still tend to keep paper

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-01-30 Thread Laurie Solomon
(1) Will the 1200, using non-OEM inks, clog up if it's used for periods separated by months? (2) Will the 1200 clog up, using Epson inks, if only used periodically as above? In an attempt to respond to the above question, I think that most inkjets, including the 1200, if left for any extended

RE: filmscanners: [OFF] problem with image brightness

2001-01-29 Thread Laurie Solomon
From what you have written, it is unclear if you are using the same or different monitors to view the images. If you are using different monitors, then might this just be differences in monitors and /or a lack of monitor calibration between the two. By setting your gamma at 2.2, you were

RE: filmscanners: [OFF] problem with image brightness

2001-01-29 Thread Laurie Solomon
I looked at both images; and they look the same. Since I have no standard against which to judge if they are lighter or darker than they should be, I cannot comment on that aspect. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of fotografia - tomasz

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-29 Thread Laurie Solomon
Your comments bring a smile to my face. Although they are economically reasonable and express pragmatic prudence, I fear they are no longer applicable, economically rational, or pragmatically sound in today's high technology world. The pace of advances far outstrips the longevity and operability

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-01-29 Thread Laurie Solomon
And, of course, we will have a paperless society, advanced artificial intelligence, and Dot Coms will rule the world replacing the traditional principles of economics and finance with new principles of finance and economics where producing a profitable product is unnecessary as long as you

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-28 Thread Laurie Solomon
Frank, Your reply itself is an interesting one. It is good; but it does raise some new questions from a policy standpoint as well as from a manufacturing standpoint. Taking the easy question first - e.g., the manufacturing question. Given that research, design, development, and manufacturing

RE: Pigmented inks was Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-28 Thread Laurie Solomon
The one thing I'm especially hesitant about is the matter of profiling all elements of my system. Reading all the traffic here and on the Epson Digest, that sounds like an unending headache, Hersch, All technological devices require more or less constant tuning and retuning to be and remain

RE: Pigmented inks was Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-28 Thread Laurie Solomon
Actually Rob is right concerning Epson's official position. Furthermore, just removing the CIS, if your printer allows for the use of a CIS since many do not - especially the newer chipped models, and reinstalling the Epson cartridges by itself will not necessarily work. You would have to flush

RE: Pigmented inks was Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-28 Thread Laurie Solomon
Technically and literally, this may not be construed to be "voiding the warrantee; but for all practical purposes, it certainly sounds like it with respect to the specific problem to me (e.g., "if these products cause a failure, the repair of that failure will not be covered under warranty.")

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-27 Thread Laurie Solomon
All dye based inks fade given the right conditions - time and lighting among others. Black tends to go toward the brown ( sometimes the bluish side and sometimes the greenish side). Even some users of pigment inks have complained about the Blacks not being true blacks to begin with a tendency

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-25 Thread Laurie Solomon
"Lightfastness' maybe; but what about "gasfastness" or "ozonefastness?" Afterall, it was not the lack of lightfastness that caused the orange fade in the 1270 case and usually within a period of time much much shorter than the 10 year lightfastness claim for the Premium Glossy paper. I really

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-25 Thread Laurie Solomon
I concur; I was only offering a word of caution and not trying to endorse any given manufacturer or model. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Kehl Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 1:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-23 Thread Laurie Solomon
You need this info.. The Epson x7x Printers Group at eGroups.com currently has over 900 members.. Unlike other EPSON Inkjet mailing lists, it is an unmoderated mailing list that formerly focused on the EPSON x7x Printers. However, now that it has become a valuable resource on EPSON inkjet

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-23 Thread Laurie Solomon
. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ray Amos Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 5:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value? Laurie Solomon wrote

RE: filmscanners: Power Crisis and UPS

2001-01-21 Thread Laurie Solomon
Actually, a power company and working statewide power grid is what is needed. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony Sleep Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 7:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Power Crisis and UPS On

RE: filmscanners: Power Crisis and UPS

2001-01-21 Thread Laurie Solomon
California? Maris - Original Message - From: "Laurie Solomon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 9:36 AM Subject: RE: filmscanners: Power Crisis and UPS | Actually, a power company and working statewide power grid is what is | needed. :-) | | ---

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-17 Thread Laurie Solomon
Roman, I am reading this and laughing; but not at you. I am laughing because for the life of me I cannot figure out what we are really arguing about in that we are in agreement on most of the points. I agree that currently digital photography at its present stage of development leaves much to

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-17 Thread Laurie Solomon
I agree with Roman. I think you are being a little over optimistic. While technology is moving fast and the day will come, I do not think that time will be in the immediate future. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of B.Rumary Sent:

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-17 Thread Laurie Solomon
Yes they do. Like many things Kodak has attempted, their effort to finish off Kodachrome was not a success. So they can use all the help they can get from whom ever will give it. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent:

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-17 Thread Laurie Solomon
i do not want to spend too much money and need recogmendations. How much are you willing to spend and what level of quality will you settle for? Good 20" monitors that have high quality outputs are not cheap compared to the consumer quality 19" than have been showing up. I just bought a

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-16 Thread Laurie Solomon
Ok, Thanks for the corrective clarification. Given this, I would concur that my earlier speculation on how it might be possible to cross-process E-6 to obtain a negative without the color mask would not work. There are obvious differences between E-6 and C-41 processing apart from merely the

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-16 Thread Laurie Solomon
Roman, I do not see this as an appropriate answer; actually I think it begs the question, except if one assumes that priority is to be given to the traditional methods of printing as you seem to want to do. I do not criticize you for assigning priority as you have (it is legitimate). However,

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-16 Thread Laurie Solomon
Roman, I think that what exists is in fact a compromise; and one which will satisfy neither side of the issue. I do not think that traditional photographers who optically print negatives or digital photographers who want to scan their negatives see the compromise as being beautiful or an

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-16 Thread Laurie Solomon
While you may very well be right about the only difference being in the addition of new film emulsion hardeners to prevent scratching, Kodak claims to have done more than this to the film so as to make it more appropriate for scanning. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-15 Thread Laurie Solomon
. Gordon Laurie Solomon wrote: There is no reason why said negative films could not be designed to be optimized for digital uses only ... Now such a thing may very well be impractical but it is not impossible or illogical.

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-15 Thread Laurie Solomon
Ed, with the deepest of respect, since you cite a quote from me, I feel some compulsion to respond. I do not believe that I stated or implied that removal of the orange mask was difficult to do or would make scanning easier. Others with whom I was corresponding seemed to feel that the orange

RE: filmscanners: orange mask E6

2001-01-15 Thread Laurie Solomon
I stand corrected. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Roger Smith Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 9:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: orange mask E6 At 7:27 PM -0600 1/15/01, Laurie Solomon wrote: If my understandings

RE: filmscanners: orange mask

2001-01-14 Thread Laurie Solomon
Bear in mind that it is not important, how does the mask look to your eye, but how the paper emulsion sees it. and for the paper the differences may be negligible. So would one be wrong to interpret what you are saying here in a fashion as to infer that it might be generally said that these

RE: filmscanners: LS30 Jaggies FYI

2001-01-08 Thread Laurie Solomon
Are the 'jaggies' perhaps related to the bit depth??? I don't think so; I think they are related more to resolution than bit depth. The more ppi or dpi ( depending on what technocratic dictionary that you use) the fewer jaggies up to a point. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: filmscanners: Re: Umax scanners

2000-12-13 Thread Laurie Solomon
to try that!! Thanx again! Guy Clark -Original Message- From: Laurie Solomon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 12:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Re: Umax scanners For some reason, the TWAIN drivers for the two machines don't coexist well

RE: filmscanners: RE: Film Scanners and what they see.

2000-12-13 Thread Laurie Solomon
. Laurie Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am surprised you did not know that [RC prints] were not as archival as fiber based prints and that you are surprised by this. However, I bet you knew it all along and are just pulling out legs. :-) Yeah, I knew that only the archival reliability of FB

RE: filmscanners: RE: Film Scanners and what they see.

2000-12-13 Thread Laurie Solomon
ng, sudden fading, uneven fading, etc, etc. Art Laurie Solomon wrote: "crud" Isn't that a technical term? Like inkjet prints, BW RC photographic prints are getting better in terms of longevity; but they are not anywhere near fiber based prints. They never have been hyped as being

RE: filmscanners: RE: Film Scanners and what they see.

2000-12-13 Thread Laurie Solomon
I understand and take your point. I only question - in a speculative way - your assumptions regarding the time frames of needing to recopy every other technical generation which you guess to be once a decade. It is equally plausible to assume that as the pace of technological development speeds

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