Re: filmscanners: Magnification of light

2001-06-15 Thread Michael Moore
Marvin: I shoot architecture using color neg, Fuji Reala, NPS and NPL, exclusively... I meter everything with an incident meter and will often overexpose to ensure shadow detail... these films are incredible... I am currently getting custom prints and machine prints (from a Fuji Frontier) made...

Re: filmscanners: Sprintscan 120 and new negative proile scheme

2001-06-13 Thread Michael Moore
Tony: Would you be so kind as to give a step by step outline of your technique for dealing with color neg from exposure to final output? Am particularly interested in how you are dealing with 1. inversion...do you do it with the scan software or take it into PShop 2. setting white/black/gray

Re: filmscanners: Need Help Deciding

2001-05-05 Thread Michael Moore
Why not the Minolta Dimage Scan Elite? DeVries wrote: I'm in the market for a film scanner between US $500 and $1K. Am considering: Minolta Scan Dual II, or a refurbed LS-30 for $500 or so, New Coolscan IV, or maybe a LS-2000. Will be scanning lots of bw negs. Any advice for best

filmscanners: greatpixin,greatpixout

2001-05-02 Thread Michael Moore
I want to throw this out for open comment and discussion... I had the chance to speak with a real live lab tech (from Replicolor in Salt Lake City, they are on the web at www.replicolor.com) this week... I asked him about his perception of reality when it comes to filmscanning and getting

Re: filmscanners: Canoscan 4000

2001-04-23 Thread Michael Moore
Where's this thing for sale at? Charles Platt wrote: I was just about to pick up the phone and buy a Polaroid SS4000 when I ran across a mail-order company which claims to have Canon's new 4000 dpi scanner in stock and ready to ship, for $1099. Since the Canon has the ability to handle APS

Re: filmscanners: Scanning large format without a bank loan

2001-04-18 Thread Michael Moore
I live in Salt Lake City, which has fairly sizeable contingent of extremely picky photogs... especially the large format landscape shooters... My local pro shop, Pictureline, which takes on the air of catering to the trade, has started to push the Epson 1640, which it seems a fair number of their

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Elite, Nikon LS-40, Acer 2740S

2001-04-15 Thread Michael Moore
I was under the impression he was asking about 35mm scanners M.Moore Rob Geraghty wrote: "Michael Moore" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Minolta over the LS 2000 Nikon (which I was ready to buy and they sell both)... The Minolta scan software is user friendly, I use it to TW

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Elite, Nikon LS-40, Acer 2740S

2001-04-15 Thread Michael Moore
. I was under the impression he was asking about 35mm scanners M.Moore Rob Geraghty wrote: "Michael Moore" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Minolta over the LS 2000 Nikon (which I was ready to buy and they sell both)... The Minolta scan software is user friendly, I use i

filmscanners: Another link on Joe RGB

2001-04-14 Thread Michael Moore
If you followed my last post, you know that Joe Holmes has developed a color space known as EktaSpace or "Joe RGB"... this is a link to a PDF where he explains in such a way that even Groucho could undertsand it...:) http://www.westcoastimaging.com/wci/images/EkSpPS5.pdf Mike Moore

filmscanners: Another ColorSpace article

2001-04-14 Thread Michael Moore
I looked up Joe Holmes on Google, which led me to this CreativePro.com article on the various color spaces... http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/8582.html?origin=story the author is pretty close to the Einstein standard but not quite to Groucho's level... :) Mike M.

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Elite, Nikon LS-40, Acer 2740S

2001-04-12 Thread Michael Moore
I cannot opine as to the new Nikon... it's not been on the market long enough for the real bugs to come crawling out... I own a Minolta Elite... it has given me good service and great scans... it doesn't have batch scanning, but the scans I get are sharp and well exposed... My local pro shop

filmscanners: ColorCorrectionLink

2001-04-11 Thread Michael Moore
FYI: Anyone who wants to add to their vast knowledge of rendering intents and color calibration in Photoshop can check out this link at CreativeProse http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/12641.html?cprose=2-15 If anyone who thinks they understand it well enough to explain it to a child

Re: filmscanners: ColorCorrectionLink

2001-04-11 Thread Michael Moore
Tony: This was a test... I believe it was Einstein who said that if you cannot explain a complex concept to a child, then you do not truly understand it yourself :) Mike M. Tony Sleep wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:57:05 -0600 Michael Moore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: http

Re: filmscanners: Re Insight or Photoshop?

2001-04-08 Thread Michael Moore
I agree with Larry... I use a Minolta scanner... I use PhotoShop 6 (used to use 5.5.) and use its import TWAIN to bring up my Minolta scan software, which I use to obtain a 16 bit linear scan, thus bringing a basically raw scan into PShop... There I do my work, saving the image at various key

Re: filmscanners: Review of the Nikon CoolScan 4000

2001-04-08 Thread Michael Moore
Dave: Please explain what process you are using to get from negs or trans to a 24x36 ( I assume photographic) print? What scan DPI, print DPI, print process, etc. Thanks. Mike M. Dave King wrote: Tony, You're to be commended for bringing this problem to our attention. I've mulled it over a

Re: filmscanners: Burning CD's

2001-04-07 Thread Michael Moore
(not for supplying to others). I suspect it might be more stable than CD-R dyes, but haven't read anything definitive. Have you? Art Michael Moore wrote: ReWritable is NOT preferable... CD-R media is cheap enought that you don't need to mess with all the variables of trying to rewrite a CD

Re: filmscanners: MDSD2

2001-04-07 Thread Michael Moore
Re: Emulsion side up or down... it really doesn't matter as far as I can tell... all you have to do is flip the image in PShop or whatever program you're using. Mike M. Rome wrote: Hey guys, Finally got my Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II back from the shop, a new replacement actually. Seems to

Re: filmscanners: Newbie question alert: you asked for it...

2001-04-07 Thread Michael Moore
Kurt: 1. I would suggest you get familiar with the scanner and workflow by using the Minolta software at first... it's extremely user friendly... you may find you won't need to master Vuescan... 2. I have Scan Elite and use it for color negs... I use the 16 bit linear scan setting (which imports

Re: filmscanners: Burning CD's

2001-04-06 Thread Michael Moore
ReWritable is NOT preferable... CD-R media is cheap enought that you don't need to mess with all the variables of trying to rewrite a CD file... What I and lot of other folks on this list do is to use the best CD-R (not CD-RW) discs we can get ahold of (Kodaks Optima Gold or Gold-Silver are

Re: filmscanners: Fuji CD Rs

2001-04-06 Thread Michael Moore
I use the Fujifilm CD-R 700MB (up to 12x) for archiving and passing out to clients... Have worked great... I am going to switch to Kodak Optima Gold or Gold silver this week... mainly for archival purposes... I also record at 2x (even tho I have a 10x machine) and only put 550 MB on a disc, cuz I

Re: filmscanners: ADMIN: Lurkers/newbies please read

2001-04-03 Thread Michael Moore
I second that... truthe be told, we are all babes in the woods on this digital darkroom thing... quite literally, the blind leading the blind... to end this with another cliche that applies ... The only stupid question is the one you don't ask... Mike M. Tony Sleep wrote: I've had a few

filmscanners: Another CD-R link

2001-04-03 Thread Michael Moore
Here is another good link on burning CD-R http://www.mscience.com/faq.html Mike M.

Re: filmscanners: File format

2001-04-03 Thread Michael Moore
Hey, Bill... your webmaster also made those files password protected Mike M. Bill Ross wrote: I just ran some experiments and I put the images into a directory on our website: http://www.asf.com/temp/. Our webmaster helped out by converting all the tifs

Re: filmscanners: Still Having Trouble with Win2K

2001-04-01 Thread Michael Moore
Larry: At the risk of asking you a question you may have already answered, since I know you know very well which end of a computer is up, nevertheless, the one thing that occurs to me is the color temp that you have the monitors set for... could your new Dells somehow be overriding the color temp

Re: Scanning dpi and epson papers was Re: filmscanners: Repro house

2001-03-30 Thread Michael Moore
a cowardly custard! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Moore) wrote: Kodak makes an excellent photo weight glossy paper that works just fine in my Epson 740 Mike M. Derek Clarke wrote: In fairness to Epson, the full technical specs of all their papers is available on their various na

Re: filmscanners: Quickscan

2001-03-30 Thread Michael Moore
Richard: You will no doubt be deluged with lots of answers to this and your previous question. It appears that you are about to take the plunge into the swamp of filmscanning... To answer your last question first.. 1. ICE is always better than no ICE... That then leaves the question of how much

Re: filmscanners: Bulk scanning

2001-03-30 Thread Michael Moore
My personal choice, which has given me excellent results for almost 6 months, is the Minolta Scan Elite... comes with ICE, 2820 DPI, good bundled scan software and is supported by VueScan... FWIW Mike Moore Kurt Simpson wrote: You know I've spent a lot of time lurking on this list and I

Re: filmscanners: Re: shAF: OT - Dicky returns to form..

2001-03-30 Thread Michael Moore
I'm not sure Dicky should be banned... I agree that his speling is horible :) and his use of old Anglo Saxon words is probably better reserved for the waterfront bar... but at least his rants help break the monotony of so much scanner-speak... sort of like the fellow breaking wind at the

Re: filmscanners: Color Calibration

2001-03-29 Thread Michael Moore
This why I use the Fuji emulsions... REALA in 35mm and NPS/NPL in 4x5... I shoot in mixed light (daylight/tungsten/flourescent) with NO FILTERS and get great results... I've been the gels/flourescent filters/this and that route... that's the problem with trannies on interiors... Mike M. Tony

Re: Scanning dpi and epson papers was Re: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (l

2001-03-29 Thread Michael Moore
Kodak makes an excellent photo weight glossy paper that works just fine in my Epson 740 Mike M. Derek Clarke wrote: In fairness to Epson, the full technical specs of all their papers is available on their various national web sites. But to be honest, I don't think they make a paper you

Re: filmscanners: Canon FS2710 vs Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II

2001-03-28 Thread Michael Moore
I've always looked on refurbs as the best of both worlds... one hand is the lower price, the other is that the unit has already failed in the field (or been returned for whatever reason) and the factory has had to not only fix it but make sure it passes even more rigorous tests than the new units

Re: filmscanners: Printing A3 from a 2700dpi scan

2001-03-28 Thread Michael Moore
Rob: Why don't you try a Fuji REALA negative at that size? Mike M. Rob Geraghty wrote: FYI last night I tried my first A3 (not A3+) print from a 2700dpi scan. The image was scanned from 100ASA print film with a Nikon LS30. The result is good, but perhaps not as sharp as I'd like - but for

Re: filmscanners: Color saturation with Vuescan

2001-03-27 Thread Michael Moore
rid of the orange mask from the negative? It also appears I need to buy some books... -- Jim Michael Moore wrote: Jim: I have a Minolta Scan Elite which I use for scanning color negs... I don't use VueScan, just the Minolta software, but the way I take my scans into PShop is the key

Re: filmscanners: Color Calibration

2001-03-26 Thread Michael Moore
: On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:54:11 -0700 Michael Moore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: what I am thinking of doing is making up 3 large (say 12"x12") panels, one white, one 18% gray, one white, attaching a color bar underneath and sticking that in the main light area of each diff

filmscanners: Digital Film Output

2001-03-26 Thread Michael Moore
Tony: This is the lab I mentioned to you that my friend uses... http://www.replicolor.com/ Check out the film output sections for LVT and Solitaire... At least it's a place to start. Mike

Re: filmscanners: Digital Film Output

2001-03-26 Thread Michael Moore
Aha! The Polaroid marketing shark surfaces. How 'bout lending me one for a year or so? :) Mike M. "Hemingway, David J" wrote: Tony, I would be happy to do an image(or 2 or 3) , 4x5, 6x7 or 35mm, on the ProPalette 8K. David -Original Message- From: Michael Moore [mai

Re: filmscanners: Color saturation with Vuescan

2001-03-26 Thread Michael Moore
Jim: I have a Minolta Scan Elite which I use for scanning color negs... I don't use VueScan, just the Minolta software, but the way I take my scans into PShop is the key to my success... I had the same problem with apparently flat scans as well, until I started to scan the neg directly into PShop

Re: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning

2001-03-26 Thread Michael Moore
myself. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Moore Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 8:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning You may want to check out this link for the latest and greatest from

Re: filmscanners: Grain in Color negative Film

2001-03-25 Thread Michael Moore
Roman: I agree with you and respect your obvious expertise... the key words you have written are "tweak the process" and follow the manufacturer's recommendations... which most mini-labs with part time teenage help are less likely to do that a pro lab... not mention cleanliness of the processor..

Re: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long)

2001-03-25 Thread Michael Moore
Tony: FYI... in regards to getting trannies made from scans... I ran into a photog here in Salt Lake who is in the high dollar super photo collage game... you know the shots of earth and computers and suns and stars, etc. that get used in annual reports and high tech ads.. this guy makes well

filmscanners: Color Calibration

2001-03-25 Thread Michael Moore
I shoot mostly architecture on Fuji emulsions, Reala for 35, NPS and NPL for 4x5..then I scan them as 16 bit linear scans into PShop 6 from my Minolta Dimage Elite, whre I do an invert and then levels which is where the fun begins..the exteriors are pretty easy to scan and get the color close

Re: filmscanners: Neg film for scanning

2001-03-24 Thread Michael Moore
Alan Many of the so called generic or "supermarket brand" are made by major manufacturers (konica, etc.) It sounds to me like your scratches and muck problem is a Laboratory problem, not a film problem... try to find a good custom lab where they use a dip and dunk processor as opposed to a

Re: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long)

2001-03-24 Thread Michael Moore
Tony: As I have posted on this same subject, you know I have felt your pain... what I would suggest checking out the following possibilities; 1. Have you taken a good look at the new Olympus dye-sub printer... my local pro supplier has one with sample prints they made from their shots and they

Re: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long)

2001-03-24 Thread Michael Moore
What is PQPP? Mike M. Dave King wrote: Dan Margulis has a mailing list called Color Theory at Egroups with interesting threads on this topic, but I doubt it will help solve the problem. Time will do that, as the trend is inevitable with digital capture coming like a freight train.

Re: filmscanners: Repro house skirmishing (long)

2001-03-24 Thread Michael Moore
FYI: I use Kodak's Glossy Paper on my Epson 740, set it to Photo Glossy Film or somthing like that, anyway it gives great results that are hard to tell from a photo print, plus the Kodak paper has the weight of a real silver print.. Mike M. Rob Geraghty wrote: "Michael Moore" [EMAIL

Re: filmscanners: Grain in Color negative Film

2001-03-22 Thread Michael Moore
That's what I thought as well and the minilab I used is one that (to the naked eye) runs a clean process... however, what I noticed was that the grain pattern in large areas of uniform density was much tighter and smoother in the film from the custom lab... Mike M. Roman Kielich wrote: At

Re: filmscanners: OT more copyright questions

2001-03-22 Thread Michael Moore
Richard... This is no place for flame wars... The thing I like about this group (and it is the only one I am on for this reason) is that the regular participants seem to be possessed of a modicum of good manners and willingness to help others out who may not be as experienced as some of the rest

Re: filmscanners: RE: OT UK Copyright Issues

2001-03-22 Thread Michael Moore
Julie... I am going to risk Dickie's wrath and reply... I don't know the anything about U.K. law... however, the distinction that needs to made here is the difference between copyright (which applies to an original work of art, literature, film, photos, etc) and the rights to use images of a

Re: filmscanners: I Apologize

2001-03-22 Thread Michael Moore
Larry: Please don't fall into Dicky's trap If all we want is absolute technical info on our scanners, then we should read the manuals... I have stayed on here because of you and Lynn and others who have things to say that may only be peripheral to the act of scanning but quite germane to my

filmscanners: Grain in Color negative Film

2001-03-21 Thread Michael Moore
I shoot Fuji Reala 35mm and scan with a Minolta Svan Elite into PShop 6... I have discovered something I already knew, but now that I have had my eyes rubbed in it, I am definitely changing my habits.. I am referring to grain... specifically the grain you see when you shoot a broad expanse of any

Re: filmscanners: cleaning neg's, sharpening

2001-03-19 Thread Michael Moore
Ezio : In case you missed my earlier posts DO NOT TOUCH THAT EMULSION... it was made and developed long before hardening fixers were used... the compressed air could blow it off the plate, the cotton will almost certainly scrape it.. if you feel you must, try your cleaning on a plate that you

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan sharpening ( reflection on sharpening in general)

2001-03-18 Thread Michael Moore
No flames here... But, every book I've read on working with PhotoShop (and I have more invested in books than I care to think about) states that the application of sharpening (actually Unsharp Mask in PShop) should be the last thing you do before printing the image on the inkjet or whatever

Re: filmscanners: To clean/wash old negatives on glass ?

2001-03-17 Thread Michael Moore
Ezio: I will also be checking with some museum types I know... meanwhile my suggestion is to NOT CLEAN the negs... leave them alone for now... if you have a darkroom, make paper contact prints from them and work with those until you get more info on how to deal with your glass plates... you

Re: filmscanners: To clean/wash old negatives on glass ?

2001-03-17 Thread Michael Moore
Ezio: I just did a little checking on Google the search engine (www.google.com) under the term "glass plate photographic preservation". I got a lot of references... this is one of them that sums up what most of the other say in regard to storage and

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

2001-03-16 Thread Michael Moore
Larry... Muchas muchas gracias... What a great way to start my day... Jay's eye, like a great brandy, only improves with age... Again, thanks... Mike M. Larry Berman wrote: I forgot to include the link. Sorry... Jay Maisel sent me a dozen images plus a portrait for use in promoting

Re: filmscanners: Yo Tokyo

2001-03-15 Thread Michael Moore
Ah yes... the nervous Art Director... I'm surprised he didn't make you go back and shoot it all on chromes I ran into one of those yesterday... I offered him the negs, he looked liked I'd insulted his wife or his dog, then he called someone at his separation house to ask "You can't get very

Re: filmscanners: Trying to Calibrate Monitors to Match

2001-03-13 Thread Michael Moore
You're darn tootin' this is relevant! Please post your responses to Larry's question here so the rest of us can benefit. Thanks in advance. Mike M. Larry Berman wrote: Now that I've got my new Win2K system up and running (still waiting for a second Sony monitor from Dell), I'm finding that

Re: filmscanners: Scanning negatives for archiving

2001-03-12 Thread Michael Moore
ts of view from the other folks on the list. Feel free to contact me if you have other questions. Michael Moore www.arcportal.com Javed wrote: I have recently bought a Nikon LS2000 for the purpose of scanning my old negatives and archiving them on CD's. Could anyone guide me on the following i

Re: filmscanners: Scanning negatives for archiving

2001-03-12 Thread Michael Moore
Lynn: I used the term Raw Scan to mean that I set my Minolta scan software to 16 bit linear for the color depth setting... this gives me a negative scan into PShop... is I set my scanner to a regular 8 or 16bit scan, then it imports a positive image into PShop... I find that working with the

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

2001-03-04 Thread Michael Moore
From what I know of Jay Maisel, and I am sure Larry will concur... Jay doesn't suffer fools or less than the best equipment for one minute (and a New York minute at that)... Jay's quest for perfection and zero tolerance of less than the best manifests itself in his work (his ratio of rejects to

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

2001-03-03 Thread Michael Moore
Larry: Thanks for sharing this great interview with us. I met Jay back in '74 at his studio/office/home which is a 19th Century bank building down in the Bowery. Great shooter, great teacher. Thanks. Mike Moore Larry Berman wrote: We've just finished an interview with Jay Maisel. For those

filmscanners: Another Photo Website

2001-03-02 Thread Michael Moore
A website for when you get to thinking that digital totally dominates these folks sell you everything you need to go back in photographic time and they give you directions on which less traveled road to follow... http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/ Mike M.

filmscanners: Digital Watermark

2001-03-01 Thread Michael Moore
There was a note yesterday about Digimarc changing their pricing structure. I checked their web site this morn and it looks like you can still register for the basic free (0-99 images per year) creator i.d., which enables the Digimarc marking software that comes with Photoshop... the way I

Re: filmscanners: Fw: digimarc watermarking service

2001-03-01 Thread Michael Moore
It sounds to me like they will not reference anyone to the data they have file on you. It doesn't take away your ability to keep embedding watermarks (I registered mune after April 2000 for free) nor the ability for some one using a Digimarc reader to detect the fact that you have put a copyright

Re: filmscanners: PS v.6.01

2001-02-27 Thread Michael Moore
Me too... everything went fine till then, then it gave me the error and aborted the install.. My PS says 6.01 though... Mike M. Austin Franklin wrote: Has anyone had any errors when installing this? I got a "ComponentMoveData" error #-115.

Re: filmscanners: Colors in Neutral Gray

2001-02-27 Thread Michael Moore
FYI: A great book on PShop (with section on filmscanning) for photographers... it particularly addresses the problems with balancing color from a practical standpoint... is Photoshop 5 5.5 Artistry, by Barry Haynes and Wendy Crumpler, published by New Riders, costs about $50 US and worth every

filmscanners: Good Link to Photoshop Tips

2001-02-26 Thread Michael Moore
I found this site while doing a little early morning surfing... It's a fairly good ste of to the point tips on using Photoshop from a photographer's (and a filmscanner) point of view... http://www.carlvolk.com/photoshoptips.htm Mike M.

Re: filmscanners: Good Link to Photoshop Tips

2001-02-26 Thread Michael Moore
You're right as to Carl's demise... His family has an address on the home page of his site requesting contributions from those who are interested in keeping the site up Mike Moore shAf wrote: Michael writes ... I found this site while doing a little early morning surfing... It's a

Re: filmscanners: PS v.6.01

2001-02-26 Thread Michael Moore
I just downloaded it from the below ftp. They were probably overloaded with people trying to get there first. Mike M. Dale Gail wrote: Very Strange it was there this morning. - Original Message - From: "Austin Franklin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-23 Thread Michael Moore
Another comment to add to Roman's If it were true that the automation will replace the brain, then why do professional writers make so much money when we have word processors? These yechno auto toys are all meant to be extensions of and not replacements for the brain... the brain is the

Re: filmscanners: Acer or Nikon?

2001-02-23 Thread Michael Moore
I disagree that a high end digital camera (which will cost at least US$1000 to get 3.3 MP and that still doesn't approach the information even a Scanwit can offer) will do the job for B/W. B/W is not just a matter of "dumping the color"... at least not if you are a serious practitioner of the

Re: filmscanners: evolution (was Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan

2001-02-22 Thread Michael Moore
exposure meter come in mighty handy... it also helps to shoot color neg, so you got some room with the exposure... MikeM. Tony Sleep wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:34:31 -0700 Michael Moore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: BTW, I use a Nikon N90s, cost me $750 for the body new... uses the same

Re: filmscanners: evolution (was Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-21 Thread Michael Moore
animal than a scanner, even a film scanner... when enough fotogs start to figure out they are going to have to scan or die, the market will get really competitive for their dollar, just like the pro camera market is... Mike M. Tony Sleep wrote: On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:33:31 -0700 Michael Moore

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-21 Thread Michael Moore
know as the Mac and The PC... Same thing will happen with scanning... it's only just begun. Mike M. Dicky wrote: ----- Original Message -From: "Michael Moore" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:19 AMSubject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000

Re: filmscanners: Mounting fluid/flatbeds

2001-02-20 Thread Michael Moore
Here is a URL for KAMI... http://www.kami-produkte.de/english/sc.html if this isn't the exact product, click on the type line in the upper right corner of the page to get to their products list, cuz they also list an anti-static fluid that they say is for drum scanners. Mike Moore IronWorks

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-20 Thread Michael Moore
the whole deal, from taking the photo to making the final scans for his glossy coffee table show book, check out this link http://www.pointreyesvisions.com/index.html Mike Moore Dicky wrote: - Original Message - From: "Michael Moore" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sen

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-20 Thread Michael Moore
enlargement and the before and after comparisons were impressive. I hope you understand our situation and will continue to consider our products. Jack Phipps Applied Science Fiction -Original Message- From: Michael Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I never did a get a straight answer

Re: filmscanners: Workflow questions

2001-02-20 Thread Michael Moore
I would not apply unsharp mask to a file I was going to distribute to clients or send for color reproduction because there may be further manipulation done and sharpening added once the image is out of your hands. I always save my archival tiff files unsharpened.If I am publishing to the web or

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-20 Thread Michael Moore
techniques... It's the logical quantum leap of the zone system... Mike Moore Dicky wrote: --- Original Message - From: "Michael Moore" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 6:42 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-20 Thread Michael Moore
P.S. You better believe I get paid for my scans as well as any other time or materials that go into creating an image. Mike Moore Dicky wrote: --- Original Message - From: "Michael Moore" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 6:42 PM S

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-19 Thread Michael Moore
I don't know where these guys get the idea that everyone that uses a pro-sumer (Minolta Elite, Nikon LS2000, etc.) is an amateur... I see a lot of pros buying these to scan work to give clients... I've tried PhotoCD Master and Pro.. that's why I am scanning my own 35mm... To say that we don't

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-19 Thread Michael Moore
? Maris - Original Message - From: "Michael Moore" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 7:33 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ?? | I don't know where these guys get the idea that everyone that uses a

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-15 Thread Michael Moore
So when will you guys make your super software available to the end users? I have a Minolta Elite with DIce... Love it, but would also like to have the other goodies... Mike Moore Jack Phipps wrote: I wouldn't consider a scanner that didn't have Digital ICE. Not only that, but the Nikon

Re: filmscanners: storage

2001-02-15 Thread Michael Moore
Larry, Thanks form the reply... My HP will burn at 10x, but I use it at 2x 'cuz I read somewhere that will give me less problems when I distribute the CD to my clients... I am about to hook up another PC with my image box to improve workflow, particularly as regard to using one only for scans and

Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

2001-02-15 Thread Michael Moore
to deliver the software to end users. I encourage you to contact your scanner manufacter. They may be able to provide our products to you. Jack Phipps Applied Science Fiction -Original Message- From: Michael Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] So when will you guys make your super software

Re: filmscanners: storage

2001-02-14 Thread Michael Moore
I have an HP 9210i (10x burn) that I have put about 50 disks through and will put lots more in the coming months.. I checked out the reviews and user forums before I bought the HP... the Sony was rated along with HP as one of the tops.. So far, the HP does a great job and my clients have had no

filmscanners: New Photoshop Program

2001-02-14 Thread Michael Moore
FYI: For those of you who would like Photoshop but can't afford it, and don't like Photoshop LE's limitations, check out the latest offering from the photoimage gods at Adobe... it's called Photoshop Elements, runs on the PShop 6 color engine with color management, HAS A HISTORY PALETTE with

filmscanners: Refurbed Nikon LS2000

2001-02-13 Thread Michael Moore
For those who are interested, www.publishingperfection.com is selling factory refurbed LS2000's for US$995 Mike Moore

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-01 Thread Michael Moore
of the printer, so if the darned thing clogs beyond repair, you're scr (my spell-checker just kicked in). As for HP, ain't nobody that I know making third party archival pigment/inks for the darn thing Just give me a Fuji Frontier... Mike Moore Ian Jackson wrote: Michael Moore wrote. Michael

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6 Available

2001-02-01 Thread Michael Moore
I own a Scan Elite... have been using it with Minolta's software to take the 16 bit linear scans into PShop wher I invert them...That seems to give me the best tonal range with the Fuji Reala I shoot... Haven't really taken the time to learn how to run Vuescan... would appreciate your comments on

Re: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-02-01 Thread Michael Moore
I realize we all get a little OT at times, but this thing has gone on for DAYS ... "Hornford, Dave" wrote: True electronic signature systems include three components - non-repudiation, authentication, and no-change. Like a pen signature, an electronic signature has to change the document

Re: filmscanners: Vignetting?

2001-01-31 Thread Michael Moore
Rob, As you stated, the effect is fall-off due the nature of the polarizer I used to do a lot of landscape work, never had a publisher reject any polarized sky shots, but I also tried to cull the ones with too much drop off in the sky... Maybe you ought to submit digital files where you've

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-01-31 Thread Michael Moore
I cut my electronics teeth on HP when I trained as an electronics tech in Th US Navy... Their stuff was always built to last... Last summer I bought an HP 932C... it's built much better than my Epson 740... plus the cartridges come with the nozzles built in so if a print head clogs, you just

filmscanners: Great Photo Web Site

2001-01-31 Thread Michael Moore
If you want to see what some of the best photogs are up to with the traditional/digital crossover, check out www.zonezero.com It is run by the renowned Pedro Meyer, has great exhibits, an online magazine, a section where you can place your portfolio, chat, etc. Best of all, it costs zero

Re: filmscanners: Great Photo Web Site

2001-01-31 Thread Michael Moore
It's probably because he uses a Mac shAf wrote: Mike Moore writes ... If you want to see what some of the best photogs are up to with the traditional/digital crossover, check out www.zonezero.com It is run by the renowned Pedro Meyer, has great exhibits, an online magazine, a

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-01-30 Thread Michael Moore
I live in Salt Lake City, Utah as in Sundance Film Festival I have also worked as still photog on a few features as well as shot a few documentary in my hoary past lives... the digital versus film debate gets endlessly argued here every year... when video tape came out, it was also

Re: filmscanners: Re: computers, scanners

2001-01-29 Thread Michael Moore
Here is a link to Kodak's professional pages on Photo CD... I learned something new here this a.m. Kodak is now offering the ProPhotoCD II... which is for digitally originated files... you can do it yourself on PhotoCD discs with their software.

Re: filmscanners: Re: computers, scanners

2001-01-29 Thread Michael Moore
Amen brother. The only consoling thought is that if I can get this system (film, scanner,calibration,output) working, it will allow me to have more control over the final image I hand my client. Problem is, everytime I think I see a light at the end of the tunnel, it turns out to be another train

Re: filmscanners: Re: computers, scanners

2001-01-28 Thread Michael Moore
Paul: I think the answer to your question depends a lot on what you are trying to achieve... I agree that you should maybe take a little more time to look at your scanner choice... There are a number of excellent scanners out there... I personally use a Minolta Scan Elite... it has ICE and gives

Re: filmscanners: Scratched Negs Home C-41 processing

2001-01-28 Thread Michael Moore
A good place to start is the Jobo website... www.jobo.com They make a great line of rotary drum processors for film and prints... you can start with one of the low end units... it will give you temp controlled water bath for your drum and chemistry, plus the advantage of the constant rotation..

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