[filmscanners] Re: traffic

2004-06-23 Thread Pat Cullinan, Jr.
Glad to see us back on the road!! Austin Smith wrote: There's been very little traffic on the forum lately. I don't think that there's any particular reason. Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL

[filmscanners] Re: understanding contaminated blacks--SS4000--newbietype question

2002-09-07 Thread Pat Cullinan, jr.
Stan, Can you post an image somewhere on the web? Or send me an image (not too big) at [EMAIL PROTECTED]? Regards, Pat Cullinan, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When scanning high contrast Velvia transparencies, I am seeing detail loss in the shadows along with areas that just look muddy brown

[filmscanners] Re: Foveon

2002-02-13 Thread Pat Cullinan, jr.
if the lenses are very good quality Diffraction limitations begins take effect earlier with the design of smaller lenses for a smaller format. Kinderst regards, Pat Cullinan, Jr. Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[filmscanners] Re: JPEG Lossless mirror?

2002-02-09 Thread Pat Cullinan, jr.
Robert Meier wrote: --- Pat Cullinan, jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had been a believer in the proposition that multiple jpeg saves would degrade an image, but after reading a notice to the contrary in one of the trade mags, I did my own trials and now I save and resave jpegs which

[filmscanners] Re: JPEG Lossless mirror?

2002-02-08 Thread Pat Cullinan, jr.
Mark Otway wrote: This isn't so, Mark. While you're editing an image is PS, no jpeg processing is performed. Your'e perfectly safe. The jpeg processing occurs only when you save the image to a jpg file, and even then virtually no further degradation takes place, believe it or not

[filmscanners] Sprintscan 4000 kaputt?

2002-02-04 Thread Pat Cullinan, jr.
My SS4000 was having that well-known problem where it would grind away incessantly and refuse to accept any film holders. I got the free brush from Polaroid, and that kept the problem at bay for a few weeks, but it came roaring back with a vim, and now I can't get the scanner to stop its

[filmscanners] Re: Polaroid Factory Service

2002-02-04 Thread Pat Cullinan, jr.
hoping Polaroid will take pity on my poor soul and fix it pro bono. Pat Cullinan, Jr. New York Keith Wiley wrote: This gadget made this forum some time ago. It's name is the SprintScan 4000 Cleaning Brush. The instructions begin with: Maintain peak performance from your Polaroid SprintScan 4000

[filmscanners] SS4000 dust streaks

2001-12-31 Thread Pat Cullinan, jr.
to clean whatever needs to be cleaned. What areas might be cleaned? Has anyone had experience with this problem? Thanks and best regards, Pat Cullinan, Jr. . Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

[filmscanners] Re: PC memory type for filmscanning (OT - slightly)

2001-12-30 Thread Pat Cullinan, jr.
Is RDRAM a better choice for systems used for scanning and processing large 2d image files? The PC mags report recently (maybe Nov-Dec) that RDRAM is only a few percent faster than DDR. It's no surprise that Dell got off the RDRAM wagon. RDRAM is much, much more expensive than DDR. A gig