It is the old SS4000 without USB. Yes I think I will keep the old PC if there
is no easy solution.
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Several questions:
Is it a SprintScan 4000
Tony,
I played with the monitor ICC profile. I could not browse to a file
named 'monitor.icc' as my system doesn't seem to have a monitor.icc
file. I searched the hard drive, and the closest I came up with is a
file called
c:\Program Files\Common Files\Polaroid Imaging\Profiles\monitor,pc.icc
I
my errant settings.
Stan Schwartz
Tony Sleep wrote:
In general, I don't ever change any colour balance settings in VS when
scanning slide, except 'Colour' set to 'White Balance' (usually works best
for me, and if not 'Neutral'). I've scanned various slide materials like
this (though very
Tony Sleep wrote:
On 28/12/2005 Stan Schwartz wrote:
If I scan in Adobe RGB, and later convert to ProPhoto, have I lost any
color information or does the profile simply control what the output
device displays?
In other words, does applying the smaller gamut profile as teh image
is
saved from
anymore...
Stan Schwartz
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Is anyone on the list using any special tools for converting color
Paul,
Help me with the math here. What would be the final dimension of the image
whose snippet you are displaying here? And for reference, your 10D captures
an image of about 3K pixels on the long dimension, right?
Stan Schwartz
Paul wrote:
I've posted a pair of examples, both involving
That technique of individual channel sharpening is in an edition of the
Dan Margulis Professional Photoshop book. He advocates sharpening the
weakest color channel in certain situations such as facial portraits.
It's a very interesting discussion and he gives examples.
One-channel sharpening can
The use of edge sharpening is also sold as an action called Ultrasharpen
at www.ultrasharpen.com . Previous versions used the find edges though
the latest one uses glowing edges and two levels of simultaneous
sharpening...or something like that.
Stan
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later be removed.
Keeping the image unsharpened for storage does indeed allow you to
adjust those measurements to the output method and size.
Art
Stan Schwartz wrote:
A while back, Art mentioned sharpening a scanned transparency image
before saving it--to restore some of the loss of sharpness
sharpening as the last step before printing,
leaving my archived image unsharpened.
Stan Schwartz
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soldering iron available to resolder these wires. (What a pain that
was)
Stan Schwartz
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The mirror will collect a lot of dust. You can take the cover off and
blow most of that dust off. There was a discussion here a while back
about just how much that dust would or wouldn't affect the final image,
however.
Stan
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I presume you are not having any freeze-ups. Have you used Insight 5.0?
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000, Win98 and VCache settings
The new Insight 5.0 lamp auto-shut off is not working on my SS4000. I set it
for 5 minutes and the lamp was still on 30 minutes later. I presume it is
supposed to shut down the lamp after a scan if I leave Insight running.
Is there any firmware upgrade necessary to make this work with 5.0?
Is
).
Steve
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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 10:06 PM
Subject: filmscanners: SS4000, Win98 and VCache settings
I use an SS4000 on a SCSI connection with a Win98SE 933 PentiumIII and
512MB
RAM
Does the lamp auto-shut off feature work on your SS4000?
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: PolaColor Insight 5.x
I just
Once the program loads, the opening screen looks normal and the SS4000 shows
up. In the past, I have seen the program delay opening when it can't find
the scanner. However, that isn't the problem here.
Now I have to make the decision whether to spend a bunch of time tinkering
to figure out why
VueScan screen appear. It takes the program around 15
seconds to close down now.
I haven't changed my hardware configuration and Polaroid's Insight scanning
software loads and exits normally.
Anyone else notice this?
Stan Schwartz
www.tallgrassimages.com
Tony,
Thanks. These whiskers only show up on high-bit scans with VueScan but not
high-bit scans with Polaroid's software. You are correct that they disappear
on 8-bit conversion.
Stan Schwartz
www.tallgrassimages.com
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On Sun, 08 Jul 2001 21:03:03 -0500 Stan Schwartz ([EMAIL PROTECTED
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Stan Schwartz
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On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 12:32:41 +1000 Rob Geraghty ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Jul 2001 11:06:56 -0500 Stan Schwartz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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I am making a scan of an array of bright azaleas using VueScan and an
SS4000. I am scanning at 48-bits.
Try a white point setting of 0.01% (0.0% is usually OTT), and adjust
Color|Image Brightness to a smaller number to give
I have
bought from all three. You need to look also at shipping charges and whether
sales tax will be added to your order (depending on what state you are in if you
are in the USA). Those two added charges can make a significant
difference.
Stan
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the computer during scanning
in some other application. I have to just leave it alone during scanning.
Anyone else have problems like this? Any solutions?
Stan Schwartz
www.tallgrassimages.com
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon Coolscan LS4000 - Peppery scans with
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At 09:22 AM 5/20/01
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Stan
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Re Insight or Photoshop?I, m new to this site so
of the
film--or does it just focus on a single plane. If the latter, does it choose
the plane of the edge or the plane of the center?
If it cannot track the curvature, would I get better results scanning in a
temporary glass mount?
Stan Schwartz
www.tallgrassimages.com
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Subject: RE: filmscanners:Focusing with SprintScan 4000--was flatness in
N ikon 4000
Because of the light source the lens has significant depth of field. You
need not be concerned.
David
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I am a few versions behind on Vuescan.
Is it no longer possible to have the preview visible on the right and make
adjustments on the left? I see that Prev Mem button opens the preview screen
again but then you have to click back on Color to make more adjustments.
Stan Schwartz
it's scanned about
68% of an image. Sometimes I can scan two images but sometimes it will lock
on the second image--but most often the third or fourth.
Win98Se
933 MHz Dell machine with 512MB RAM
SIG SCSI card
Anyone else seeing this problem?
Stan Schwartz
www.tallgrassimages.com
Years ago, I was on a list when a very abusive individual joined in and
posted rude remarks periodically. The more posts there were in reponse to
this individual, the more abusive his/her subsequent posts were.
Finally, everyone decided just to ignore the posts. Eventually this
individual
Frank,
That's what I am talking about. Maybe David will tell us what that does.
Stan
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Is the glass element the flat, square cruddy looking thing about four inches
inside the slot on the bottom, below two metal cutouts? What is it's
purpose? What I'm looking has so much dust on it that it
Frank,
I just ordered the brush(and it arrived in 2 days rather than 10 days). My
SS4000 is working fine, but I looked inside with a penlight and was dismayed
at how much dust had accumulated on the glass element. And that was with
using a dust cover.
Stan Schwartz
www.tallgrassimages.com
a lot of different settings.
Version 7 seems to take longer to load and longer to close than previous
versions on my machine (Dell 933 w/512MB)
Stan Schwartz
http://home.swbell.net/snsok
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I just upgraded to 6.7.5 from an earlier version.
When I do a final scan with the SS4000, instead of the carrier being pulled
through continuously, now it's moving with a start-stop motion. Is that an
expected change?
I don't have the multiple pass or long pass options checked.
Stan
I will try it with your images plus a few others. Thanks
Stan Schwartz
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wrong?
Stan Schwartz
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Subject: RE: filmscanners: Re: Scanning problems
Julie--
Do you have a high
is more likely to be the 35mm slide
itself, not the scanner you use.
Stan Schwartz
http://home.swbell.net/snsok
Good point. I agree. I don't think 4000dpi is enough to do what I really
envision. But probably the best I can do with today's films. But films may
get even better than they are today
You might break it if you sat on it.
Stan Schwartz
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000
Jim, thanks.
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: removing dust from SS4000
Please, before you do this go to this link: Look at bottom of
I looked inside my SS4000 and was surprised to find a nice layer of dust on
the lens, despite using a dust shield regularly
Stan Schwartz
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I think you run the risk of spraying bits of lubricant when using a
compressor.
Stan Schwartz
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An upside down shoe box with strategically located cutouts for the cables is
just perfect for this.
A dust cover would be nice. It's actually mandatory I think. I had one
custom
made for about $15; most people just make one out of foam-core or the like.
I
think throwing in a $15 dollar cover
The discussion of dustcovers lead me to check inside my SS4000. I do have
visible dust on what appears to be the lens.
Is it safe to use Dust-off on this? The can warns about not using it on
camera mirrors.
Stan Schwartz
http://home.swbell.net/snsok
Ed,
The 8X exposure requires a second pass, right? I thought there is a
registration problem for multiple passes with the SprintScan 4000, which you
list below. At least the current help file still mentions it.
Stan
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Tony,
Thanks. Polaroid should have put that fact in their docs or readmes.
Stan Schwartz
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your image file. "
This is version 4.5. I read that to mean it should be embedding the profile.
Stan Schwartz
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I am using a PC.
Stan Schwartz
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and Insight/Vuescan software
What is odd is that when I open the image in Photoshop, I get this message:
The document's embedded color profile does not match the current RGB Working
space:
Embedded: Adobe RGB (1998)
Working: Adobe RGB (1998)
Version 4.5 of Insight
Stan Schwartz
http://home.swbell.net/snsok
Photoshop.
A second question is: is there a VueScan plugin for Photoshop so that it
will appear on the File/Import scanner menu?
Stan Schwartz
http://home.swbell.net/snsok
David,
I have the SS4000 with the Insight software. Is dust removal software
offered for the SS4000?
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