[filmscanners] scanning Kodak Gold 200 negatives

2003-11-09 Thread patton paul
I have a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 slide scanner, and have been having lots of trouble scanning a Kodak Gold 200 negative. Most of the scanning I've done previously has been with Kodak Elite Chrome 200 slides and has mostly worked fine. Polaroid does have a profile specifically for Kodak Gold 200

[filmscanners] connecting scanner to computer

2003-10-18 Thread patton paul
I have a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 scanner, and need to connect it to my new computer, which runs Mandrake Linux 9.1 and Windows 2000. The output from my scanner is SCSI, and I would like opinions about how best to connect it to my computer. I could either get a SCSI card for my computer and

filmscanners: Canoscan FS4000US

2001-12-18 Thread patton paul
Is anyone out there familiar with the new CanoScan FS4000US scanner? It is the only under $1000 scanner ($829.99 was the lowest price I found on www.pricewatch.com), so far as I am aware, that scans at 4000 dpi. However, I'm having trouble figuring out the information about color depth given on

filmscanners: RE: Photo quality printers: Hewlett-Packard vs. Epson

2001-03-10 Thread patton paul
I was wondering if anybody could comment on the relative quality of Hewlett-Packard vs. Epson photo quality printers. I just heard from a salesperson at a store that deals in both HP and Epson products that HP printers are more trouble-free than Epson. Does this correspond to the experience of

filmscanners: Re: Orange Micro SCSI to firewire converter

2001-02-19 Thread patton paul
I was wondering if anyone has tried connecting a SCSI filmscanner to a Macintosh without SCSI capability, but with firewire capability, using the Orange Micro SCSI to firewire converter. Did it work well? -Paul P. __ Dr. Paul Patton

Re: filmscanners: Beginner's question on which scanner to chose

2001-02-11 Thread patton paul
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Armando A. Cottim wrote: Hi guys. Sorry for this question. I notice that your posts are all so high leveled that I almost feel ashamed for such a beginner's question but ... here it goes. I 'm considering the acquisition of a scanner to scan slides for my magazine.

Re: filmscanners: Canon FS2710 - any good?

2001-02-07 Thread patton paul
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Arthur Entlich wrote: If you don't require SCSI interfacing and have a USB port, you may wish to consider the Minolta Dimage Dual Scan II. Most people are quite impressed with it, especially when used with VueScan, a third party product selling for $40 US., and the

filmscanners: Re: selling digital images

2001-02-04 Thread patton paul
Given the high price of a good film scanner, it seems important to have a workable plan for selling one's images, to recover some of those costs, before making the investment. I would be interested to know about some of the list members experiences in selling their photos. I take mostly nature

filmscanners: Re: bit depth and dynamic range

2001-02-01 Thread patton paul
I've just been reading some Nikon literature about their new scanners, and I have some questions about the terminology. The ad states that the coolscan IV ED yeilds 48 bit images (48 bits per pixel?). Later, it states that the scanner has a color bit depth of 24 or 36 bits. What does this

filmscanners: Re: computers, scanners

2001-01-28 Thread patton paul
I'm a serious amateur photographer, and am considering purchasing a new Macintosh computer for use in filmscanning and image processing, among other things. I'm currently considering two machines, a Macintosh G3 powerbook (400Mhz, 10Gb), which is currently on sale for $1,800 (a good price for a

Re: filmscanners: Re: computers, scanners

2001-01-28 Thread patton paul
On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Michael Wilkinson wrote: Hi Paul. First priority to me would be the input device. Once you have bought it will last years and still be making good scans when you have gone through several computer upgrades. Any computer, Mac or PC will do what you want with your digital