[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-29 Thread w shumaker
At 11:46 AM 4/26/2002 +1000, Julian wrote: >If you want to check your scanner, I describe an easy way on > >http://members.austarmetro.com.au/~julian/photography/ls2000-focus.htm Very interesting and straight forward test. Would it be possible for the scanning software to take multiple focus poin

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-28 Thread Arthur Entlich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It would just gall me to spend that much on a scanner and still have to worry about > focus. (I cut my teeth on a Minolta Elite which had fixed focus and yet was sharp >over > the whole frame.) > > > > Al Bond A fixed focus scanner would likely be such because it

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-28 Thread
Julian Robinson wrote: > If you want to check your scanner, I describe an easy way on > > http://members.austarmetro.com.au/~julian/photography/ls2000-focus.htm What a very useful page. Have you had any feedback from LS-40, LS-4000 or LS-8000 users on the effective DOF on these scanners? Are t

[filmscanners] RE: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-28 Thread Alex Zabrovsky
Thanks Julian. I'll take a look to your stuff and will get back. Regards, Alex Z -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Julian Robinson Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 3:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Dep

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-28 Thread
Dickbo wrote: > I might also point out that comparing the Nikon scanner with the Polaroid > Sprintscan 120 is utter nonsense because in the UK a typical asking price > for the Nikon is £1299.00 while for the Polaroid it is £2,899.00 > > I would suggest that it is easier and cheaper to put glass a

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-26 Thread
I wrote > > Firstly, does the setting of focus point in this way work for 100% of > > shots or are badly bowed slides still compromised? Tony Terlecki replied: > No it doesn't because film can be bowed differently depending on the mount, > etc. You personally need to find how far from the focus

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-26 Thread dickbo
been seen to happen. - Original Message - From: "Peter Marquis-Kyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:16 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field dickbo discounts the problems of glass mounted slides deteriorat

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-25 Thread Tony Terlecki
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 11:59:16PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I know there are regular posts about the limited depth of field of the > LS4000 and one work around was to set the focus to some point > between the centre and the corner of the frame. (I believe this is > how Vuescan fo

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-25 Thread Arthur Entlich
dickbo wrote: > Just mount in glass and the problem ceases to exist, not only that your > originals are better protected. > Most, if not all, photo archivists will tell you today that glass mounting of slides is considered to accelerate aging due to chemical off-gassing getting trapped betwee

[filmscanners] Re: Nikon LS4000 Depth of field

2002-04-25 Thread dickbo
Just mount in glass and the problem ceases to exist, not only that your originals are better protected. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:59 PM Subject: [filmscanners] Nikon LS4000 Depth of field Hi, I know there a