RE: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems

2001-08-18 Thread Mike Duncan
I did some tests last night with a Stouffer 21-step wedge and found some interesting results! The Canon FS4000 managed a Dmax of 1.8 in auto exposure and 2.1 if I cranked up the exposure to max (but then the scan looked REALLY bad). My Epson 1640 Photo did much better, 2.7 - 3.0 depending on

RE: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems

2001-08-17 Thread tom
Hi, Seems that something wrong is with your scanner. My is working perfectly for me. Take a look for my scans at http://www.photocritique.net/cgi-bin/shl?001 Festivals, People, Wildlife (Tomasz Chady) I did not make any correction, just standard setting using FS from Canon. Tomasz ---

Re: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems

2001-08-17 Thread Richard
Hi, Seems that something wrong is with your scanner. My is working perfectly for me. Take a look for my scans at http://www.photocritique.net/cgi-bin/shl?001 Festivals, People, Wildlife (Tomasz Chady) I did not make any correction, just standard setting using FS from Canon. Tomasz

RE: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems

2001-08-17 Thread Soren Svensson (EUS)
Title: RE: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Hi, Seems that something wrong is with your scanner. My is working perfectly for me. Take a look for my scans at http://www.photocritique.net/cgi-bin/shl?001 Festivals, People, Wildlife (Tomasz

Re: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems

2001-08-17 Thread Tim Atherton
Title: RE: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems Just a thought - is your monitor a high quality one and fully calibrated with Photocal or some such software? I used my older Canoscan FS2710 (which I still love) and my Epson 1640 on a monitor I was stuck with for ages (lack of cash

RE: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems

2001-08-17 Thread Soren Svensson (EUS)
Title: RE: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems Both yes and no! It's a fairly good monitor (Viewsonic PF790 19", Trinitron tube) and it has been calibrated with Monaco EZcolor (which I hate). Right now it's not perfectly calibrated, but pretty good. And pictures from other source

RE: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems

2001-08-13 Thread Soren Svensson (EUS)
Title: RE: filmscanners: Canon FS4000 problems Yes, I have tried with VueScan too (the latest version) but the results are the same. This weekend I scanned aprox. 100 slides (different types of film) to see if I could find a pattern, but 95% of them are really bad. A few here and there (less