Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-13 Thread Avi33
The DMAX of the LS-40 will be 3.6 instead of the 3.0 DMAX in the LS-30. Is the main improvement of the LS-40 over the LS-30 the USB connection, 12 bits vs. 10 bits, and slightly higher DPI?

RE: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-13 Thread shAf
Avi33 writes ... The DMAX of the LS-40 will be 3.6 instead of the 3.0 DMAX in the LS-30. ... Unfortunately, it is up for debate what any Dmax is for the Nikon scanners. That is, their Dmax specification seems to be simply what the bit depth is capable of storing, and may have

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ed Hamirck wrote: Interestingly, NikonScan 3.0 that came with this scanner also works with my LS-30. The commands that these scanners use are almost identical. NikonScan 3.0 with the LS-30 has the same limitations - 8-bits only. It also doesn't enable DIgital GEM and Digital ROC with the LS-30

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-07 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 3/6/2001 6:10:26 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What advantages does firewire have over SCSI?? Firewire is theoretically faster than SCSI, but no scanner is so fast that SCSI is the bottleneck. Any idea why Nikon switched to fw, and didn't impliment both? I

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-07 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 3/7/2001 1:41:06 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Interestingly, NikonScan 3.0 that came with this scanner also works with my LS-30. The commands that these scanners use are almost identical. NikonScan 3.0 with the LS-30 has the same limitations - 8-bits only. It

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-07 Thread Rob Geraghty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just traced the scsi commands that NikonScan 3.0 uses with the LS-30, and it probably will get the same jaggies as in NikonScan 2.5. It reads scan lines in 64K buffers, which is what causes the jaggies. I already told my Nikon contact about how to fix the

RE: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread shAf
Ed writes ... ... ... I looked at the .inf file for the LS-4000 and it uses SCSI over Firewire, which means it should be just as easy to add support for in VueScan. ... S ... you plan on implimenting 'firewire'. I just read on another list ... in the context of a "Linoscan "

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread Dale Gail
Ed, LS40? Is that the Coolscan IV ED? Dale From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just thought I'd let the people on this mailing list know that Nikon loaned me an LS-40 today. I installed it and traced the USB commands, and it looks like it will be quite easy to add support for it to VueScan. It

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread Asael
Ed, How about support for the ls-8000? Asael www.DigitalPhotographicArt.com

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 3/6/2001 1:35:30 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: S ... you plan on implimenting 'firewire'. I just read on another list ... in the context of a "Linoscan " ... you implied no such plans I certainly intend to implement SCSI over Firewire (which is what scanners use

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 3/6/2001 1:58:56 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is the main improvement of the LS-40 over the LS-30 the USB connection, 12 bits vs. 10 bits, and slightly higher DPI? Yes, although with NikonScan it's 12 bits vs. 8 bits. In addition, the LS-40 adds Digital ROC and

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 3/6/2001 2:09:02 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: LS40? Is that the Coolscan IV ED? Yes - that's the same thing. Interestingly, NikonScan 3.0 that came with this scanner also works with my LS-30. The commands that these scanners use are almost identical. NikonScan 3.0

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 3/6/2001 5:05:01 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How about support for the ls-8000? It depends when Nikon can loan me one. They're quite good about loaning me scanners, so I suspect I'll get this working right before the LS-8000 and LS-4000 become widely available.

RE: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread shAf
Ed writes ... I certainly intend to implement SCSI over Firewire (which is what scanners use - the SBP2 protocol). It may take me a bit longer to get it working on Mac OS than Windows though. It turns out that this is really, really easy for me to add on Windows. ... You make

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread Alan Shaw
At this rate you should have support for the LS-16000 in a week or so! Oh, yeah: :-)

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread Dale Gail
PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:11 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan In a message dated 3/6/2001 2:09:02 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: LS40? Is that the Coolscan IV ED? Yes - that's the same thing. Interestingly, NikonScan 3.0 that came with this scanner

Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

2001-03-06 Thread IronWorks
To me this is good news - they are working with their software's competitor, but hopefully it helps both of you out. Maris - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 4:23 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan