filmscanners: Scanner consideration

2001-04-17 Thread James L. Sims
I have returned my Epson Perfection 1200U Photo scanner and will be buying a new scanner. I know that a film scanner is the way to go for scanning negatives and transparencies but I also need a flatbed scanner. Since most of my transparencies and negatives I scan are medium format and larger

filmscanners: Grain-Aliasing on Slides

2001-04-17 Thread Lynn Allen
Here's one I haven't seen very-well-addressed on the List before: grain-aliasing on Ektachrome. Does it/can it exist? Oh, yes. I just ran headlong into a real beauty! The photo was shot at Disneyland, with the Matterhorn (a roller-coaster ride, at D'land) in the background. Same scenario as I've

filmscanners: Minolta Dimage Scan Dula II Problems

2001-04-17 Thread Ramesh Kumar_C
Hi My 2-weeks old Minolta Dimage Scan Dula II has following problem. "HOLDER NOT SET PROPERLY ERROR = 36" message box comes. After getting this error anything of the following may happen a) When I switch off the scanner, my PC gets rebooted. b) Normally I will not be able scan but if I

RE: filmscanners: Minolta Dimage Scan Dula II Problems

2001-04-17 Thread Laurie Solomon
Just a guess; but have you checked with Minolta to make sure that you have the most recent Win2K compatible driver. I would chek the Minolta web site. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ramesh Kumar_C Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 11:41 AM

RE: filmscanners: Minolta Dimage Scan Dula II Problems

2001-04-17 Thread Laurie Solomon
Ok. Although they are a pain to try and contact, I would call Minolta about your problem. I would also recheck your SCSI card's seating in the slot as well as your termination settings and SCSI ID setting. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Dimage Scan Dula II Problems

2001-04-17 Thread Erik Kaffehr
Hi! I use Vuescan (www.hamrick.com/vsm.html) with my Minolta Dimage Scan Multi, I recommended it to a friend who has a Scan Dual II, and he was very satisfied.You may as well try Vuescan. Ed Hamrick, the author of Vuescan, is very helpful. Regards Erik n Tuesday 17 April 2001 23:00, you

RE: filmscanners: Grain-Aliasing on Slides

2001-04-17 Thread Rob Geraghty
Lynn wrote: so in reflective color. Result: another poorly-exposed slide that looks fine on a projection screen, not-so-great on a 2700ppi scan. Lynn, what scanner are you using? An Acer I think? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Grain reduction software

2001-04-17 Thread Chris Hargens
The following was posted on the digital-finearts (Yahoo) list. You may find it of interest. (Re: [digital-fineart] Report from Seybold) There is a Photoshop plugin available now that helps to reduce grain and digital noise. It is called Quantum Mechanic Lite, and I have used it with some

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Dimage Scan Dula II Problems

2001-04-17 Thread Berry Ives
on 4/17/01 4:00 PM, Laurie Solomon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok. Although they are a pain to try and contact, I would call Minolta about your problem. I would also recheck your SCSI card's seating in the slot as well as your termination settings and SCSI ID setting. -Original

Re: filmscanners: Grain-Aliasing on Slides

2001-04-17 Thread Gordon Tassi
Lynn: I ran into a similar situation with what looked like flyspecks all over 3 images in a roll I had developed. They were shot from a beach looking across a bay in the the early evening with the sun at 2 o'clock. The camera was angled just enough to prevent lens flare. My solution was to

RE: filmscanners: Minolta Dimage Scan Dula II Problems

2001-04-17 Thread Laurie Solomon
My error; I have confused two different posts. I thought I was responding to the post that involved the Minolta Scan Multi. I apologize if my response cause further confusion. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Berry Ives Sent: Tuesday,