RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-02-02 Thread Sumtingwong
And this is the beautiful thing about the paperless office--the delete key. ;) Spencer Stone -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Laurie Solomon Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Re:

Re: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-02-02 Thread Hersch Nitikman
Thanks, Maris, I appreciate your reply. Hersch At 11:10 AM 02/01/2001 -0600, you wrote: The law is called the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. It is described at http://olpa.od.nih.gov/Legislation/1electronic.htm and the text is at

Re: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-02-02 Thread IronWorks
It is - see my post of 12 hours ago. Maris - Original Message - From: "Sumtingwong" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:49 PM Subject: RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office | I would have to do more research on this. A well informed friend

Re: filmscanners: Re: bit depth and dynamic range

2001-02-02 Thread shAf
Paul Patton writes ... 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

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Michael, I've got to be careful here as this is a scanners BBS not a printer BBS but I wonder why there are so few people film scanning then printing with dye sublimation printers? Surely these would fully complement say a 4000 dpi scanner? My only questions are: (1) BW - I see no mention of

filmscanners: VueScan 6.6.1 Available

2001-02-02 Thread EdHamrick
I just released VueScan 6.6.1 for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 6.6.1 * Added "Color|Gamma" option to allow changing the gamma of the image (including gamma 1.0). * Modified infrared cleaning so setting

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6.1 Available

2001-02-02 Thread William Swats
Hi; I went to the site mentioned below and under the Linux version it does not mention which architecture that this is compiled for. I am assuming it is for intel; but I need one for the power pc. I have a Mac G4 running the Debian Linux release. Is it possible to get VueScan for the power pc

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6.1 Available

2001-02-02 Thread jimhayes
So given the two statements together, if one has a non infared capable scanner (in my case SS 4000), does the "clean" setting reduce film grain on my scanner as per second statement seems to imply, or need I put it on "Scrub" as first statement implies in order to begin to see reduction in film

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6.1 Available

2001-02-02 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 2/2/2001 9:22:08 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So given the two statements together, if one has a non infared capable scanner (in my case SS 4000), does the "clean" setting reduce film grain on my scanner Yes - with VueScan 6.6.1. Regards, Ed Hamrick

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Michael Wilkinson
- Original Message - From: "Ian Jackson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] : (1) BW - I see no mention of this is any Dye sub printer literature : (2) Where do I find an A3 Dye sub printer under 2000 UK Pounds? . Try looking for a used one !!! Repro-Link is a trade mag with

Re: filmscanners: Kodak RFS

2001-02-02 Thread OK Photo
I thought some of you might know that just yesterday I received a call from Kodak asking me if I had any more problems with the scanner other than I already discussed with them. (I've never had a company do that for me before) Apparently there is a focusing problem when scanning negatives.

RE: filmscanners: Re: bit depth and dynamic range

2001-02-02 Thread Laurie Solomon
Paul, "Dynamic range," typically refers to tonal range or the contrast range that the scanner can capture. 3.6 is considered very good for a CDD ( or is it CCD, I get confused) based scanner; drum scanners can get up into the 4.0 to 4.4 range. I believe 5.0 is the upper limit of the scale; but

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6 Available

2001-02-02 Thread IronWorks
And please don't forget us Corel PhotoPaint users and the PSP users like my sister. Maris - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 3:08 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6 Available | In a message dated 2/1/2001 0:17:51

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6.1 Available

2001-02-02 Thread Nimous
I got a Minolta Scan Dual II without any infrared channel. What would be the best Vuescan setting / version (6.6.0 or 6.6.1) to remove _only_ grain, not dust spots? Would an option in Vuescan which _only_ reduced grain be possible? Nimous * Modified infrared cleaning so setting

RE: filmscanners: Re: paperless office

2001-02-02 Thread Terry Carroll
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Sumtingwong wrote: I would have to do more research on this. A well informed friend told me about it at work. I do believe that it is now part of the U.S. Code, though. I hate for my first post to this list to be off-topic, but it is indeed federal law. The law is

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Derek Clarke
I use my D30 on Super-Fine JPEG mostly, and the 1G Microdrive can hold about 799 of those. In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B.Rumary) wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Berry Ives wrote: Digital SLRs that have maybe half the required resolution now cost about $3K. If

RE: Future of Photography (was RE: filmscanners: real value?)

2001-02-02 Thread Derek Clarke
Until CMOS sensors became high-quality, the image sensor market was held back by the specialist nature of the CCD manufacturing process. You can't produce a CCD in a CMOS fab line and vice versa, and CCD fabs lag well behind the CMOS equivalents. Now, the sky's the limit. Image sensors like

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Robert E. Wright
- Original Message - From: Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 4:01 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: real value? Michael, I've got to be careful here as this is a scanners BBS not a printer BBS but I wonder why there are so few people

RE: Future of Photography (was RE: filmscanners: real value?)

2001-02-02 Thread Clark Guy
Well, ok then! That's the kind of major breakthrough that I was talking about! If this allows the relatively easy manufacture of imaging arrays of high resolution, then some of my comments become moot. I did see a reference to the Kodak digital imaging website where an array on the order of

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread cjcronin
At 11:53 AM 02-02-01, Laurie Solomon wrote: (3) Inkjets have reached the level where there quality and other features come very close to those, if not in some instances surpass those, of inkjets. ?? Am I reading this wrong, it doesn't make sense to me.

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6 Available

2001-02-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
Ed, Can you tell us which flimscanners have an "accessible" IR channel? Are they only scanners which have digital ICE, like the LS 30/2000 and Minolta Elite and Acer 2740, or are other "hiding" this feature? Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/1/2001 0:17:51 AM EST, [EMAIL

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Gordon Tassi
Ian: I had looked at a some ALPS Electric dye sub printers before getting my Epson. Based on the prices I saw, I would say the 2000 UK Pounds would be at the very top of the line. Their web site ( Search for "ALPS Electric") shows OEM and retail printers.. Their global section shows an office

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6 Available

2001-02-02 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 2/2/2001 6:15:18 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can you tell us which flimscanners have an "accessible" IR channel? Are they only scanners which have digital ICE, like the LS 30/2000 and Minolta Elite and Acer 2740 Yes, this is the list. Digital ICE is just

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:53 AM 02-02-01, Laurie Solomon wrote: (3) Inkjets have reached the level where there quality and other features come very close to those, if not in some instances surpass those, of inkjets. ?? Am I reading this wrong, it doesn't make sense to me. I

RE: filmscanners: Re: bit depth and dynamic range

2001-02-02 Thread Eli Bowen
Paul, An addendum to Laurie's post: All color scanners have three channels: Red, Green and Blue (RGB). Some scanners have an additional infrared channel used for special scratch/dust removal features. So, a scanner that gives 8 bits per channel would give a total of 24 bits per pixel if

filmscanners: OT: dyesub printers (long)

2001-02-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
I realize this is off topic to the general list discussion, but I believe it will be of interest to many considering output from their film scanners. To all others please hit "delete" now. IS Dye sub your "final answer" copyright A. Entlich Dye sub printers are once again beginning to be

Re: filmscanners: x Stuart !! was .. Black Widow or Slidescan Transp'y Adaptor ???

2001-02-02 Thread Robert Kehl
Stuart, Ezio is right. I got one of those little slide adapters with my HP 6300. It's a real joke. I can't believe HP ever made it. I had the same experience as Ezio, except I didn't have to get on my knees and make peanut butter, because I gave up after two or three tries. (Ezio, I guess

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
I buy a lot of items secondhand, including a lot of technology which I have saved tons of money doing. I would be very cautious about considering buying a dye sub printer used, unless it came with a very good service contract. They are finicky and very expensive to repair, and they are heavy

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6.1 Available

2001-02-02 Thread Stan McQueen
Do you have any recommended settings for scanning Kodak HIE (High Speed Infrared) with VueScan? Stan EdHamrick wrote: I just released VueScan 6.6.1 for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html ===

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:53 AM 02-02-01, Laurie Solomon wrote: (3) Inkjets have reached the level where there quality and other features come very close to those, if not in some instances surpass those, of inkjets. ?? Am I reading this wrong, it doesn't make sense to me.

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Laurie Solomon
You are right on both accounts. As written it makes no sense at all; but a relatively non acrobatic leap to the assumption you suggest would be in order. I sure wish all you editors were around before I actually transmitted the posts rather than after I put my foot in my mouth or in another

filmscanners: Howtek D4000 software

2001-02-02 Thread Andrew S. Webb
Hallo, all, Anybody who's using or knows a bit about the abovementioned scanner or the belowmentioned software, please pop me an e-mail offlist. I have a client who was using some very old ('94) 3rd-party software (SpectrePrintPro), and a Mac OS upgrade trashed it. Returning to the

Re: filmscanners: Kodak RFS

2001-02-02 Thread Berry Ives
on 2/2/01 9:14 AM, OK Photo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apparently there is a focusing problem when scanning negatives. Because of the curvature of the negative the scans are sharper at the sides then they are in the center. I was aware of this but it wasn't a big concern for me. Anyway

filmscanners: This Gamma Thing...?

2001-02-02 Thread Tom Christiansen
Hi, I've learned a new word today: Gamma. It's something with the way monitors show images, but what exactly is it?? I notice that my scanner software has a gamma adjustment and playing with it I noticed that it changes the way the image appear on the screen. But what exactly is this

filmscanners: The K in CMYK

2001-02-02 Thread Tom Christiansen
Hello List, Just out of old fashioned curiosity: What does the K in CMYK stand for? Tom

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread John Matturri
You are right on both accounts. As written it makes no sense at all; but a relatively non acrobatic leap to the assumption you suggest would be in order. At 11:53 AM 02-02-01, Laurie Solomon wrote: (3) Inkjets have reached the level where there quality and other features come very

Re: filmscanners: This Gamma Thing...?

2001-02-02 Thread IronWorks
Start reading here: CGSD - Gamma Correction Home Page: http://www.cgsd.com/papers/gamma.html and read on. All the facts you want and then some. Maris - Original Message - From: "Tom Christiansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 9:07 PM Subject:

RE: filmscanners: The K in CMYK

2001-02-02 Thread Frank Paris
Black Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=62684 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Christiansen Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 7:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: filmscanners: The K in

RE: filmscanners: This Gamma Thing...?

2001-02-02 Thread Henry Richardson
From: "Frank Paris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here is Giorgianni and Madden's definition from "Digital Color Management": "Exponent of a power-law equation relating CRT luminance to control-signal voltage". Also, "The slope of the straight-line portion of a CRT characteristic curve relating log

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Hersch Nitikman
I have the impression that Alps is going out of the Dye Sub printer business. At 06:21 PM 02/02/2001 -0500, you wrote: Ian: I had looked at a some ALPS Electric dye sub printers before getting my Epson. Based on the prices I saw, I would say the 2000 UK Pounds would be at the very top of the

filmscanners: Vuescan suggestion

2001-02-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
Maybe this is a selfish suggestion as I think it may only be useful with Nikon scanners - how about a checkbox to automatically eject the film after scanning the last frame on a strip? When batch scanning this would be nice, as it means the film ejects automatically and doesn't spend too much

Re: filmscanners: The K in CMYK

2001-02-02 Thread IronWorks
It stands for black. The letter "B" was already taken for something else, I don't recall what, in the printing industry. Maris - Original Message - From: "Tom Christiansen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 9:06 PM Subject: filmscanners: The K in

Re: filmscanners: OT: dyesub printers (long)

2001-02-02 Thread Mike Kersenbrock
Arthur Entlich wrote: you also use a full series of panels. So, place just one dot the size of a period anywhere in the image, and the printer will use up a full set of ink panels to do that. Consumable costs are constant. You do This isn't true of my Alps MD-1300. It would only use a

Re: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Mike Kersenbrock
Laurie Solomon wrote: Ian, Partial possible answers to your question are: I wonder why there are so few people film scanning then printing with dye sublimation printers? (1) Dye sublimation printers may be too costly as compared to inkjet printers both to purchase and to operate

Re: filmscanners: VueScan 6.6.1 Available

2001-02-02 Thread Andrew Robinson
I too would be interested in a PPC linux version, specifically LinuxPPC. I'll even offer machine cycles for compiliations if it would facilitate it. Thanks! Andrew Robinson William Swats wrote: Hi; I went to the site mentioned below and under the Linux version it does not mention which

RE: filmscanners: real value?

2001-02-02 Thread Laurie Solomon
Mike, I have no reason to question or refute anything you have said. I must admit that I do not know all that much about Dye-Sub printers except what I have read, heard and seen by way of sample prints. Most of the information and samples came not from Alps devices but from Kodak devices

RE: filmscanners: This Gamma Thing...?

2001-02-02 Thread Tom Christiansen
Hi, Here is Giorgianni and Madden's definition from "Digital Color Management": "Exponent of a power-law equation relating CRT luminance to control-signal voltage". OK. I thought the relationship between luminance and control voltage was linear. But I guess that if it was linear the viewer