Good to see some discussion on this list again!
Preston Earle wrote:
I think the scan resolution should be determined by how you plan to use the
final images. A 4000ppi scan will give a file capable of being printed to up
to 17 x 25. If all you want to do with most files is display them on a
Note that with vuescan, you can save raw images, then pro
cess them later. I generally don't work that way, but it
is another option.
In the scanning process, almost every
thing is done post processing. The exception would be mul
tipass scanning (usually multiple sampling, not really mu
ltiple
On 25/02/2009 Peter Marquis-Kyle wrote:
I say scan once, at the
highest resolution the scanner can do (in this case 4000 spi), and
create the best archive image for whatever use happens later.
Agreed. 4000ppi will also reduce any issues with grain aliasing, which can
be more of a problem at
On 26/02/2009 li...@lazygranch.com wrote:
I just bought three 1.5 terrabyte drives
RAID can add resilience but no way can it be considered safe, so don't
forget the other 4!
Here I have:
3 x 1TB RAID3 = 2TB
2 x 1TB for backup (on another LAN PC)
2 x 1TB for offsite backup.
So that's 7 x 1TB
I think raid 0 is probabaly as safe as it gets. Once you
spread the data, then I agree things could get exciting.
There is a chance of the OS peeing on your data.
I hav
e a Seagte external for backup, but I have nothing that c
an handle 3T. However it took me a while to fill up the 6
00 Gbytes on
