Re: Digital Slide scanners

A slide duplicator or bellows setup works well (easily & quickly) for 35mm slides but is very problematic for negatives. A scanner would allow copying of other formats too. In the end, the limiting factor will be your budget. Alan C -Original Message- From: anotherdrunkensot Sent:

RE: OT: Digital Slide scanners

I still have a ScanWit 720 scanner, but have been unable to find SCSI/USB linking cables for it, and the original SCSI PCI card software will not install in later PC's. It's now gathering dust in my garage, waiting for me to think of a miracle solution! OTOH, the Epson V500 does the same job

Re: August Solar Eclipse

August 21 2017. > On Apr 7, 2017, at 7:29 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > > Time frame? > > M aka D > > On 4/7/2017 3:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: >>> How long has it been since we've had a NorCal gathering? (Assuming you >>> guys had one or two

Re: August Solar Eclipse

Armistance day ://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157676380966976 On April 7, 2017 4:29:38 PM PDT, "Marnie (aka Doe)" wrote: >Time frame? > >M aka D > >On 4/7/2017 3:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: >>> How long has it been since we've had a

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

I'm working my way through my own old film & a family archive. I don't think it would be cost effective to send the work out because it's in so many different forms. I have 35mm slides & negatives of my own along with 120 transparencies & negatives and 4x5 transparencies & negatives. The family

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

It should work. According to Hamrick's website there's a VueScan version for Apple OS-X that supports the Nikon LS-1000 https://www.hamrick.com/support/how-to-guides/how-to-install-vuescan-on-mac-os-x.html http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/nikon_ls_1000.html#technical-information The 2012

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > And after I read your post, I thought maybe instead of scanning slides, it > might be more fun > to secure a slide projector and have slide show night [...] I just may follow > my own advice here > —secure a good

Re: Epson P600?

I think I’m going to order the p600 in the next few days. My R2880 is running really wonky. Cheers, Christine > On Mar 20, 2017, at 6:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Hi Christine, > > I've been using the P600 for a year and a half. Highly recommended. The > improved

Re: August Solar Eclipse

Time frame? M aka D On 4/7/2017 3:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: How long has it been since we've had a NorCal gathering? (Assuming you guys had one or two when I wasn't on PDML.) Just curious. My walking ability is rather limited at the moment. I guess the last one was

Re: Red Topped Barn (with tree top)

K. I did it rather quickly just to get it up. Thanks for looking. Marnie (aka Doe) On 4/7/2017 3:39 PM, Brian Walters wrote: I definitely prefer the composition with the full height tree but the colour rendering in the other image is a tad more pleasing. Perhaps a bit of tweaking of the

Re: August Solar Eclipse

I rented a house in western TN via VRBO two and a half years ago. The owner was perplexed by the inquiry and the incredibly long lead time to rent. Its very close to the max duration point and has space for a lot of people. Right now, very few of my family members have replied as to whether

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

Hi Doug: I own the Epson 600, but ironically I have used it way more for document scans than photos and slides. I have tried some slide test scans, and I find the quality ok, not great. I think the 600 is pretty decent for scanning print photos though. But the real reason for my response is

Re: August Solar Eclipse

Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: How long has it been since we've had a NorCal gathering? (Assuming you guys had one or two when I wasn't on PDML.) Just curious. My walking ability is rather limited at the moment. I guess the last one was when the Coyle's were in town and we went up to Marin. --

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

On 7/4/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >I bought a Nikon LS1000 I've got Nikon Coolscan LS1000 I would love to use it again - any workarounds so I can hook it up to my MacBook Pro 2012 :-( -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video

Re: Red Topped Barn (with tree top)

I definitely prefer the composition with the full height tree but the colour rendering in the other image is a tad more pleasing. Perhaps a bit of tweaking of the first image would produce the best of both worlds :-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

Larry Colen wrote: >Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> It is far more practical if you have several dozens or even hundreds of >> frames to scan is to wrap them up and send them off to someone like >> http://www.scancafe.com … They'll do as good a job as you will 90-98% of the >> time and whatever

Re: August Solar Eclipse

How long has it been since we've had a NorCal gathering? (Assuming you guys had one or two when I wasn't on PDML.) Just curious. My walking ability is rather limited at the moment. Marnie (aka Doe) On 4/7/2017 2:52 PM, Larry Colen wrote: John Sessoms wrote: I have a viewing spot south of

Re: August Solar Eclipse

John Sessoms wrote: I have a viewing spot south of Great Smokey Mountains National Park picked out, but I'll be looking for other options as the date draws nearer based on weather forecasts. If anyone knows long term weather trends & where I will find the highest probability of clear skies,

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I have been scanning film since the early 1990s and have had quite a few scanners, both negative and flatbed, over the years. Since about 2006, I've owned and used the Nikon Coolscan IV and Coolscan V extensively. Either of them with the automated 35mm feeder can

Red Topped Barn (with tree top)

Having a heck of a time with flickr, didn't seem to save my album. Not sure why. Anyway... I used this on the front of my Xmas card last year. Not for the subject matter, but for the red and green. ;-) Probably technically, a better photo than the other one. To get the top of the tree in, I

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

I have a lot of family slides from when I was kid. Stereorealist. So I figured someday when I am older and have more time, I would sit down and cut them in half and scan them. I can do about 8-12 at a time (don't remember) on the flat bed. It does do a good job and I wouldn't expect the

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

I’ve found the V850 Pro to be the equal of the Nikon Coolscans, which I’ve used many times. Some reviewers have as well. YMMV. Paul > On Apr 7, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Absolutely true, but no flatbed scanner produces the scan quality of a >

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

Absolutely true, but no flatbed scanner produces the scan quality of a dedicated film scanner. All of these things are tradeoffs at one level or another. I have had four pro-grade flatbed scanners (including two Epsons, up to the V750 model, and one with true glassless film carrier

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

The Nikonscan hack is pretty useful. About a year ago I retired my XP machine and installed Nikonscan on a Win 10 x64 box. The hack works fine on Win10 though I had to temporarily disable WIn10's requirement that all drivers be digitally signed. Vuescan is a great optionand I use it for 35mm

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

Depends on what you want to use the scans for. If you are digitizing a family archive or plan to just use the scans for web use a V600 might be fine. Or as others have suggested, use a service. If you are doing higher end work I would look at a V800 or V850. I'm using a Nikon LS8000 for 35mm

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

With the Epson V850 Pro I can scan a dozen transparencies in about 20 minutes, and I can load 24 at a time. It’s a pretty efficient way to go. Paul > On Apr 7, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > >> On Apr 7, 2017, at 8:57 AM, mike wilson

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

With the Epson V850 Pro I can scan a dozen transparencies in about 20 minutes, and I can load 24 at a time. It’s a pretty efficient way to go. Paul > On Apr 7, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > >> On Apr 7, 2017, at 8:57 AM, mike wilson

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

> On Apr 7, 2017, at 8:57 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 07 April 2017 at 16:45 Doug Brewer wrote: >> >> >> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera >> and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of

Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

I can see both versions - first one says "Back to photostream" at the top left & the second one says "Back to album". On 4/7/2017 01:45, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: Okay, second try. https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157682202672636/ Not only do I have to learn a

Re: Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend

Unfortunately, my alternative (Earthlink) is also being screwed up by spammers right now. Several of the IP addresses for their mail servers keep getting blacklisted by the SPAM catching service the PDML Server uses. If my post to PDML catches one of those IP addresses it gets bounced by the PDML

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

I have a Nikon Coolscan IV ED. It came with two heads; "MA-20 Slide Mount Adapter" for slides & "SA-20 Strip Film Adapter" for film strips. It also had an accessory "Strip Film Holder FH-3" that allows you to scan strips of up to 6 frames using the slide head. The Nikon scan software hasn't

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

I picked up a Beseler slide copier from a lab that was closing down a number of years ago. That and the K1 give me a 35mp slide scanner that seems to work really well. Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: Doug Brewer Date:

Re: Hybrid hard drives, anyone?

How much improvement was there after the thing was running programs that had to use swap.More memory is always preferable to swap.Cherry picking how fast a system boots and ignoring operating performance is more than a little disingenuous.  Sent from my Samsung device Original

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

This is why God gave us other people. I bought a Nikon LS1000? 4000? When they were quite new. Used it about a dozen times. It was such a balls-ache. Good quality though. B > On 7 Apr 2017, at 16:46, Doug Brewer wrote: > > I've been cleaning out my storage room in

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

A long time ago, it seems, I bought an ACER ScanWit 2720s. It's a SCSI interface device, and while it's supplied software is hopelessly dated, there is third party software, (ViewScan), that will actually give better scans, taking full advantage of the hardware, which the original software

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

The Epson V850 Pro does an excellent job on transparencies and negatives. All the color shots on this page were scanned from Kodachrome slides and all the BW was scanned from negs. https://www.photo.net/gallery/1080368#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1 > On Apr 7, 2017, at 11:45 AM,

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

Doug Brewer wrote: >I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera >and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some >of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe >scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

No help. Except I have a lot of slides too. I still have an Epson flatbed slide scanner which I saved if I ever get around to my piles of slides. (When I first started photography I quickly switched from regular film and shot slide film instead.) It does an amazingly good job, frankly. The

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

I (and others on the PDML) have had some success with the Epson V600 Photos flatbed scanner. Or similar. Workflow is decent, not limited to 35mm, useful if you have any 645 or 6x6 or 6x7 negatives or slides, also useful for scanning photos and other paper. There are also a couple of scanning

Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

I has read the chopped top comment and in looking at the image, questioned adding the additional height to the scene. J Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 7, 2017, at 8:11 AM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > > I took about 40 pictures and some where the top isn't cropped. I liked

Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

> On 07 April 2017 at 16:45 Doug Brewer wrote: > > > I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera > and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some > of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe

OT: Digital Slide scanners

I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, some of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide scanners. So my

Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

I think you should just do like McCurry and clone the tree out. On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > No, I got out and walked around. Some, I waLked some. By last Dec. I was > walking around well enough. (For those reading this and wondering what we

Re: One of our own

Very nice piece of writing, Paul. Pity you couldn't illustrate it with some of your car photography! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:30 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Thanks Bruce. Lots of fun! > > Paul via phone > >> On Apr 6, 2017, at 6:16 PM,

Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

No, I got out and walked around. Some, I waLked some. By last Dec. I was walking around well enough. (For those reading this and wondering what we are talking about, I fell down broke my hip last Spring. Because the break was just below the ball socket, I got pins, not a new hip.) I did not

Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

I took about 40 pictures and some where the top isn't cropped. I liked this version because the fence had more emphasis. I couldn't decide if it was better with the top of the tree or not. I may throw another version up later. Thanks for looking! Marnie (aka Doe) On 4/6/2017 11:01 PM,

Re: Hybrid hard drives, anyone?

You would have to be really starved for RAM if that made more difference than adding an SSD. My old i5 laptop took at least 5 minutes to boot windows 10 into a desktop on a 5400rpm drive. An SSD only takes about 10s. A massive difference. On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Bill

Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

Marnie - You will love thunderbird when you get used to it... it's my filing system! IT is closest to old netscape I like the shot of the country road, though Brian has a good point about the tree top being cropped off... which I didn't notice at first because I was focused (no pun) on the

Re: OT: Apologies for crashing PDML

> On 07 April 2017 at 00:12 Brian Walters wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 7, 2017, at 08:14 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > On 06 April 2017 at 22:59 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > > no film in the camera. > > > > > > > I think you just invented a new

Re: OT: Apologies for crashing PDML

> On 06 April 2017 at 23:26 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > > On 6 Apr 2017, at 23:15, mike wilson > > wrote: > > On 06 April 2017 at 22:59 Bob W-PDML > > wrote: > > no

Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

Nicely composed and a pleasant scene. Paul via phone > On Apr 7, 2017, at 1:45 AM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > > Okay, second try. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157682202672636/ > > Not only do I have to learn a new email client

Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

WOW! Impressive DoF! J Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 6, 2017, at 11:01 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > Yeah - that worked. > > Nice composition and good light. The fence shadows are very effective > and enhance the scene. I wonder if it would have been improved if the >

Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

that worked, and worth the walk Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 7/4/17 3:45 pm, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: Okay, second try. https://www.flickr.com/photos/149433632@N04/33757683101/in/album-72157682202672636/ Not only do I have to learn a new email client (Thunderbird); I

Re: Red Topped Barn (Try 2)

Yeah - that worked. Nice composition and good light. The fence shadows are very effective and enhance the scene. I wonder if it would have been improved if the top of that foreground tree hadn't been cropped. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney