RE: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread jcoyle
Nice idea John - I did try something similar, but the negatives had curled so much during poor storage in a humid sub-tropical location I still ran out of time (and patience!) to get them satisfactorily scanned. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of John Sent:

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
For most flatbed scanners, the focus is fixed and their DOF is such that they can easily accommodate a mm or two of film curvature. For best results, a glass plate works well to hold the negative flat, with the caveat that the glass itself must be extremely clean and the thinner the better to

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Holding negs down with a piece of glass works after a fashion, but you usually get some moire. Special glass or plastic made for that purpose works better. I think Epson sells it. > On Dec 16, 2019, at 11:20 AM, John wrote: > > On 12/13/2019 21:00:07, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: >> I have the

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread John
On 12/13/2019 21:00:07, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have the Epson V500: when my mother reached her 100th. birthday in 2018, my brother and I scanned all of her negatives, ranging in size from 1.5inches square to 6x9cm and going back in time to the 1900's. We were unable to scan the 110 size

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2019-12-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Out for a bicycle ride last Thursday and looking for holiday themed snappies with the Polaroid, I spied these guys by the side of the road in someone's front yard and couldn't resist... https://flic.kr/p/2i1ayX2 Bring on the holidays! :D enjoy! G — "We all get to be young and foolish in

Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread Ken Waller
Be careful you don’t make an ass of yourself. -Original Message- >From: Larry Colen >Subject: Photo Theme idea > >I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would of >course be named 2020 hindsight. > >-- >Larry Colen >l...@red4est.com -- PDML

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread ann sanfedele
Ive got the V500 - acquired on the recommendation of you list guys a while back -- very happy with it.. except I've managed to get a couple of scratches on the glass :-(  from putting things on it to scan for ebay that I shouldn't have I guess. for 35mm negs and chromes I can avoid the

Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread Larry Colen
> On Dec 16, 2019, at 6:50 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > I think we have officially bottomed out It tucchus long enough. > > Dave > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:13 AM Scott Loveless wrote: > >> Fantasstic idea! >> >> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:51 AM mike wilson >> wrote: >>> >>> On

Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread David J Brooks
I think we have officially bottomed out Dave On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:13 AM Scott Loveless wrote: > Fantasstic idea! > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:51 AM mike wilson > wrote: > > > > > > > On 16 December 2019 at 13:36 Mark Roberts > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > >

Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread Scott Loveless
Fantasstic idea! On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:51 AM mike wilson wrote: > > > > On 16 December 2019 at 13:36 Mark Roberts > > wrote: > > > > > > Larry Colen wrote: > > > > >I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would > > >of course be named 2020 hindsight. > > > >

Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread mike wilson
> On 16 December 2019 at 13:36 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Larry Colen wrote: > > >I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would > >of course be named 2020 hindsight. > > Well, as long as you don't mind being the butt of everyone's jokes... > They need to be

Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would of >course be named 2020 hindsight. Well, as long as you don't mind being the butt of everyone's jokes... -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread Scott Loveless
Some long-obsolete Epson model was my first choice way back when, but everyone was out of stock so I bought the 8400f. Wow, was that a big mistake. So far, the VueScan software is far superior to the Canon software. I'd still rather have something else, but for $90 I can nurse it along for

Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread Alan C
Well at least you won't get Busted! Alan C On 16-Dec-19 07:49 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would of course be named 2020 hindsight. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net