Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-14 Thread Robert Gonzalez
Are there any scanners that work well with Kodachrome? I posed this question to Kodak and they sent me this lame list of old Kodak scanners that are no longer made. rg Alan Chan wrote: My Minolta Scan Elite F-2900 does a terrible job on scanning Kodachrome, and it uses cold-cathode

Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-14 Thread Tom Reese
Robert Gonzalez asked: I've heard that because of the type of light source this uses that Kodachromes don't scan well. Do you do anything special to get them to come out right? I don't have a film scanner but I think the major issue is that digital ice (or other similar dust spec software)

Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-14 Thread Alan Chan
Yes I did. No luck. :-( Luckily I use E-6 most. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan Are you sure that Digital Ice is turned off on the F-2900? I scanned Kodachrome on my Minolta without problem, and have had no problem with it and my Canon FS4000. But it does not work well with

Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-14 Thread Alan Chan
It is not so much about ICE, but everything came out very very dark with Kodachrome. And yes, I did turned off ICE. Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan I don't have a film scanner but I think the major issue is that digital ice (or other similar dust spec software) doesn't work with

Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-13 Thread Rebekah Gonzalez
: Chromes,was: Hi there McDonald's fries = intense ... ROTFLMAO Gotta love the analogy ;-)) Pentax wrote: Provia instead as it's more neutral. I think it's sorta like food, when you're a kid you like things really intense like McDonalds fries and as you get older your tastes change and you

Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-13 Thread Bob W
Hi, Kodachrome 64 is lovely film, I think. I use it for most of my colour photography other than family friends snaps. Here's one I don't think I've shown here before. One of my recurrent themes is people reading; this is a nun in a monastery garden in Northern Romania:

Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-13 Thread Rebekah Gonzalez
That's a really beautiful picture. Rebekah - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Chromes,was: Hi there Hi, Kodachrome 64 is lovely film, I think. I use it for most of my colour photography other

Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-13 Thread Herb Chong
some scanners, particularly the ones that use LEDs for their illumination, do a terrible job of scanning Kodachrome. Herb - Original Message - From: Rebekah Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:34 PM Subject: Re: Chromes,was: Hi

Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-12 Thread brooksdj
Cool, that sure is a lot of different kinds. So, are these just what you will buy according to what's on hand, or do you have a specific purpose for each of these, for instance, fuji for landscape photos because of its blue and green saturation, stuff

Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-12 Thread Mark Cassino
A highly subjective, quick and dirty run down of the major Echtacrome slide films (ISO 100 and less): Velvia: (ISO 50, many people shoot it at ISO 40): Delicious saturated colors, saturated but accurate, fine grained, high contrast (especially at ISO 50), narrow latitude, the standard for

Re: Chromes,was: Hi there

2004-01-12 Thread Rebekah Gonzalez
: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Chromes,was: Hi there A highly subjective, quick and dirty run down of the major Echtacrome slide films (ISO 100 and less): Velvia: (ISO 50, many people shoot it at ISO 40): Delicious saturated colors, saturated but accurate, fine grained, high