Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-17 Thread John
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: Tuesday, 17 December 2019 2:21 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my On 12/1

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-17 Thread John
Yeah, that's why I suggested a piece of "construction paper" with a cutout for the 110 negative to support the glass. I thought maybe mat board would be too thick & I couldn't think of a good descriptive name for another thick but not too thick paper ... maybe a heavy card stock? Since scannin

RE: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread jcoyle
: Tuesday, 17 December 2019 2:21 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my 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, rang

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 pr

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 neg

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread ann sanfedele
Alling Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2019 9:03 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my I'm a little late to this but the Epson Perfection V550 is supposed to be pretty much the same engine as the V500. I keep looking at one but I haven't fired up my film

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread Scott Loveless
y cheap cameras really did > > have bottle-bottoms for a lens. > > > > > > John in Brisbane > > > > > > > > -Original Message----- > > From: PDML On Behalf Of P. J. Alling > > Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2019 9:03 AM > > To: pdml@pdml.net > > S

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
ehalf Of P. J. Alling > Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2019 9:03 AM > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my > > I'm a little late to this but the Epson Perfection V550 is supposed to be > pretty much the same engine as the V500. I keep l

RE: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-13 Thread jcoyle
riginal Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2019 9:03 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my I'm a little late to this but the Epson Perfection V550 is supposed to be pretty much the same engine as the V500. I kee

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-13 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm a little late to this but the Epson Perfection V550 is supposed to be pretty much the same engine as the V500.  I keep looking at one but I haven't fired up my film scanner in such a long time... On 12/10/2019 1:03 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: Flatbeds are ok, preferably with 35mm and 120 hol

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-10 Thread Alan C
Interesting. I tried the free version to try & revive an HP2400 scanner. It wouldn't work properly (parts of scanned pages were blank) so I contacted Mr Hamrick who asked me to conduct a couple of tests & forward the resulting files. He informed me that the scanner had croaked! Hard to get serv

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-10 Thread Bulent Celasun
I have been on Linux for more than 10 years. Never had a single problem with VueScan. Mr. Hamrick answered my occasional messages in a timely and helpful manner. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http:

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-10 Thread Rob Studdert
The > support is impeccable, too. > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -Original Message- > From: PDML On Behalf Of Postmaster > Sent: Tuesday, 10 December 2019 11:34 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my &

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-10 Thread Scott Loveless
Not only does it work, it works with Linux. You win all the internets today! On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 1:58 PM Mark Roberts wrote: > > Scott Loveless wrote: > > >I had looked into Vuescan several years ago, but it did not work with > >the 8400f at the time. Canon is particularly egregious when it

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: >I had looked into Vuescan several years ago, but it did not work with >the 8400f at the time. Canon is particularly egregious when it comes >to publishing hardware specs. I will re-investigate. https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/canon_8400f.html "VueScan is compatible with t

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-10 Thread Scott Loveless
Might have to consider. That's like almost thinking about it. "Ooh, what a nice scene! I should take a picture by pushing the button down on that camera I thought about bringing along" On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 5:16 AM Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 9/12/19, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, un

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-10 Thread Scott Loveless
I had looked into Vuescan several years ago, but it did not work with the 8400f at the time. Canon is particularly egregious when it comes to publishing hardware specs. I will re-investigate. On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 8:35 PM Postmaster wrote: > > Scott Loveless wrote: > > >Which leads me to film

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-10 Thread David J Brooks
rsion! The > support is impeccable, too. > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -Original Message- > From: PDML On Behalf Of Postmaster > Sent: Tuesday, 10 December 2019 11:34 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gf

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-10 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 9/12/19, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: >See you in May/June. Don't say you weren't warned. I see. A challenge. I might have to consider attending. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- __

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-09 Thread Bulent Celasun
>Flatbeds are ok, preferably with 35mm and 120 holders. I have Epson V500 with those adapters (no longer on the shelves). And I am a happy user of VueScan. It is simply too good for a business model from the customer's point of view. I also have a Nikon Coolscan V ED, a dedicated film scanner whic

RE: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-09 Thread jcoyle
ecember 2019 11:34 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my Scott Loveless wrote: >Which leads me to film scanners. I need one. The Canon 8400turdbucket >is no longer supported. They say the previous drivers should work with >DOS10, b

Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-09 Thread Postmaster
Scott Loveless wrote: >Which leads me to film scanners. I need one. The Canon >8400turdbucket is no longer supported. They say the previous drivers >should work with DOS10, but they don't. Check if that scanner is supported byVueScan (it probably is). Great scanning software that's compatible

spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-09 Thread Scott Loveless
It's me again, Margaret. My basement is full. Not "there's some stuff on the shelves we don't need and I'd like to clean them off to make room for the new Christmas decorations" full, but "tiny, narrow paths that don't quite get me to where I need to be, and if I don't come out in fifteen minutes