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I've lived in Irvington for the last 7 years and never knew this! Thanks so much for the info, i plan to go check this one out in the next few days... and the tree in your previous post too.

It's my favorite paper. I spray my prints and the slight differential disappears. Absolutely love the look and feel in hand and think the the balance of sharpness, dmax, and surface texture is just...

Yes, I believe so. Sorry for being slightly off-topic I was just wondering about it and hadn't found anything definitive.

This makes me wonder how the green and orange ink in the 4900 and other ultrachrome hdr printers will work for negatives. Maybe similar to what HP is doing with their 3200 but with the fine tuning of...

Yes I agree. I'm wanting to get into alternative printing and am very interested in your results. Please keep us posted!

If the file is a vector graphic, then it is resolution independent until rasterized.

Thanks for the info regarding Epson's resolution. I've always used QImage to interpolate my files to 720 if...

I'm not a professional in any way, shape, or form, but I'll offer my opinion on the Epson 3800. It has been relatively problem free for me and has only developed one minor clog in the year and a half...

Hmmm, very good point. I wonder, what is the limiting factor? If they have the capability to work with the higher bit's internally, but then aren't able to output them. A separate chip that handles...

Wow, that is very interesting. It would be very nice if a clever hacker could somehow enable the saving of 16 bit scans for the scanners that currently don't support it. Surely it's not a hardware...

I agree with so much of this, but I imagine most film shooters don't even need something that capable. I also think the original $500.00 Stephen suggested is a bit low. Make a small Iqsmart2 with a...

Sandy,
What effect can water quality have on development with the Pyrocats? I used to use tap water with both HD and MC and after switching to distilled water the negatives seem better. Hard to...

Everyone here has more experience than me... everyone. However, I just wanted to throw my $.02 in. It is my understanding that on Epson printers, the native resolution is 360PPI. Anything bigger than...

Evan,
No problem. I have a g4 with a 500mhz processor and 1.5 GB of ram. I'm running OS 10.3.something. I believe the EverSmart scan 3.5 will run on OSX up to 10.4, but don't quote me.

I'm...

Thanks guys. Just to be clear, there are two smoothing options. One is for descreening prints and there is another smoothing section in the sharpening dialog. I'm talking about the latter. I assume...

Thanks for the input Sergey! I need to get some Kami and do a proper test. Did you say you scan with a Jazz+? I remember seeing a test by Sandy with his Pro and my results were even more subtle than...

Thank you! I tried wet scanning the other night. I didn't have any "real" scanning fluid, so used some mineral oil on a disposable slide. There was not any difference, or so little as to not be...

Evan,
Were you able to get everything setup with the new software? Hope so.

I was also wondering... do you know what the "extended software tools" are? Would they offer any benefits when...

Evan I wouldn't bother with DTi for the 8bit to 16bit conversion unless you like editing your files in the Creo/Scitex software. Photoshop can do it just as well. Unless you can get a 16bit DT file...

EDIT: Make that 500mhz.

A Phenom II x4 or x6 is a pretty monstrous machine for Photoshop, inDesign, and general computing. I'm not a AMD fanboy at all, but I just built a Phenom x4 3.0ghz server and for 3d renders(very...

I think I wrote the wrong number. I believe it's the sonata III. Thanks for catching that!

If you're building a value system, I'd look at AMD; Phenom x6 or maybe x4($150-220). The processors are cheaper than Intel and so are the motherboards(~$80-90). I'm a huge Seasonic fan, but Antec...

Thanks Evan. I have been playing with smart sets lately, but still need to play with it a bit more. Does anyone have a source on blank masks? I could use a few more.

Well the splash screen says "Eversmart Scan" too, but I believe there is "oXYgen Scan" in a couple places throughout the interface. My guess is this software was wrote during the transition to the...

Evan and others,
As promised, I had a look at my software and it is indeed 3.5.0. Here is a screen capture that shows the identity crisis it seems to be having. Notice "Eversmart Scan" on the dock...

Yeah, I may be wrong on that number, but it does say Oxygen Scan. I'll check it out tonight to make sure and let you know. If I don't have the latest version for the Jazz I'd sure like to get it.
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Yeah, mine has the anti-newton glass. I'd really like to pick up the Anti-reflective glass if I could find it at a price that didn't cost me my appendages.

While cleaning my machine I also noticed...

Evan,
I'm not next to my machine right now, but I believe I'm running 2.6.3. Don't hold me to that, I'll report back later when I'm sure. It says Oxygen Scan, but it's my understanding that it's...

Absolutely agree with what Sandy has said. I have a Jazz+ that I run via a g4 and OSX. I have not once experienced banding that would be visible in a print. Just do any major corrections in the...

For some reason I thought the Lanovia stitched just like the Eversmarts? So it's really just like the Cezanne then? Not a bad thing, just never knew.

I'm fairly new here and probably don't have as much experience as some of the others, but after comparing prints made with Qimage on my 3800 to PK and Bruce Fraser techniques, I've found Qimage very...

I hope it didn't come across sounding like I thought you did something wrong. I was just trying to clarify the scanning DPI. The original was 10" on the long side and you set it to 24" at scan time....

Not to nitpick, but isn't that image ~720dpi. I ask because 7200 pixels wide/10"= 720. Regardless, thanks for posting it. BTW, you've got some amazing shots on your site! I would love to be that...

I ordered my lamps from Genesis and they match the one in your picture. Interlight.Biz carries them as well, see the link above. Interlight is located in the US as am I. they run about $50-60.00 a...

Hello everyone,

I just ordered 4 new bulbs from Genesis equipment. Bill and Robin were very nice and helpful; I would definitely do business with them again.

Interlight.biz told me that they...

Thanks all,
So it seems interlight.biz might be the only source for now. I've thought about switching bulbs back and forth between the reflective bed and transparency bed. The ones in the reflective...

Yes, I have done many google searches. Could you point me to a result that is not interlight.biz, fixya, or bulbtronics, and that is in the US or at least ships reasonably to the us? As I said, I've...

Hello all,

I'm looking for a replacement bulb for my Jazz+ scanner. Model# NEC FL15AD/70. I've ordered 3 from interlight.biz, but it's unclear when these bulbs will come back in stock. When I...

Thank you Sandy, I'll pass your thoughts on to him.

Jazz+ calibration:

The owner has ran the calibration for me. At the automatic diagnostics check, the optics test returns "failed". It then continues on and passes all the tests with 0 "out of...