voltage, of course. That'll teach me to post stuff pre-coffee. Still, for 1474 dollars, I'd be willing to figure out a solution to that little problem. Holy cow, 2474 bucks for an 1800f. That's gonna leave a mark.
voltage, of course. That'll teach me to post stuff pre-coffee. Still, for 1474 dollars, I'd be willing to figure out a solution to that little problem. Holy cow, 2474 bucks for an 1800f. That's gonna leave a mark.
The file is at:
http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/68.jpg
It is a 25 meg file. The original image is Tmax 100, normal development in Xtol, scanned as an image at 4800 DPI (meaning no adjustments in the scanner). The original 700 meg file was downsampled to 160 megs, inverted to a positive, and slightly contast adjusted, but not sharpened! (I have made no attempt to pretty up the file.) The jpeg is from this tiff. Sharpening is a must on scanner files, but you do it best yourself in your photo editing program. This is just to show the raw output. Do not compare this with sharpened files. If you look at it 1:1, remember that you would be looking at a print that is about 80 x 100, and that is with a high rez monitor.
Ed Richards
http://www.epr-art.com
Sam,
If USB compatibility is the only issue you have with your old scanner, then may I suggest you look at one of the following *bridges*.
* USB to Parallel Port brigde ( I strongly suspect that your old scanner cable plugs in to the parallel port - the scanner manual will help you here )
* USB to Serial Port brigde
* USB to PS/2 bridge
You attach the scanner cable to the parallel-port of the bridge and then attach the USB port of the bridge to the USB port of your computer and it should (ideally) work just fine.
Any competent computer supply/electronics store would have such a part and should be able to help you identify the correct part you need. It should cost you less than US$50, afaik.
Nitish Kanabar
"and do not like that you cannot keep Siverfast from messing with the negatives" What does this mean? There is no problem at all turning off all auto adjustments in SF.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
> There is no problem at all turning off all auto adjustments in SF
There may be a way to get Silverfast to turn off all settings, but I cannot find it. I just want to scan the negative as an image and handle the coversion in the editor. (Remember, with different versions for every scanner, there are also scanner specific bugs and I may be hitting one.)
Ed Richards
http://www.epr-art.com
Buying from the US in to the UK is a doddle. Many electronic items these days that sell worldwide have switchmode power supplies that will work from 100V to 250V without changing anything. Even if not, a suitable transformer will cost a fiver... You get to give Gordon Brown 17.5% VAT plus typically 2 to 4 % import duty but other than that, given the favorable USD/GBP exchange rate at the moment (was even better earlier in the year...) its well worth it.
Bob.
Ed,
In SF try scanning the neg in 16 bit grayscale as a transparency/positive unclipped. You will then get a completely raw scan of a b&w neg.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
Good tip. Can I do the same for a color negative using 48 bit?
Ed Richards
http://www.epr-art.com
I thought I'd throw another wrench into this discussion. I want to shoot a lot of Polaroid Type 55 on a project in a couple of months. Can those Epson 4990 4x5 negative holders deal with the slightly smaller type 55 neg size?
"I meant what I said, not what you heard"--Jflavell
If the negative is smaller than normal you probably won't be able to use the 4x5 film holder that comes with the 4990 . That means you'll either have to make your own or just put the negative on the glass without a holder. I put my 8x10 negatives directly on the glass since Epson doesn't furnish a holder for 8x10 and that seems to work fine as long as I remember to put the emulsion side down. If the base side is down, which is what Epson recommends, I get Newton rings without the holder.
Brian Ellis
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you do criticize them you'll be
a mile away and you'll have their shoes.
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