> I would be happy to send a scan of the Kodak Q60 calibration transparency
at
> maximum resolution to anyone who is interested (1.5Mbyte jpeg).
I will like to see that, if it's easy to place it somewhere in your website
for download.
I can do the same for the microtek scanmaker III with transparent film,
and/or normal page if some one else interesting - even if I know that this
model is not on sale any more, there are other similar models from microtek.
> Occasionally a scan will have a single channel missing, e.g. no red. Once
> again I don't know if this is related to the scanner or software. The
next
> scan is usually successful.
I have this problem too and I think it's software bug. Get the latest
program/drivers from microtek at http://www.support.microtek.com/
Thank you for your replay and all details.
Babis Mavridis
http://www.medialab.ntua.gr/mavridis/first.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Harridge, Wayne <Wayne.Harridge@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 3:48 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] OT - Microtek Scanmaker 35T Plus 35mm Slide and Negative
Scanner
> First to address the specific questions:
>
> > I am interesting to know if can scan in good quality with contrast and
> > details, good colors, what is the most magnification that you
> > can do on a
> > slide (for example if you scan is at 2400x2400 pixels you see
> > the image very
> > sharp ?
>
> The optical resolution is 1950 dpi which gives you a scan from 35mm of
about
> 3000x2000.
>
> At that resolution you can easily resolve the grain structure (dye clumps
?)
> of Kodak Elite 100 before you start seeing any "quantisation" effects due
to
> the scanner resolution so sharpness is not really an issue.
>
> or blur. What is the biggest resolution that you have
> > scan a slide
> > and see it not blur ? He has any distortion?
>
> Distortion is not apparent, but I haven't actually taken measurements.
>
> For stuff for the web I normally scan at 800 dpi, then resample to the
exact
> size I want in Paintshop Pro.
>
> Scanning at maximum resolution is quite slow, the motor which moves the
film
> runs slower for higher resolution. The scanning software which comes with
> the machine allows adjustment of "exposure", increasing exposure (for
dense
> slides or negs) also takes longer.
>
> Since this is the ONLY film scanner I have used the following comments are
> purely subjective and only relative to my preconceived expectations (i.e.
I
> can't tell you if it is better/worse than scannerXYZ).
>
> The scanner is 30 bit and doesn't have the dynamic range that I would
like.
> There is more "noise" in the blacks than I would like.
>
> The fan and drive motor are rather noisy.
>
> The film strip holders are rather flimsy.
>
> I find that I can scan a transparency which looks good for projection
> without making any adjustments for colour balance or exposure (the
software
> doesn't make any "automatic" adjustments either - good feature).
>
> Colour neg film usually requires some minor adjustment - but I think this
is
> due to the nature of the film rather than the scanner.
>
> Occasionally the scanner will stop partway through a scan - I believe this
> is due to software rather than a scanner hardware problem. I don't know
> whether it is a problem with Win'95, PSP or the interface software
> (ScanWizard).
>
> Occasionally a scan will have a single channel missing, e.g. no red. Once
> again I don't know if this is related to the scanner or software. The
next
> scan is usually successful.
>
> I guess I have mentioned the bad points, but generally I have been happy
> with the quality of the scans.
>
> Most of the images on my web page (URL below) were produced with this
> scanner, except the "random" selection which are resampled from Kodak
> "flashpix" scans.
>
> I would be happy to send a scan of the Kodak Q60 calibration transparency
at
> maximum resolution to anyone who is interested (1.5Mbyte jpeg).
>
> Wayne Harridge
> Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
> http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/
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