Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

Which MF glass carrier do you have for the 
8000\ufffdthe one for strip film or the one for single 
frame? Does it allow a greater scan area--can you 
get the frame edges on both sides--than the 
glassless strip carrier?
Thanks
Peter Lindman
> > > Just read a review of the Minolta DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO
> >>in Pop. Photo.
> > > (June issue) and they said a 6x7 scan at 48-bit color
> >>(and I assume the
> > > full 4800 dpi resolution) took 2 hours, 14 minutes.
> 
> >The only thing they say is the computer had 512 MB of RAM.
> 
> >My Win 2000 PC has 384 MB RAM and I don't get times
> >anywhere near 2 hours on my Polaroid SprintScan 120....
> 
> >They do say that using ICE, ROC, and GEM will increase time
> >"significantly."
> 
> Note that the Minolta with medium format film has an optical resolution of
> 3200 x 4800 dpi.  (The Nikon 8000 does 4K x 4K dpi with MF film.)
> 
> I have the Nikon 8000, and I agree that GEM slows it down very considerably,
> but not to 2 hours.  I have 512 MB RAM on a Win 98, and I notice the hard
> disk is being accessed continuously with these big, slow GEM scans.  I have
> not been able to tell how much RAM would handle a MF scan with the special
> programs running, but I'd guess 1 GB would not be overkill.  (Of course my
> W98 machine is limited to 512, so I just take a break while it's doing its
> scanning.)
> 
> I have found that, contrary to some reviewers' comments, GEM does work fine
> with normal B&W, silver-based film.  I don't bother with ICE.
> 
> I also found the glass carrier to be necessary.
> 
> When I scan a B&W negative, I call it a monochrome positive, which gives
> ample latitude to use the histogram in the preview for setting white and
> black points.  (The monochrome negative setting will clip one of the ends.)
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
> 
> 
> 
> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other 
> resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
> 
> Please follow these basic guidelines:
> - Include your full name with your message.
> - Include the address of your website, if you have one.
> - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them 
> short.
> - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header.
> - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or 
> "flames."
> - Complete your Yahoo profile.
> - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various 
> resources on the homepage. 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 
> 
>