Re: re[2]: filmscanners: OT (slightly): Epson 640U

["Rob Geraghty" <harper@wordweb.com>]

<EdHamrick@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 3/3/2001 1:31:55 PM EST, arwbackup@worldnet.att.net
writes:
> > This is after vuescan gets it and does a conversion from the sRGB
provided
> > from the scanner.
> Yes, VueScan transfers the raw samples as linear samples
> (i.e. not gamma corrected) using the same color primaries as
> sRGB.  If you do a scan of a Q60 calibration slide using this scanner,
> you'll see that only the saturated yellows are slightly out of gamut
> and some of the saturated cyans are slightly out of gamut.  Since
> these colors occur rarely (if ever) in real photographs, this isn't
> really a problem.

*sigh* Which makes me wonder whether I need to replace my HP Scanjet IIIc
if the sRGB limitation isn't that much of a problem.  I've tried asking on
the Epson
inkjet list what flatbed brands/models are best for profiling and nobody
seemed
interested in making a response.  I can get a new Epson scanner at a
reasonable
price, but if I'd be better off with a Umax or Microtek, I'd rather buy the
right one
in the first place!  I think I *do* need to replace the HP IIIc not because
the
output is sRGB but because it's old and the A/D technology is not as good
as current technology.  Its definition in shadows is not great, which is
more
probably the limitation imposed on profiles made with it than sRGB. :-7

Rob