RE: filmscanners: Announcements for SS4000+

[bob geoghegan <bobgeo@dgiinc.com>]

Oh, David, I like that idea!

Bob G
Happy SS4000 owner for nearly 10 days ;-)

At 06:34 PM 10/7/2001, you wrote:
>SNIP
>Polaroid has recently applied for patents on  new software based dust and
>scratch technology that you will be hearing more about soon. There will be
>no hardware involved, the removal part of the technology only works on the
>area of the dust particle and the user has some control over that area. It
>is currently standalone but could be embedded or written as a plugin.
>David
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>From:   Alex Z [mailto:alexz@zoran.co.il]
>Sent:   Sunday, October 07, 2001 1:14 PM
>To:     filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>Subject:        RE: filmscanners: Announcements for SS4000+
>
>Yes David, you're probably correct, I just hoped there will me some kind of
>ICE or similar
>technology incorporated.
>BTW, what do you mean OD ?
>
>What about greater dynamic range ? Shall the difference be noticeable or
>more theoretical also ?
>
>Regards, Alex
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Hemingway, David
>J
>Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 17:43
>To: 'filmscanners@halftone.co.uk'
>Subject: RE: filmscanners: Announcements for SS4000+
>
>
>It is real and in fact some members on this list are currently Beta testing
>the unit. The SS4000+ has USB and firewire(with feed-through). OD is better
>from 12 to 14 bits. Although the difference is real I think you would be
>hard pressed to easily see that difference in an image at least from a
>practical sense. Yes you may see it looking at pixel level in Photoshop but
>on the printed image probably not.
>Frankly if it was me I would purchase the current SS4000 given it great
>value.
>David
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>From:   Alex Z [mailto:alexz@zoran.co.il]
>Sent:   Sunday, October 07, 2001 8:54 AM
>To:     Scanners List
>Subject:        filmscanners: Announcements for SS4000+
>
>Anyone saw any announcements for new version of SS4000 (probably called
>SS4000+ ) or just
>rumors only ?
>
>
>Sincerely,
>Alex