[filmscanners] RE: 3 year wait

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi Constantine,

Thanks.  Any idea what the part number for the SS4k+ sensor is?

Thanks,

Austin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Kapetanakis,
> Constantine
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 2:18 PM
> To: darkroom@ix.netcom.com
> Subject: [filmscanners] RE: 3 year wait
>
>
> By the way the ss120 10K ccd is kodak part number KLI-10203 with an actual
> count of 10200 pixels
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Austin Franklin [mailto:darkroom@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:12 PM
> To: KAPETAC@polaroid.com
> Subject: [filmscanners] RE: 3 year wait
>
>
> Thanks Philip,  I hope Constantine comes back with the part number for the
> sensor.  It would be interesting to know...and it's even more interesting,
> Polaroid using a Kodak sensor...there is a certain irony in that, as
> Polaroid "invented" instant imaging ;-)
>
> Austin
>
> > The Microtek 4000 tf aka Polaroid 4000+ states a Kodak CCD. This is in
> > Microtek's PDF brochure.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
> > To: <philip.elkin@virgin.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 9:31 PM
> > Subject: [filmscanners] RE: 3 year wait
> >
> >
> > Constantine,
> >
> > I didn't expect it was a Kodak sensor.  The spec for the SS4k+
> > specifically
> > SAYS it's a 4k sensor...(actually it says it's 12k, but
> tri-linear, which
> > makes it 4k).  What is the actual part number of the sensor?
> >
> > BTW, get your marketing/spec wonks to understand what the heck a
> > "pixel" is
> > and how it differs from a "sensor element" (sensel?) ;-)
> >
> > Austin
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> > > [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Kapetanakis,
> > > Constantine
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 4:01 PM
> > > To: darkroom@ix.netcom.com
> > > Subject: [filmscanners] RE: 3 year wait
> > >
> > >
> > > I work for Polaroid. And the sensor is not Kodak model but Sony
> > > if i am not
> > > mistaken. An excellent choice.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Austin Franklin [mailto:darkroom@ix.netcom.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 2:45 PM
> > > To: KAPETAC@polaroid.com
> > > Subject: [filmscanners] RE: 3 year wait
> > >
> > >
> > > Constantine,
> > >
> > > You must have specs for that unit that I don't have.  Where did
> > > you get that
> > > information from?
> > >
> > > According to the spec for the SS4k+ I have, they call it a 12k
> > > *PIXEL* CCD,
> > > but that simply isn't true, it's a 12k tri-linear *SENSOR* CCD,
> > and three
> > > sensors give the color information required for a color pixel,
> > > and therefore
> > > it really is a 4k PIXEL CCD.
> > >
> > > When Kodak says 10k, they mean 10k across, whether it's one
> > > sensor array, or
> > > a tri-linear array.
> > >
> > > Where's David when ya need him ;-)
> > >
> > > Austin
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> > > > [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Kapetanakis,
> > > > Constantine
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 2:05 PM
> > > > To: darkroom@ix.netcom.com
> > > > Subject: [filmscanners] RE: 3 year wait
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Since you want to be accurate it  is a 5340 element CCD.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Austin Franklin [mailto:darkroom@ix.netcom.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:36 PM
> > > > To: KAPETAC@polaroid.com
> > > > Subject: [filmscanners] RE: 3 year wait
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > <<The ss120 you mentioned, is using the 10K element top of the
> > > > > line Kodak CCD.>>>
> > > > >
> > > > > Does the Sprintscan 4000 Plus use this as well?
> > > > >
> > > > > Howard
> > > >
> > > > Hi Howard,
> > > >
> > > > No.  It uses a 4000 element array.  A 10k array over a 24mm (1")
> > > > span would
> > > > be 10k ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Austin

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