Tony,
First, below is a note from Ed Lusby. I don't know what to make of his
difficulties communicating, but I thought sending it along to you might be
useful.
Below Ed's note is something I wrote to John Mahany after he so kindly sent
me the info re: cleaning an SS4000. I hate to see this list die, it has
been too good to just let it disappear - especially when much of the
expertise that is here (o0r was here) applies all along the process of
digital photography. Other lists that are supposed to deal with various
topics are usually too limited - either to a certain manufacturer, or
software vendor, or the material they deal with lacks the depth that I know
I need. The people here are the only ones I've found that consistently know
the answers, and more. Laurie seems to be a treasure in himself, and there
are several others who are as good and in some cases better. My suggestion
is to widen the topic and then try to revive the list. I would be willing
to help by shilling for the list on other venues.
Hope we can keep it going.
Brad
Hi Brad,
I haven't been able to post to filmscanners recently because my return
email address was refused. There is nothing wrong with the return address,
so I'm not sure what the problem is. I've also tried to contact Tony Sleep
(the "owner" of filmscanners) but that message is also returned. Would you
please forward this to filmscanners for me?
Thanks.
I share your concerns about the group, Brad, and I certainly agree that the
expertise here is unparalleled. I have been astounded at the responses from
the experts on the list regarding the amount of time that these people have
taken to help others. I believe that is part of the problem, however.
Sooner or later you just can't keep doing it.
New blood needs to take over, but it takes years to learn what the
professionals on this list know.
Widening the scope of filmscanners is not a bad idea, but that is up to
Tony Sleep. I really miss the Epson inkjet group and would like that area
added as well.
I'd like to hear from Tony concerning his view of filmscanners and what he
would like to do with it.
Ed
I wish we could rejuvenate the list, I learned more here as relates to all
aspects of digital imaging including Photoshop processing and printing than
I have found anywhere. The level of intelligence here has been several
orders of magnitude above any other imaging list I¹ve been on.
Perhaps if the list were generalized to ³digital image creation², letting it
grow to include discussions of various software from Lasersoft and Vuescan
through various programs like PS (I saw a note elsewhere that asserted that
a Lasersoft product is better than PS I think that was what was claimed)
through specific printing programs.
There is too much knowledge represented by Laurie, Art, David Littleboy and
many others (I even come up with some useful stuff now and then) to just let
it go. I know that other lists exist, but the chaff is often so thick, and
the wheat so sparse that I despair. That wasn¹t true here, even when the
arguments re: dMax and # of bytes were going on. Even discussions of
equipment I will never own (probably), like the Minolta scanners, were
useful.
Is something like this worth proposing further? Or am I missing something
and it would be best to just let ³Scanners² die? It is my hope that by
talking with a few folks, I might refine my idea and have a better chance of
selling to whoever (I don¹t even know who runs this list I can be
oblivious on occasion).
Who should this suggestion go to, and how might it be modified to improve
its chances of succeeding, first in being tried, and second in practice?
If you think this useful to post to the list, please feel free to do so
with any modifications you think are useful. My goal is to find a way to
get this going again, I¹m aware that I would feel the loss of a tremendous
resource if this list went away..
Thanks again for the info re: Polaroid. I¹ve observed the cut off on the
left of the histogram has been creeping up but I¹ve never cleaned the unit
and I¹ve had it at least 5 years. I¹ve also had other difficulties in
separating highlights that appeared separable on the negative. I can
imagine how dirt could affect that too.
--
Brad
On 27/5/04 0:00, "Tony Sleep" <TonySleep@halftone.co.uk> wrote:
> wrote:
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>>
>> Lately I've been seeing these again and suspecting dust on the CCD
>
> Here it was definitely some background utility I was running. If only I
> could remember what it was! But once I removed it, the lines disappeared.
>
> Regards
>
> Tony Sleep -
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