[filmscanners] Re: IT8 calibration & SS 120

["James L. Sims" <jlsims@knology.net>]

Simon,

Unfortunately, it scans where it thinks the frames are but there's enough 
overscan that you
can position the film strip in the carrier to get all frames in view.  Because 
of the way
120 cameras index and register each frame, varying film tensions, slippage of 
the metering
roller, and a sloppy stop pawl, frame registration varies a good deal.

I'm even starting to have good results with VueScan by altering the 
Device/Frame Offset to
-.25 (VueScan changed this to -.247) and Frame Spacing to 6.25.  This seems to 
work for my
old Kowa Six's.  slight alterations to these setting may be required for 
Hasselblads,
Bronicas, and Mamiyas.

Jim

Simon Lamb wrote:

> James
>
> That's what I like about this list - people who know!
>
> Thanks very much for the tip, I will check it out.  Does it just scan 6x24
> or does it try and scan between where it thinks the frames are.  The latter
> could still be a problem.
>
> Simon
>
> On 21/4/02 4:38 am, "James L. Sims" <jlsims@knology.net> wrote:
>
> > Simon,
> >
> > In SilverFast there is a button on the image panel (six down) called "Job
> > Manager" that will
> > permit you to preview and scan all four images in the carrier.  Make sure 
>you
> > click the
> > "6X6" and then click the third button from the left at the bottom of the 
>"Job
> > Manager"
> > panel.  Another applet will appear and it's fairly self explanatory.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Simon Lamb wrote:
> >
> >> Jim
> >>
> >> I am just being paranoid about flatness.  The scans are tack sharp.  I will
> >> definitely look into the glass carrier though.
> >>
> >> Here is a suggestion for anyone from Lasersoft who may be listening.  Can 
>we
> >> have a 6X24 option so that we can scan a whole four image strip please?
> >> Insight has it and it means I can actually scan all frames on a four frame
> >> strip of 6X6.
> >>
> >> Simon
> >>
> >> On 21/4/02 1:08 am, "James L. Sims" <jlsims@knology.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Simon,
> >>>
> >>> I have not noticed a flatness problem with the SS 120 MF carrier.  
>According
> >>> to Polaroid,
> >>> however, they will have a glass carrier available within about a month.
> >>>
> >>> I am having an indexing problem, when using VueScan, with MF carrier.  I
> >>> have
> >>> devised some
> >>> work-arounds but it's still a hassle.  All the carriers work well with
> >>> Insight
> >>> and
> >>> SilverFast.
> >>>
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>> Simon Lamb wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Chris
> >>>>
> >>>> How do you find the film flatness in the MF holder?  It does not look 
>flat
> >>>> to me although the images seem to be in focus.  I seem to try a few times
> >>>> to
> >>>> get a strip to lay flat.  Any tips?
> >>>>
> >>>> It is also impossible to scan every frame on a four frame strip.
> >>>>
> >>>> I like the 120 although the film flatness of the MF is an issue.
> >>>>
> >>>> Simon
> >>>>
> >>>> On 20/4/02 9:12 pm, "craig@aucklandphotographer.co.uk"
> >>>> <craig@aucklandphotographer.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Does an IT8 calibration slide come with the Silverfast Ai version 5
> >>>>> software
> >>>>> supplied with the Sprintscan SS 120 in the UK?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It does. Or is supposed to; my first SS120 didn't have one (the machine
> >>>>> was
> >>>>> returned due to other reasons) and second also didn't. So both times I 
>had
> >>>>> to call the retailer - who got Polaroid to send one out. The first slide
> >>>>> they sent looked liked it had been dragged across a floor under 
>someone's
> >>>>> foot - but both the retailer and Polaroid sorted everything out. Took a
> >>>>> few
> >>>>> days - so the moral of all this? Check the box/contents before driving 
>the
> >>>>> 3
> >>>>> hour journey home.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Craig Auckland | Photographer
>

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