[filmscanners] Re: IT8 calibration & SS 120

["Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>]

Jim

Thanks again.  I will have to try this again tonight.  With a four strip
there does not seem to be too much room to move the film strip in the
holder.  I had reasonable success with the Insight 6x24 scan.  I will also
do as you suggest and try offsetting the frame in Vuescan.

Lots to try so that is good, I'm sure I will find a preferred method.

Regards..

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: "James L. Sims" <jlsims@knology.net>
To: <simon@sclamb.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 5:52 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: IT8 calibration & SS 120


> 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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