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Gearheads / Bigger Is Better / Re: New Color Work
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on: March 21, 2011, 12:52:20 PM
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Spectacular, as usual. I thought that "tree" was something rusted (yeah, it's a rusted tree trunk). All very nice.
James
Great stuff - and I too was trying to figure out what that rusted thing was. Some-sort-of-polymer-coated-serrated-threaded-tubular-no-its-a-tree? What kind of tree is it? Bill |
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Gearheads / the Classics / Re: Yashica 635 - "Surprise"
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on: February 17, 2011, 07:55:55 AM
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Very nice - especially the alley shot.
Anyone else have the same initial reaction to the juxtaposition of the phrase "7th grade" and the term "internet"? ;-)
cheers!
Bill
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Dude, I'm Geekin' Out Over Here! / The Modern Print & Digital Darkroom / Re: Vuescan update
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on: February 07, 2011, 11:18:23 AM
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Hi Bill, The first thing I noticed, after the revision, was cleaner scans from the SD IV. I haven't really dug into it for printing quality yet. When I upgraded (  ) to W7, the patch to make the SD IV work was not reliable for me. That is when I bought the Professional (not that I am!) version of Vuescan. Interestingly, the update didn't seem to offer any improvement in the med frmt scanning on my V500. Thanks Gerry. It might be worth trying - for $40. So did you go back to WinXP - or did the 'Professional' version fix the issues? You had sent me the info for using the SD IV with Vista/Win7; I haven't tried it yet, as I still have an XP machine (slooow) that I use for scanning. As for the V500 - it's definitely on my radar; by most accounts it's a good deal - though I'd swing a V700/V750 if I could, for the ability to batch scan more negs (I have a lot; the price difference between the two is huge - but everyone's time is valuable), and do larger formats. cheers! Bill |
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Dude, I'm Geekin' Out Over Here! / The Modern Print & Digital Darkroom / Re: Vuescan update
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on: February 06, 2011, 11:04:19 AM
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Gerry, what improvements have you noticed with the Scan Dual IV, using Vuescan, over its performance out of the box with the KM software?
I ask because I'm just now getting into scanning - and am using a Scan Dual IV. I am using the software that came with it - which I'm finding ok; however I find that I'm getting a fair bit of noise - especially in the shadows. This is even when I use the 4x sampling. Is this your experience? If so, do you do noise reduction in another piece of software (or does Vuescan do this?). I have PS Elements 5.0 - which I find rather non-intuitive - and Corel Paint Shop Pro PHOTO X2 (though I've yet to install it).
I'm just reading through some older threads/posts on the KM SD.
thanks,
Bill
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Gearheads / the Classics / Re: Rolleiflex 2.8C - Forest Hill
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on: January 29, 2011, 04:55:02 AM
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The tree trunk in the next-to-last photo appeals to me.
Me too; love that texture. And the chained doors too. Great decision on focus in the 'died' one. Nice. Bill p.s. how were you metering these scenes? |
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Gearheads / Heads Up! Guilt-Free HU-Zone / Re: Crown Assets auctions in Burlington, ON and Montreal, QC
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on: January 19, 2011, 04:05:07 PM
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why the heck does the GoC own a Countache?
CADC - Crown Assets Distribution Centre - auctions off more than Canadian government assets. They're contracted by other organizations - and even foreign governments who have assets in Canada that they wish to get rid of. Recall the old police auctions; bicycles and stuff? Well Ottawa Police don't do that themselves anymore; CADC does it for them. Same with CBSA (Canadian Border Services Agency [1]), RCMP, and others. So perhaps the Lambo was a proceeds-of-crime thing - or maybe a taxman thing. Last fall they sold off a 70's vintage full-race Porsche 911. [1] Some of the border-area CADC offices always have crappy old US-registered cars that presumably someone tried to use to smuggle something in. Lots of the listings say "back seat missing" ;-) So you never know what you'll find for sale. |
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