RE: Negative/positive scanner / Re: XPan image scanner

[Jeffrey Rogers <jeffreydrogers@xxxxxxxxx>]

I use the Epson 1600 scanner with my Mac outfit for my
xpan & 6x17 transparencies. I am very satisfied. it
costs about $1100

--- Varró_Norbert <varron@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> But the topic is never old:
> "Wed 10/25/00 5:02 PM Folks,  Does anyone know of a
> 35mm film scanner usable
> on a Macintosh that
> will scan entire unmounted XPan images (negatives &
> transparencies) shot in
> panoramic mode (24mm X 65mm) in one pass? )"
> So the answer is ever since:
> It is often not the scanner but the software. Try
> www.hamrick.com and
> download his Vuescan software.
> It handles many types of scanners and tweaks many of
> them to use longer
> formats.
> E.g. I am using the HP Photoscan v1, originally not
> capable for panoramas
> with this software and it works good (until the last
> version which is
> somewhat not fully supporting this type)
> Pick one type of scanner from the list that you can
> afford and voila.
> 
> Good luck,
> Norbert
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Varró Norbert 
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 5:46 PM
> To: 'panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: Negative/positive scanner
> 
> 
> Yes. It makes a single scan of the whole 169 mm
> allowed length of the strip
> (around 150Meg!) then crops it depending the size
> you enter (36, 58mm or
> whatever) to individual images.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan & Shari Kafton [mailto:shmooze@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 27, 1998 9:20 PM
> To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Negative/positive scanner
> 
> 
> =?iso-8859-2?Q?Varr=F3_Norbert?= wrote:
> > 
> > I am using it for few days now.
> > It scans full 30bits, 58 mm long panoramas,
> trouble free (unlike the HP
> > software)
> > Hihly recommended.
> > 
> > Nrbert
> > 
> > -
> > Varró Norbert
> > Budapest Bank Minoségi Ig.
> > Tel: +(361) 328-1644
> > 
> > > ----------
> > > From:         Mike
> Sinclair[SMTP:sinclair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent:         Friday, November 27, 1998 10:58 AM
> > > To:   panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject:      Negative/positive scanner
> > >
> > > Just read about some shareware called VueSmart
> > > (http://www.hamrick.com/)
> > > that looks like it could make the HP PhotoSmart
> scanner (~$200US) VERY
> > > useful to panoramic photographers. Though I
> haven't used this
> > > software, it
> > > claims to be able to batch scan negatives or
> positives with fixed
> > > exposure
> > > and color balance.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure if the software will allow longer
> than a 36mm scan, I'd
> > > bet the
> > > author might be coaxed into providing for it as
> the scanner is
> > > capable.
> > >
> > > -Mike Sinclair--
> > >
> 
> Norbert,
> 
> You are using the scanner/software to scan 58mm
> images (Horizon?), but
> do you know if it can handle the full 6 or 7 inch
> length the scanner
> mechanical design should allow?
> 
> Thanks, Alan


=====
Take care,
Jeff
http://www.jeffrogers.com
"There is a landscape greater than the one we see."

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