Re: [OT][OM] An interesting invitation

[Winsor Crosby]

> on 9/11/01 6:27 PM, Tom Scales at tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >  I just received an interesting invitation.  I'd posted on the filmscanners
> >  list that I rarely felt the need to use Digital ICE (a position I have since
> >  reversed).  I mentioned I lived in Austin (the home of Applied Science
> >  Fiction).
> >
> >  I got a nice note Jack Phipps from ASF. He monitors and contributes to the
> >  list.  He invited me to come take a tour, an offer I fully intend to accept.
> >  Should be downright fascinating.
> >
> >  Tom
> See if they'll offer it for add-in for Vuescan software, or otherwise for
> scanners... if technically possible. IIRC, it uses an infared scan to
> generate the dust and scratch info, maybe that has to be built into the
> hardware? I like the concept, but I decided to go for resolution (Polaroid
> Sprintscan 4000) instead of Digital ICE (Acer Scanwit 2740S).
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
I understand that Vuescan can take advantage of the IR part of the 
scan IF it is built in on the scanner.  Apparently if you use the 
"fine" setting on the Nikon software ICE does its job without 
softening the image. Some people have said that the ICE is almost a 
requirement on the Nikon because of the nature of the LED light 
source which is very contrasty(harsh?) compared to the fluorescent 
tube in the Polaroid and which accentuates some things on the image 
that you would not notice with the Polaroid. Sort of like the 
different between old diffusion and condenser enlargers.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA
mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx



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