Go to: http://www.outertech.com/news.php?news=23&PHPSESSID=93ff98990fdc63e637e6e639146f26b5 Download and install the cachemanager, it will resolve the 512MB limitation for WindowsME and the like, will likely improve the stability of your system, and increase the speed of many tasks, like scanning. If you want, you can register the program for $10
On Monday 01 July 2002 07:09, David A. Mann wrote: > Doug Franklin wrote: > > Make sure you've got at least 256MB of RAM in your system or you're > > going to do a lot of waiting. I'm maxed out at 512MB and it helps > > when you've got more than one image in memory, like batch scanning. > > 1GB is not too much if you want to batch scan all six frames in > > the negative carrier at once at full resolution. > > Not a problem. I have 512... I'd have 1Gb by now if it wasn't for > Win ME. I don't plan on doing batch scanning. > > > That allows you to scan an entire roll of APS film at once. I hate > > to think how much memory that takes at full resolution. > > Who cares ;) I do wish it could scan true panoramas (mine are > 24x68mm). The HP S20 is the only 35mm scanner I know of that can do > this. But thats a minor point as my Arcus 1200 can handle those, if > my calibration slide ever turns up. > > > Scanning a frame at 4000 dpi, 42-bit color, with FARE (IR > > scratch/dust removal) enabled, will take around ten to fifteen > > minutes per frame. > > That's quite a long time but for the price I have to expect to make > some tradeoffs. I saw one review posted a couple of samples images > with FARE on and off and it looks quite good. Unless you use the > "strong" setting there appears to be very little, if any, image > degradation. > > Rather than using FARE I will start by just cleaning the slide and > rubber- stamping dust out. If thats too much of a chore I'll put the > FARE on :) > > > The > > vast majority of this time seems to be the actual scanning. It > > doesn't look like changing from USB to SCSI would help much, as a > > fraction of the total time. It seems like it might knock off > > fifteen to thirty seconds, but that seems to be about it. > > I had to buy a SCSI card for the Arcus 1200 so I'll buy another cable > and hook it onto that. The Canon scanner only supports USB1.1 which > isn't exactly blazingly fast for this kind of application. USB2.0 is > a lot faster. > > > FARE works very well, but big scratches or hairs or things will > > cause it to fail. The bummer is that the driver doesn't detect the > > failure until after the entire scan is done, then it throws away > > the image due to the failure. Cleaning the negative and rescanning > > almost always works. > > I keep a blower-brush at the computer desk and _always_ clean my > slides prior to scanning. A five-second brush saves several minutes > of retouching... > > > These operational problems are not enough to keep me from using the > > scanner, though the memory leaks can get me pretty frustrated > > sometimes. > > Yeah it does sound a little annoying, but bad software is a lot > easier to fix than bad hardware :) Have you tried it with Vuescan? > > > The biggest problem I'm having is what appears to be grain > > aliasing. It only happens at 4000 dpi, and I'm afraid the only real > > way to fix it is to go up or down in resolution. > > I've heard that grain aliasing occurs with all 4000dpi scanners > anyway. Do you know what slide films would be like in that case? The > films I use most are Kodak E100SW and Fuji Provia 100F (and a few > rolls of Velvia). > > > I'm still trying to figure out a really good way to even it out > > after scanning. > > The Arcus 1200 driver has an amazingly good descreening function, but > that's designed to get rid of regular line-screens from halftoned > material. > > Thanks for the comments, Doug. Do you have any specific comments on > the scanner's dynamic range? > > Cheers, > > > - Dave > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ (out of date) > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Frits J. W�thrich (Sent with Kmail) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
