Re: [APML] More SS4000 scanning questions

[Jerry Lodriguss <jerryapml@astropix.com>]

>
>I have been doing one pre-scan with the hope that it would be good for
>the rest. Sounds like a lucky guess to me.


You really should do a prescan, even on the raw scans, so the scanner can 
correctly set the exposure for the densest and least dense parts of the 
slide or neg.



>Supposedly, it scans at 4000. I'm going to start using that, just in
>case I've been losing data. I am really glad I got that 160GB HD when I
>ordered this computer. 8-)

You're going to fill that up quicker than you think. You better have a CD 
burner.



>Here's another ?: From now on, I will be running my un-cut negatives
>down to Ashland to have them mounted in slide mounts. Will I be able to
>use the same scanner settings on them?

I don't know, what kind of scanner do you have?



>  What I'm unsure of is that while
>they are negatives they will be sitting farther away from the CCD like
>regular slides do. Will the scanner focus on them correctly, or will I
>need to change the pre-scan dialog to 'slide' media?

If the scanner does an auto-focus you should be ok.

If you set it to "slide media" it will probably scan it as a positive, even 
if it is a negative. then you'll have to remove the orange film base, and 
you'll stretch the data even more.

Honestly, and don't take offense, at your experience level, I'm not sure I 
would even recommend you scanning in raw until you better know what you're 
doing...

Jerry



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