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Scanning Astro Slides
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Hi All I am trying to scan astro slides (mainly aurora) with an Epson Perfection 1250 scanner with transparency adaptor. I get an error message after the preview saying the photo cannot be found - I suspect this is because the image is relatively dark. Are you sure that the adaptor is in the right position ? It seems stupid, but I often have the problem with my Epson 1650, which is quite the same... -- Norbert. ====================================== knowing the universe - stellar and galaxies evolution http://nrumiano.free.fr images of the sky http://images.ciel.free.fr ====================================== |
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Scanning Astro Slides
My father has one of these scanners and I tried the same thing and got the
same response. It sees there is just darkness there and assumes the slide is not present or the head is misplaced or something. I managed to do it by going into some kind of manual scan mode. I can't remember the details, but do remember I succeeded. Have a play around with the settings, it should work. Darren "Richard" wrote in message ... HI Yes I am sure the adaptor is in the correct position. It seems to scan daylight exposed slides OK. The annoying thing is that I can beat the system by previewing a daylight slide and then swap it for an astro slide before the final scan. The problem here is that you have no idea what the final scan is going to be like until you do it. Richard |
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Scanning Astro Slides
My father has one of these scanners and I tried the same thing and got the
same response. It sees there is just darkness there and assumes the slide is not present or the head is misplaced or something. I managed to do it by going into some kind of manual scan mode. I can't remember the details, but do remember I succeeded. Have a play around with the settings, it should work. Darren "Richard" wrote in message ... HI Yes I am sure the adaptor is in the correct position. It seems to scan daylight exposed slides OK. The annoying thing is that I can beat the system by previewing a daylight slide and then swap it for an astro slide before the final scan. The problem here is that you have no idea what the final scan is going to be like until you do it. Richard |
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Hi Darren
It just frustrates me that the slides appear too dark to provide a preview but will scan if you beat the system. The preview is very important, though, to getting things right such as exposure, saturation etc. before committing to a final scan. Richard |
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Hi Darren
It just frustrates me that the slides appear too dark to provide a preview but will scan if you beat the system. The preview is very important, though, to getting things right such as exposure, saturation etc. before committing to a final scan. Richard |
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"Richard" wrote in message ... Hi Darren It just frustrates me that the slides appear too dark to provide a preview but will scan if you beat the system. The preview is very important, though, to getting things right such as exposure, saturation etc. before committing to a final scan. Have you tried telling it that the slide is a 2 1/4" one? It occurs to me that news:comp.periphs.scanners or news:alt.comp.periphs.scanner may be good places to ask, too. It sounds like it can't set its white/black levels in the prescan. Did you post the web address of a sample scan? -- Graham W http://www.gcw.org.uk/ XP1800+ Page added, Graphics Tutorial WIMBORNE http://www.wessex-astro-society.freeserve.co.uk/ Wessex Dorset UK Astro Society's Web pages, Info, Meeting Dates, Sites & Maps |
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Scanning Astro Slides
"Richard" wrote in message ... Hi Darren It just frustrates me that the slides appear too dark to provide a preview but will scan if you beat the system. The preview is very important, though, to getting things right such as exposure, saturation etc. before committing to a final scan. Have you tried telling it that the slide is a 2 1/4" one? It occurs to me that news:comp.periphs.scanners or news:alt.comp.periphs.scanner may be good places to ask, too. It sounds like it can't set its white/black levels in the prescan. Did you post the web address of a sample scan? -- Graham W http://www.gcw.org.uk/ XP1800+ Page added, Graphics Tutorial WIMBORNE http://www.wessex-astro-society.freeserve.co.uk/ Wessex Dorset UK Astro Society's Web pages, Info, Meeting Dates, Sites & Maps |
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