Will,
Have you tried Viewscan?
Matt

Will,
I think I have a couple of old PCI SCSI cards (both will be with micro-D type connectors). I don't remember having any trouble using them with modern P4 machines and XP. PM me if you're interested.

I've used a Minolta Scan Dual and a Nikon Coolscan IV. Both gave great results when I used Vuescan (highly recommended). The home page is here.

Vuescan will at least put the scanners on a common ground, but it's "no frills" interface might require a little fiddling to get everything just right. But once you've sorted that, it can chomp through slides and negs with ease.

Hope that helps!
Matt

It was deliberate noise reduction on the sky
Trouble was that the original JPG was a low quality one - so the regular patterns you see in the noise are down to JPG artifacts.
So, I noise reduced as much as I could - doing this on a separate layer - then blended the layers with a layer mask.

As you say, it's horses-for-courses. I was just trying to show some of the things that could be done

Matt

Dan - LOL! No problem

Ammonyte - glad you approve then

Brian - LOL! If only I had the time!

Look good... but I reckon the blackpoint needs adjusting. I'll have a tweak today
Matt

Yes, it was the black and the white point
I also added a few other adjustment layers in PS-CS2. I left the details on the PBase page: http://www.pbase.com/mattmatic/image/60653513/original




Hope you approve

...now I must get myself a 100mm square IR filter...

Matt

Peter - don't hold your breath

FWIW, all current Pentax DSLR will sync at up to 1/4000s with the AF360 and AF540 in the High Speed Sync setting. Very cool
So nyer

Matt

Ok - these are both 6.1Mp bodies. One with SR (Shake Reduction). Looks like they replace the *ist-DS and *ist-DL.

Semi-duplicate thread here:
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2558

Can I have one? Please?
Please, please, please, please?
LOL!

At least it's got a reasonable name... but I misread it as a K1000 first time!
Matt