A Newton Free glass holder will soon be available which should address some of concerns on supported film formats.
The key to this scanner is the Optical Density performance and resolution. I agree with the recommendation to scan at full optical resolution.
David Hemingway
Polaroid Corporation
Where's Bruce Fraser when we need him to review a scanner and how a CMS works! The article states:
"Insight, which includes profiles for 15 generic and specific monitors, can also find any specific monitor profiles on your system. While saving an image, it can embed your monitor's profile with the scan data. In theory, at least, this will help promote good color matching when the image is opened in Photoshop or your favorite image-editing package".
It's pretty obvious that the author doesn't understand how ICC workflows with scanners operate any better than Polaroid! Scanning and embedding a display profile is a very bad idea. Polaroid's downside continues to be their very weak software or understanding of how Photoshop (version 5 or 6) works with color. When will they give up and simply bundle Silverfast?
Newton Free Glass Holder Availability to address film format Con
A Newton Free glass holder will soon be available which should address some of concerns on supported film formats.
The key to this scanner is the Optical Density performance and resolution. I agree with the recommendation to scan at full optical resolution.
David Hemingway
Polaroid Corporation
Misunderstanding of CMS
Where's Bruce Fraser when we need him to review a scanner and how a CMS works! The article states:
"Insight, which includes profiles for 15 generic and specific monitors, can also find any specific monitor profiles on your system. While saving an image, it can embed your monitor's profile with the scan data. In theory, at least, this will help promote good color matching when the image is opened in Photoshop or your favorite image-editing package".
It's pretty obvious that the author doesn't understand how ICC workflows with scanners operate any better than Polaroid! Scanning and embedding a display profile is a very bad idea. Polaroid's downside continues to be their very weak software or understanding of how Photoshop (version 5 or 6) works with color. When will they give up and simply bundle Silverfast?