ARTIXSCAN F1 FIRST IMPRESSIONS

[polypal]

Eduardo,

I am not laughing!
Guys who know me know I am as serious as a hackman who is about to carry out a deathsentence.

Eduardo is referring to the story of a proud owner of a large collection of classic and vintage Ford cars.
He put three of his rarest cars together had a photographer take a nice picture from these cars; a top shot.

This picture was delivered to Ford in Dearborn.
He got back a nice letter complimenting him with his model cars on the kitchentable.
He took revenge by sending Ford a picture of himself behind the wheel of these cars.
Two of the cars are not in the Ford collection.

Paul

 

[uaiomex]

Ha, ha,ha.

We should call this "The flight of the Phoenix", the movie, version 2007.

If you don't know the story, A plane falls down in the Kalahari dessert. With no signs of being rescued, one of the suvivors asure the others that he knows how to make the plane flight again. He claims to be a plane designer. But after days of hardwork with no tools, tired, starved, thirsty and after being attacked by dessert bandits, they find out that this guy, is a designer of "model planes". Imagine that!

Anyway, I hope this scanner to be much better than the Epsons (wishful thinking)

The chant from the Sirens its getting louder!

Ed

 

[agripix]

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[jotloob]

Colin

Yes , the sirens are singing so wonderful . Again . Shut up sirens ! ! !
But that has got nothing to do with the learning curve . I can hear Mark , saying that .

Now here a comparison . This slide was scanned by a professional studio , also giving scan service . The sacnner is a 848 IMACON.

Please note , none of the 3 images is sharpened .

IMACON 848

Now , the same slide , scanned with ARTIXSCAN F1 , "RAW" (I am still in the learning curve)

Then I "modified" the scan using PSCS3

As you can see , colors and "density" have still to get under control .

The scanner resolution of the "IMACON SCAN" and the "F1" are the same .
It is just 1600ppi . I was surprised . But there seems to be a formula in FLEXCOLR and SILVERFAST Ai that calculates these values .

The scans from the F1 have to be sharpened more than the IMACON scans .
Seems to be normal , as the IMACON scanners use a Rodenstock lens . The Artixscan has no lens at all , but glassless holders . Autofocus was on .

Have fun . Jürgen

 

[uaiomex]

I can see that the Imacon's has a little more crispness than the sharpenned Artix. But freaking close to the 10X more expensive scanner!

Jurgen:
I understand this scanner is AF, right?
Do you know how does it do it? Does it autofocuses at certain point on the film and then proceeds to scan while keeping the pre-focusing?
If that is correct, a flat film is paramount. How difficult do you think it is to keep the film flat?

Never had a scanner of this configuration before.

Can you post 100% crops?

Thanks Jurgen and congrats for the scanner, it seems to be a winner.

Eduardo

 

[hassiman]

I have been talking with Parker Plaisted of Microtek USA for months about this scanner. They have just released it here in the USA as the M1. I think it was probably delayed until stocks of Microtek's high end scanners were depleted as this scanner comes very close in terms of specs.

I have been waiting for 9 months to buy a scanner to see what this baby can do. main concern is d-max... this machine is supposed to have a great one. I have a lot od dense kodachome & Velveetas

 

[polypal]

Eduardo,

Comparing results with limited resolution of the forum is probaly not the best way to judge differences.
Why not send Jürgen a few trannies to play with and scan them for you as soon as he gets the feel for the Artixscan F1.
I have a truckload of trannies here that he offered to scan free of charge.

A few extra from you will not do any harm I think.

Paul

 

[jotloob]

Eduardo

Before you send that truckload of trannies , I will send you the desired 100% crops .
As Paul said , the limited resolution might not be the best way . It definately is not the best way , but it might give you an imagination .

The two attached images are true 100% crops and none of them is sharpened .

Here the 848 100% crop

Here the F1 100% crop .

I do not want to compare the two scanners , I just report my first results .
Now , it is your turn , Eduardo .

Paul , if you send that truckload of trannies , you will be in the waiting queue , as there have already arrived five other truckloads .
So you must accept delay of about 1045 days .

Jürgen

 

[polypal]

Hi Jürgen,

Delays are not a problem.
I think I forgot to mention my trannies were taken at an industrial site that had an increased level of nuclear radiation.
Nothing to worry about but it is not recommended to keep those around for more than a fortnight.
They are easily found in the dark because they emmit a blueish light
similar to that in a solarium only much weaker of course.
In the first box you will find protective gloves, an eye protector and those nice white workingsuits that I am sure you are familiar with.
This safety gear does not need to be ruturned you may keep it.
Thank you so much for your kind offer.
I look forward to seeing the results.

Paul

 

[ulrik]

Paul,
it is very thoughtful of you to warn Jürgen. But apart from the protective suit you should have also sent him some of these lead bricks to built a wall behind which he can hide his CFV back. In another post (that also should have been deleted by the moderator) I already warned you that radiation might trigger the tilt sensor again.

Ulrik