[Leica] Not yet upgrading to LR4

[mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)]

Hi Aram,

yes I have tried Viewscan and the darned thing still hangs.
I'll hopefully have time tomorrow or over the weekend to check out the 
link that Meino posted.  However, I fear it's hardware-related (the 
viewscan release notes say there can be problems with USB timing on 
faster machines), so I will either have to bring the XP machine back 
upstairs and us it for scanning, try using my macbook or just accept 
that I need to buy a new scanner.





Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
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Picture a week (2009)  http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
                (2008) 
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On 15/03/2012 14:42, Aram Langhans wrote:
> Have you tried Viewscan? My old Minolta Scan Dual II works fine with my
> new i7 machine and Windows 7 64 bit Home version.
>
> Aram
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Meino de Graaf" <meino at innerside.demon.nl>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 10:55 AM
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Not yet upgrading to LR4
>
>> Mark
>>
>> have you tried the procedure described in this thread?
>> http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/how-to-run-old-minolta-scanners-on-vista-7_topic80321.html
>>
>>
>> regards
>> Meino
>>
>> On 3/14/2012 6:28 PM, Mark Pope wrote:
>>> Hi Douglas,
>>>
>>> that's exactly what I did and it wasn't that expensive. I'm lucky in
>>> that I have a local store that really care about the systems they build.
>>> I ended up with a core i7 cpu, 16GB RAM, a 1GB video card and 2TB HDD (I
>>> subsequently added the 2TB drive from my old XP machine, which holds my
>>> images).
>>> I'm running 64-bit Windows 7 professional.
>>> The speed of the system is limited by the main HDD, but it is quite
>>> fast. Having read Richard's post, I am tempted to use a faster HDD, but
>>> it's not a priority at this time.
>>>
>>> The only downside is that I can't run my Minolta film scanner.
>>> Apparently, the USB interface on the scanner has problems with timing
>>> with faster machines :-(
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark Pope,
>>> Swindon, Wilts
>>> UK
>>>
>>> Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk
>>> Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
>>> Picture a week (2012)
>>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2012
>>> Picture a week (2010)
>>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
>>> Picture a week (2009)
>>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
>>> (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
>>>
>>> On 14/03/2012 00:14, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>>>> Thanks again, Richard
>>>>
>>>> looks like a custom-built job for me.
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>> Douglas
>>>>
>>>> On 13.03.2012 22:57, Richard Man wrote:
>>>>> I would certainly go for a configurable box from someone rather than a
>>>>> name
>>>>> brand. For us photographers, we really want the fastest CPU, but not
>>>>> necessarily bazillion cores (e.g. 4 cores at 3 GHz of the same
>>>>> processor
>>>>> will be better than 8 cores at 2.66 Ghz - for the SAME processor), the
>>>>> mostest memory (8Gb minimum, 16GB is much better and 32GB will get
>>>>> diminished return) and just a plain decent card and the fastest SATA
>>>>> drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> For $3000-$4000, in US, I could get i7 @3GHz, may be 8 cores (again 4
>>>>> would
>>>>> be fine), at least 16 GB, probably more like 32GB, 2 TB 10,000 RPM
>>>>> drive
>>>>> and a decent card easily. So you are good to go.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a few other drives for continuous backup, but they are cheap.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Richard, I'll look into it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or what do you think of these people?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.happyware.de/en/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They're more or less just up the road from me, close to Hamburg - I
>>>>>> translated some marketing stuff for them recently - and they appear
>>>>>> offer
>>>>>> some pretty good custom deals.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe I'll ask them for a quote. I'm thinking of a limit of 2-2.5
>>>>>> thousand
>>>>>> euros - so that should get me quite a bit of power and speed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 13.03.2012 21:00, Richard Man wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Doug, get the i7 machine and load it with at least 16 GB. 32 GB if
>>>>>>> you can
>>>>>>> afford it. If you can't afford SSD, then get the 10,000 RPM drive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The video card won't make much difference for Photoshop. Just get a
>>>>>>> decent
>>>>>>> one with at least 512MB.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Run Win7 x64 of course.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your quality of life will improve a lot :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Douglas
>>>>>>> Sharp<douglas.sharp at gmx.de>**
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>>>>> thanks for the advice - I'm currently looking at Lenovo
>>>>>>>> Workstations with
>>>>>>>> lots of number-crunching abilities that can speed up my translation
>>>>>>>> databases and not slow down to a crawl when using Photoshop CS (I'm
>>>>>>>> currently working with 250 MB files of scanned mining maps and it
>>>>>>>> is S l
>>>>>>>> o
>>>>>>>> w! - only 2.4GBs of RAM).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone heard anything particularly good or bad about Lenovo?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 13.03.2012 17:52, Mark Pope wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Doug,
>>>>>>>>> I would be inclined to install Lightroom3 on the Windows 7 machine
>>>>>>>>> first,
>>>>>>>>> then migrate your images/catalogue over by exporting it from
>>>>>>>>> the XP
>>>>>>>>> machine, then import on the Windows 7 machine. Only when you're
>>>>>>>>> satisfied
>>>>>>>>> that everything is working satisfactorily on the Windows 7 machine
>>>>>>>>> would I
>>>>>>>>> upgrade.
>>>>>>>>> You may also have to copy any settings you have made in the print
>>>>>>>>> module,
>>>>>>>>> for example for any bespoke print sizes, as these aren't part
>>>>>>>>> of the
>>>>>>>>> catalogue.
>>>>>>>>> Printer profiles will also need to be installed on the new
>>>>>>>>> machine.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Have fun!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mark Pope,
>>>>>>>>> Swindon, Wilts
>>>>>>>>> UK
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk
>>>>>>>>> Blog
>>>>>>>>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/****blog<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/**blog>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <http://www.monomagic.co.**uk/blog<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Picture a week (2010) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/**
>>>>>>>>> index.php?gallery=paw/2010<htt**p://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.**
>>>>>>>>> php?gallery=paw/2010<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Picture a week (2009) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/**
>>>>>>>>> index.php?gallery=paw/2009<htt**p://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.**
>>>>>>>>> php?gallery=paw/2009<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/**
>>>>>>>>> index.php?gallery=paw/2008<htt**p://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.**
>>>>>>>>> php?gallery=paw/2008<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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