[Leica] Not yet upgrading to LR4

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

Aram,

it's an 3.4 GHz i7-2600K running on a Gigabyte z68P-DS3 motherboard.

I've tried the things suggested by Meino and got nowhere.  The scanner 
does, however work on my Macbook, so I think this will have to do.

An idea has just popped into my head about checking the Motherboard 
settings to see if there's anything that can be done with the USB ports, 
but I think that's clutching at straws to be honest.





Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

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                (2008) 
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On 17/03/2012 02:48, Aram Langhans wrote:
> How much faster is your machine than mine? It sounds like a carbon copy
> of mine. I7, 16GB, 2TB, but I don't have a dedicated video card yet.
>
> Aram
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Mark Pope" <mark at whitedogs.co.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:54 PM
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Not yet upgrading to LR4
>
>> 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
>> 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 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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