[Leica] Film Lives again!!!

[Peter Dzwig]

I had a similar situation in a completely different area and found that the best
way to get an XP app to work under W10 - although it should do so automatically,
is to download WINE and use that configured as an XP system.


Peter

On 06/02/2017 06:46, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Thanks! Win XP is too far in my past to even consider.
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> Cheers,
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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>> On 06 Feb 2017, at 07:33, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
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>> Indeed it does! One thing I keep forgetting is to check "Soft Proof" with
>> sRGB on Lightroom to make sure there's no magenta cast. Need to remember to
>> do that.
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>> Anyway, Pakon scanner. Google "Pakon F135" and you will find lots of link.
>> I actually have the F335 which has higher specs (although apparently people
>> have hacked the F135+ to have much of the same functionality). It REQUIRES
>> XP and can be a PITA to set up: for example, for me, I cannot get the
>> virtual machine version to work, even though a lot of people have, and I
>> have to run it on a genuine XP box circa 2007 or older.
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>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>> wrote:
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>>> On my end, the image looks like it has a magenta cast.
>>> So, what is this super scanner? Curious film users want to know ;-)
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>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
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>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>>> YNWA
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>>>> On 06 Feb 2017, at 01:04, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> I have been using mostly my 4x5 and Hasselblad for the past year, and
>>> now,
>>>> thanks to Dante Stella for alerting me, I have gotten a super-fast
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>>>> that scans 3000 DPI and a whole strip in seconds. It will still take me
>>>> forever to scan all my photos because I have a lot to scan, but at least
>>>> now it is possible.
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>>>> This is from the first roll I ever processed myself, back in 2002. Only
>>>> need a tiny tweak in Lightroom... With this scanner, I think I will shoot
>>>> more with the M7 and XPan II again:
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>>>> https://www.instagram.com/p/BQJJu0oALQC/
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>>>> "Some People Drive, We Are Driven"
>>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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