Re: Ass-tasticy; was Streaks in Scan!

Yeah... either that or the contraction of 'ass' and 'fantastic' yielding a
whole new antonym. :)

So did the original poster of this thread try warming up the light source
and then recalibrating or has it been decided that the hula-dancing
vibrator/pencil sharpener (WHAT A COMBO!) was the problem?

-Jon

----- Original Message -----
From: "PhotoGecko Austin" <gecko@photogecko.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 12:59 AM
Subject: Ass-tasticy; was Streaks in Scan!

> Sandy,
>
> I'm delighted to edify you, O Sage, on this one--having broad, as it
> were, experience with ass-tasticy.
>
> Simply put, Ass-tasticy is the seldom-documented, and less understood,
> tendency of flatbed CCD and CMOS scanning devices to track unevenly
> along the vertical axis when one sits upon the device while scanning.
>
> Several theories have come to light regarding this phenomenon (exg.:
> that the volume-to-weight-to-Inverse Square ratio of the
> positive/negative image -- or SmAss'd, as some have coined it ((see
> Eusebius, XXXLL.iii))-- subverts the random distribution of
> particle-wave impulses in the cold light generation of non-curvature
> sources/receptors), none of which have, sorry to say, found much merit
> in practice.
>
> Differently put, Ass-tasticy (although unproven and largely ignored) is
> a force to be reckoned with.
>
> Delighted to be of service,
> John
> __________________________
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>
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 27, 2004, at 07:48 PM, Sandy King wrote:
>
> > Jon wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I have to do this with my $2500 quirky-as-hell Minolta SMP or the
> >> results
> >> are guaranteed to be ass-tastic.
> >
> >
> > Pardon my ignorance, but what does ass-tastic mean?
> >
> > Have seen and heard a lot of variations on ass but you got me on this
> > one.
> >
> > Sandy King
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> -Jon
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jon Lybrook" <jon@terabear.com>
> >> To: <epson4870@yahoogroups.com>; <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
> >> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 10:46 AM
> >> Subject: streaks in scan
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> I'm scanning a 4x5 transparency at 48bit on the Epson 4870 Pro using
> >> SilverFast,
> >>> converting it to greyscale and am getting vertical streaks in the
> >>> file.
> >> The
> >>> streaks aren't noticeable until I apply an adjustment curve or
> >>> otherwise
> >>> brighten the image. I've managed to minimize them by doing a
> >>> multipass
> >> scan,
> >>> but they still exist. They are apparent in the file and on whatever
> >> output
> >>> device I send them to, so I know it's not a printer problem.
> >>>
> >>> Is this ugly artifact in the subtle black areas simply to be
> >>> expected from
> >> the
> >>> flatbed scanners or is there something I'm doing wrong?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Jon
> >>>
> >
> >
>
Received on Wed Apr 28 06:46:31 2004