User manual HASSELBLAD FLEXTIGHT X1

[. . . ] User Manual Flextight X5 / X1 English ­ v/1. 3 Tableofcontents Warnings and Restrictions System Requirements Parts and components Front panel Back panel and cutaway view 4 4 5 5 6 Setting up the Scanner Environmental Requirements Elec trical Requirements Installation Procedure, FireWire Inter face 7 Operating Instructions Resolutions True Resolutions 9 10 Calibrating the Scanner Focus Calibration White Calibration for Ref lec tives 11 12 13 The Light Tubes Cleaning the Ex ternal Surface of the Scanner Disposal Technical Specifications FCC Notice CE - Declaration of conformity Flex tight X1 Flex tight X 5 14 16 16 16 17 18 18 19 The Flextight X1 and the Flextight X5 satisfy the demand for image quality and speed requirements from professional photographers and production environments alike. Developed around Hasselblad's patented virtual drum design and flexible magnetic holder and incorporating a 3x8000 optic CCD sensor and a Linos (Rodenstock) lens, both scanners are fast, easy-to-use and offer unparalleled image quality. They also feature a new time-saving facility ­ an `Auto Scan' button, which with one press automatically delivers a superb, high resolution scan. The Flextight X1 scans 35mm originals at a maximum non-interpolated optical resolution of 6300 dpi at a maximum speed of 60MB per minute while the Flextight X5 scans 35mm originals at up to 8000 dpi and at 300MB per minute, making it the world's fastest, high-end scanner. [. . . ] When not pressed (white), then the tool will hold your settings, but they will not be applied to the image. Reset/Preset: Click once here to reset the control to the settings from your loaded setup or preset. Click and hold to open a menu for selecting, saving and deleting presets. See "Working with Presets" on page 97 for complete details about how to work with this menu. Hide/Show Color Channels Click on this triangle to display separate histograms for each color channel. You are able to adjust highlight and shadow values separately for each. 89 The Histogram Color Pickers The histogram color pickers enable you to point at any pixel in your preview image and assign the highlight, neutralize, or shadow point based on the value of that pixel. Both the highlight and shadow color pickers will affect the brightness and contrast in your image by choosing the tonal range. Click on the appropriate eyedropper button for the type of tonal range setting you would like to make. Your mouse pointer turns into the selected eyedropper. 90 2. Move the mouse pointer over the preview image; note pixel value readings that appear in the Color area of the main FlexColor window. Note that the numbers displayed in the Color area are the current values (after histogram or gradation settings). 3. The Detail window can help you see individual pixels. To open the Detail window, type cmd-5 or select Detail from the Window menu (or click on the Detail button in the Zoom area of the main FlexColor window). To use the magnifier function of the Detail window push the Magnifier button. Note that the pixel selector is outlined at the center of the window. 4. Place the tip of the eyedropper over an appropriate pixel in the preview image. · When selecting a highlight point, select an object in the image that you would like to have print white. Check the pixel values at several potential white points to help you pick the best one (usually the brightest one that is not already at the maximum of 255 in any of the colors). All pixels brighter than the one you selected will burn out. · When selecting a shadow point, select an object in the image that you would like to have print black. Check the pixel values at several potential black points to help you pick the best one (usually the darkest one that is not already at the minimum of 0 in any of the colors). All pixels darker than the one you selected will be black. 91 When selecting a neutralize point, select an object in the image that should be a neutral (gray) color. This will not affect the image brightness, only the color cast. [. . . ] Output PPI: Set this to the output resolution you would like to define for the file. Depending on your other settings, this may or may not affect the size of your 3F file. For example, if you are using Adapt to format to establish a size in cm, then your output PPI will affect the number of pixels in the image and therefore the scan size. However, if you are not using Adapt to format, or if you are specifying output dimensions in pixels, then the PPI simply becomes a definition in the file that does not affect the number of pixels it contains. [. . . ]