Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have tried to scan at 72dpi and 300dpi and 600dpi, etc., and the results are unsatisfactory. Contrary to popular belief, scanning at higher resolutions DOES give you more data to start with, so as you chip away at the integrity of the image by performing filters and other operations, it degrades more gracefully. Francesco At 08:07 AM 1/24/98 -0400, you wrote: >......I scan all my 35mm slides on a >>2700dpi film scanner and open them in Photoshop for scanner artifact >>and color correction. My slides need to survive the inital exposure, >>a film scanner, a few Photoshop operations, and a conversion to JPG >>format. Then they can be viewed on the Internet which is my final output >>device. The reason I love Leica (even though I have only used Leica for >>3 months now) is because the images are so much "sharper" and have >>very high resolution. I NEED the highest starting resolution and the best >>quality possible because every step of my process degrades the image >>slightly. If I start with a bad slide, I will get an awful scan, if I >>start with a >>PERFECT slide, I will get a great scan, etc. I can't afford a $75,000 drum >>scanner (yet), so I am stuck with a desktop film scanner for now. >> >>Francesco >> > Francesco, > >why do you scan at 2700 dpi if you output on the Internet? To me that's >like putting racing slicks and spoilers on a Yugo. Or is there something >you didn't explain? > > >Andras Iklody-Szabo >Caracas / Venezuela > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/