Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Five Senses Productions wrote: > > > > The 3.x number is called the DMax. This is a relative scale to show > > how much shadow detail a film scanner can handle. A top of the line drum > > scanner > > is about 4.0, or near perfect. A Kodak PhotoCD is supposedly 3.7. The Nikon > > LS1000 was 3.2 and the Polaroid SprintScan 35 Plus is 3.4. I think I have > > read the > > LS2000 is 3.6 or 3.7, which is amazing for a desktop machine! > > > > Francesco I am looking at an economical way to produce some digital scans and wonder if anyone would comment on the technique I am planning. My Honeywell Repronar just did a great job of making b&w positives for projection (using Kodak HC film to photograph the original negative - i.e., a negative of a negative gives a positive). Now I would like to use the Repronar to take color negs of slides and then turn them in for Kodak PhotoCD processing. Film and processing will run less than $30 for 36 exposures (if I don't get prints made, too). Less than a dollar per scan would be very economical for fairly high resolution scans on the CD. Someday an LS1000 or 2000 would be great to have, but for now, the dup/CD approach seems to be an easy way to test the digital waters (I already have Photoshop 4.0). Any comments or ideas? Neg film to use, etc? Thanks! Gary Todoroff