Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] scanning question
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:24:27 +0100

Alexander,

I find that with the lower-end film scanners (I use the HP Photosmart), it is hard
to get really good scans of slides. Negatives come out great, but I also find that
slides often lose quite a bit of sharpness.

Nathan

Alexander wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Seeing all these questions about scanning and sharpness, I thought I'll add a
> question as well.
>
> I have an EPSON slide scanner (Filmscan 200) which cant be compared to the Nikon
> coolscan (the epson has lower resolution), but, aside from that, when i scan my
> slides I never seem to be able to capture the sharpness even on screen.
> I do use photoshop 5.0, but I am not sure whicxh filters to use.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks!



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