Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alexander, Dark slides and dark areas of slides are difficult to scan and require a high(er) end 35mm slide/neg scanner. That is all there is it to it. Evenly lit well exposed slides are easier to scan. I use the CanoScan 2700F at home and get terrible scans of the 'moody' slides, I use a Polaroid Sprintscan+ at work and get much better results... Alan Alexander wrote: > > Hello dear LUGgers, > > can someone tell me what is the purpose of using the best lenses, waking up at odd hours, standing in the rain...etc... to get that super picture, when at the end, if it is to be published digitaly (i.e. web) the results are mediocre at best? > > I have tried to scan some of my slides for countless hours using PS5 and tried all kinds of "tricks" but the results can never capture the original sharpness and contrast. And the brightness? Well forget about that, not even photoshop's brightness option can save you. > Not to mention having to compress the resulting files in order to achieve an acceptable download time... > > Is there a solution? > > here are 2 samples I tried, If you have the time, check them out. > > http://www.mediadyne.gr/photos > > -A frustrated Leica user... :(