Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe: Check out Tony Sleeps page on scanners at: http://www.cix.co.uk/~tsphoto/ Pay particular attention to the comments on shadow detail and noise in the dark areas. Regards, Robert At 12:22 AM 12/30/98 +0000, you wrote: >At 11:31 AM 12/29/98 -0600, you wrote: ><snipped> > >>The Nikon LS2000 is just fine for all but the very high end of scanning. >>It's just knowing how to use it. I had a much harder time doing black and >>white than color with scanners. But I'm finally getting the hang of it and >>am getting some very nice images printed out. > >>Eric Welch > > >I'm about to get my first scanner and I'm considering the Nikon Coolscan >III and the LS2000. Most of my images to be scanned are black and white. > >I assume either scanner would be pretty much okay for images to be >displayed on the web. But I wonder if the difference between these two >scanners would show up in 10 x 8" black and white prints. I could end up >making a lot of such prints. I've been told different things by different >suppliers- one says that the difference will be negligible (he uses the >Coolscan II himself) and another says that on black and white prints, even >from an Epson 700, there will be a perceptible difference with those >scanned on the LS2000 looking better. Everything I've read seems to suggest >one or the other of these views. I would appreciate any additional feedback >I can get on the choice. > >Joe Berenbaum > > > >