Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/06
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Peter,
I was interested in looking at your file but it is HUGE. You need to
reduce the size by at least 80% and then give it another try.
GDW
Pieter Bras wrote:
> In my earlier comments about the appearance of a scan made by a Polaroid
> SprintScan scanner, I had mistakenly identified the model as the
> SprintScan 35+. That was incorrect. The scanner actually used was the
> Polaroid SprintScan 45, which can handle originals all the way up to 4x5
> inches, is marketed as a "pro" product, and costs several times as much
> as the 35+ (which handles 35mm originals only). Detailed specs for
> these scanners are available at http://www.polaroid.com.
>
> Also, I gave an incorrect address for the 1.7-MB JPEG file.
> The correct URL is:
>
> ftp://ftp.std.com/pub/pieter/sun.jpg
>
> My apologies if I've led anyone astray.
>
> The conclusion remains the same: I'd rather spend my hard-earned
> kilobucks on Leica glass than on mediocre digital hardware (with crap
> optics) that will be flea-market goods in a couple of years.
>
> --
> Pieter Bras