Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luggers in search of a good 35 and medium format scanner. You may want to try an find a used Leafscan 45. They were horribly expensive, but they used Schneider optics and were 40 bit in depth. I think with the new scanners on the market you may be able to locate a used one for the price of one of the cheaper units. If you want just the leaf 35, its has the same optics, but it is a slower 3 pass scanner but with the superb 40 bit depth. Its a real sleeper. Many newspapers had them in the early scanner era, so you may be able to snare one somewhere like that. The 40 bit depth really gives excellent color rendition. They work with a scsi card and you can get software for both mac and pcs. I think used leaf 35s go for 2000 g used and the 45 around 4grand. They are the next step to drum scanners IMHO. gck