Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] (Fwd) Re: film scanners
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@istar.ca>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:45:15 -0400

Tim:

I went from the Canon to the Polaroid Sprintscan 35 Plus.  As for
comparison to Nikon read the tests at the link below.  I think you will
find they are both winners.

http://www.cix.co.uk/~tsphoto/


Regards,

Robert


At 12:33 AM 2/21/99 +0100, you wrote:
>(bad address on the previous - sorry if this ends up as a double 
>post)
>> With all due respect, I hardly think so, Tim. The Nikon Super Coolscan 
>> LS-2000 has an optical density of 3.6 (the Polaroid 3.4), and above all,
>> it has the digital ICE feature which will save you a LOT of retouching 
>> time.
>> This alone is the primary reason for going with the Nikon instead of the
>> Polaroid.
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>Certainly a "wait and see" situation. The short promo listed seemed 
>to indicate that Polaroid has something similar to ICE. I'm very 
>curious what the results will be.
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>When I'm scanning my own, I clean well, so the retouch is usually 
>not a problem except with some old film.
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>If you are using the CoolScan 2000, please satisfy my curiosity on 
>one point. I've heard that the color gradation can be abrupt 
>(someone complained about the lack of delicate hue in a photo of a 
>rose), and wonder if the light source may cause this.
>
>I don't have a prejudice towards Nikon or Polaroid, but am looking 
>for the best step away from my Canon, roundly cursed on this list 
>before.
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