Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Any ideas how this would compare to a drum scan? I just had one done from a 6x6 transparency, which resulted in a TIFF file around 56 megabytes in size, but to date, it's the best digital match I've ever seen of a film original (shadows in particular look good), and I'd be eager to have more of my images digitized in this manner, but for the $45/scan cost. Why do these things cost so much, and how come they seem to work so much better than other scanning methods anyway? Jeff - -----Original Message----- From: Tim Atherton <timphoto@nt.sympatico.ca> >Here's the full press release from Polaroid regarding the new SprintScan >4000. The product is not yet on their website. > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 16, 1999--Polaroid >Corporation (NYSE: PRD) today introduced the world's first 4000 dots per > >inch (dpi) film scanner that produces scanned images in under one >minute.