Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like a fine idea, remember, you have your negs so you can always go back and rescan, reprint etc. Another option is the HP Photosmart scanner which while not quite the quality of the Nikon or Polaroid scanners, does both film and 4x6 prints and is ~$450 ... even less for the older model. On the other hand a cheap flatbed scanner can be had for $100 or so, even less depending on what quality you want. Jonathan Borden > > > In my previous post I should have made it clear that I am > thinking of using > a flat bed to scan from my existing prints or from small 6x4 proof prints > in order to be able to learn and experiment with Photoshop, > rather than as > a long term solution to outputting all my images. The ideal > solution would > be to use flat bed scans of prints and high resolution scans of > film where > appropriate - but I am just interested to find out whether the flat bed > only option would be a sensible move for the time being, allowing me to > wait for the next generation of film scanners whilst I get some practice > with Photoshop. Or will I really be missing out on image quality > by using > print rather than film scans? > > Simon, > London. >