Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been pleased with the Nikon Coolscan IV ED. Great dynamic range. Little noise. Solid machine and relatively cheap. The Canoscan and the Polaroid are worth a look too. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tarek Charara" <tarek.charara@wanadoo.fr> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Film scanner advice > I use the Photo CD a lot and find that some slides/B&W negatives (more than > 20%) lose shadow/highlight details. Color negatives seem to come out better. > I don't know if this is retailer dependant or if it has to do with Photo CD. > > Tarek > > > > le 18/07/01 6:58, Andrew Schroter à schroter@optonline.net a écrit : > > > With slides and PhotoCD, you can pick the slides you want digitized and > > bring up to about 100 slides (Hi Res pics are about 4-5MB) to a photo > > processing retail shop. My local Ritz camera dealer charges .75/slide. So, > > about $5.50 for developing a 36 exposure roll (can use A&I mailers - order > > from bandhphoto.com) and out of 10 rolls, say you want to scan 10 slides per > > roll, thats about $125-130 total. You may be able to find better prices for > > scanning than that. >