Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon, that is an interesting observation, scanners not pulling out all the information. I thought that the consensus was that around 4000dpi and a real d of 4 that anything more was just finding film grain. For me, the real issue is flattening the density range in the negative or transparency to what makes sense on a print. The same problem photographers have had since the beginning. I don't think film scanners are going to get much better as possibly only Leica is still obsessing over 40 LP resolution in their lenses. With the exception of some Zeiss lenses and some of my L telephoto's there is no reason to scan at higher resolutions, the detail just isn't there. I hope Leica does something really stupid for it and works with someone to build a film scanner optimized for their glass. Same small volume but it would make some of us really happy. You know, the same thing they did in the 30's with enlargers. Don dorysrus@mindspirng.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html