Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't recall seeing this before, Peter. The FS-4000 is incomparably superior to the commercial scan; even so, I look at an image like this and curse the culture that worships overhead lighting: flat, remorseless, and utterly indifferent. We all look like the pickled frogs we once spiked to the wax matrix of dissecting trays. Imagine this gesture in the oblique light of a north facing window. Cheers! Chandos -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter Klein Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:58 PM To: lug@leica-users.org; leica@freelists.org; cvug@cameraquest.org Subject: [Leica] My father, rescanned I've posted this picture before. The past few days I've been housebound with a nasty digestive "issue," so I had a bit of time to fool with the picture. A local camera shop developed the negs in Xtol and scanned them on a Noritsu scanner at 1544x1042. Like all photofinishers, they juice up the contrast a bit too much on the scanner. I rescanned the Tri-X neg on my Canon FS-4000. While I was at it, I posted a comparison between the two scans. There are two pictures at standard Web-page resolution, and two little snippets at 1:1, the Noritsu enlarged to a similar size. M6TTL, 50/1.5 Nokton, probably wide open at 1/60. http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/family/06Milt.htm Verdict: The low-res Noristsu scans are OK for a 5x7 if they don't totally blow the whites. For an 8x10 or bigger, I need to scan them myself. --Peter _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information