Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I use a Polaroid SprintScan 35E/S film scanner for 35mm negs and an Apple >Color OneScanner 600/27 for print scanning. I use various photo editing >software tools to adjust tonal scale, exposure balance, etc on my images. >I output the images either to a high quality color inkjet printer, >computer viewable image formats; I can also send them to a service bureau >to have large format negatives made with a film recorder and large format >prints with a dye sublimation printer (or other high quality hardcopy >output device). > >The cost of the whole system, end to end, is approximately $4500. The >flatbed scanner is a 600dpi optical resolution unit, 9bit/color sampling, >24bit color image output and cost about $390. The film scanner is a >2700dpi optical resolution unit, 10 bit/color sampling, 24 bit output, >and cost about $1500. The computer is an older Macintosh PowerPC model >with 56MB of RAM and 2.2GB of available storage space, a faster current >system setup similarly would cost about $2000 or so. > >This system provides an amateur like me a very usable photographic >workstation, allows me to get excellent use of my investment in cameras, >demonstrates to me that the ultimate quality of the images is not >strictly bounded by the tools for what I'm after. A professional, >prepress grade system would require higher resolution scanning and output >devices and a more powerful computer, allowing more productivity and a >little more capability. > >Some pictures from my first efforts with this system are available for >viewing on my website. > >Godfrey > http://www.bayarea.net/~ramarren - use the personal photography link Godfrey, I use a similar system, but I run my Polariod scanner on a Mac powerbook 520 with 36 megs ram. This system works great for my purposes..a littlet slow at times, but as long as I am in no hurry it is a great way to get decent quality scanned images for a fairly low investment. Examples of my work scanned with this system can be seen at my site http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto Harrison McClary