Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/24

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica 1.4 R lenses
From: Andras Iklody-Szabo <isza@link7.lat.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 08:07:41 -0400

......I scan all my 35mm slides on a
>2700dpi film scanner and open them in Photoshop for scanner artifact
>and color correction.  My slides need to survive the inital exposure,
>a film scanner, a few Photoshop operations, and a conversion to JPG
>format.  Then they can be viewed on the Internet which is my final output
>device.  The reason I love Leica (even though I have only used Leica for
>3 months now) is because the images are so much "sharper" and have
>very high resolution.  I NEED the highest starting resolution and the best
>quality possible because every step of my process degrades the image
>slightly.  If I start with a bad slide, I will get an awful scan, if I
>start with a
>PERFECT slide, I will get a great scan, etc.  I can't afford a $75,000 drum
>scanner (yet), so I am stuck with a desktop film scanner for now.
>
>Francesco
>
 Francesco,

why do you scan at 2700 dpi if you output on the Internet? To me that's
like putting racing slicks and spoilers on a Yugo. Or is there something
you didn't explain?


Andras Iklody-Szabo
Caracas / Venezuela