Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]......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