Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanning software info
From: Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 21:33:47 -0500

Jim and Francesco:

I must agree with you that if the LS-1000 is going to be your input of
choice it should have the best software. For me the LS-1000 is for work in
progress, or newspaper repro. Publication work all goes to drum scanners,
as do any images for Evercolor output. 

Tom

At 11:13 AM 2/13/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Jim:
>
>My philosophy exactly!  Since I pay thousands for a body and lens in order
>to get the best quality possible, why go low-class on the final rung of the
>ladder
>to digital output?  If you want to scan with a low-end scanner, then you
might
>as well be shooting with a P&S.
>
>
>At 11:00 PM 2/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>I guess it's what you want out of it. You buy a Leica and happily pay up to
>>2 grand for an M lens, or 5k or 6k for some of the R lenses (I have a 15mm
>>Super Elmar and a 70-180 APO zoom). In relation to the photographic
>>apparatus used to take the pictures, and the price of the scanner to scan
>>them, $300 doesn't seem like much. It's simply how far forward you want to
>>carry the quality. If you go 1st class all the way to the scanner, then,
>>because of a few hundred bucks, you get second rate scans... as I said,
>>it's what you want out of it.
>>
>>It is a fact, that the $300 SilverFast scan software can do wonders for
>>your scans. See the following:
>>
>><<<<<
>>I agree 100%!  I own SilverFast for the LS-1000......it's a bit pricey for
>>a simple
>>plug-in for Photoshop (over $300 after tax), but for the major
>improvements in
>>my output, it is worth every penny.
>>I also recommend this software to anyone getting an LS-1000.
>>
>>Francesco Sanfilippo,
>>Five Senses Productions
>>webmaster@5senses.com
>>>>>>>
>>
>>At 07:38 PM 2/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Jim:
>>>
>>>Not expensive? $300 for a plug in that works with only your scanner. If you
>>>have two scanners you need two different versions at $300 a pop. 
>>>
>>>It's about the most exspensive single use software I've encountered.
>>>
>>>Tom
>>>
>>>At 08:25 PM 2/10/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>>>All of you that are scanning, you should be using SilverFast software. It
>>>>Jim
>> 
>
>
>Francesco Sanfilippo,
>Five Senses Productions
>webmaster@5senses.com
>
>http://www.5senses.com/
>
>