Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanners (somewhat off-topic)
From: Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 19:41:38 -0400

Dave:

All of the slide scanners, as far as I know, will also scan color and B&W
Neg film. My Nikon Coolscan makes a much nicer scan from color neg film
than slide film. 

Tom

At 08:02 AM 4/18/98 -0600, you wrote:
>At 03:49 PM 4/15/98 +0100, you wrote:
>>On the subject of scanners, can I recommend my friend Tony Sleep's web
>>page on the subject?
>{snip}
>
>I admit to being a complete neophite where scanners are concerned.  And
>since this post is probably off topic, if there's a better place to go to
>get this info, someone please direct me.
>
>I realize that there are (at least) two types of scanners, at least in the
>context of this message.
>
>1.  Page or document scanners.  Devices that scan paper images, i.e.
>photographic prints, magazine pages, memos and the like.
>
>2.  Slide or transparency scanners.  Devices that scan mounted (and perhaps
>unmounted) chromes.
>
>In some cases, such as the HP 6100C, a document scanner has a limited
>ability to scan chromes.
>
>My question is: do any of these devices scan print film, thus producing a
>direct print, rather than scanning a print and making a copy?
>
>Dave Richards
>
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