Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/22

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Subject: [Leica] misdirected mail
From: Brian Reid <mdaemon@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 99 07:43:50 -0800

From:  "Tim Spragens" <t.spragens@cityweb.de>
To:  owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Leica Users digest)
Date:  Sun, 21 Feb 1999 00:32:26 +0100
Subject:  Re: film scanners
Reply-to:  t.spragens@cityweb.de

Pascal wrote:
> With all due respect, I hardly think so, Tim. The Nikon Super Coolscan 
> LS-2000 has an optical density of 3.6 (the Polaroid 3.4), and above all,
> it has the digital ICE feature which will save you a LOT of retouching 
> time.
> This alone is the primary reason for going with the Nikon instead of the
> Polaroid.

Certainly a "wait and see" situation. The short promo listed seemed 
to indicate that Polaroid has something similar to ICE. I'm very 
curious what the results will be.

When I'm scanning my own, I clean well, so the retouch is usually 
not a problem except with some old film.

If you are using the CoolScan 2000, please satisfy my curiosity on 
one point. I've heard that the color gradation can be abrupt 
(someone complained about the lack of delicate hue in a photo of a 
rose), and wonder if the light source may cause this.

I don't have a prejudice towards Nikon or Polaroid, but am looking 
for the best step away from my Canon, roundly cursed on this list 
before.