Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] scanner recommendation
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 21:45:08 -0500

At 12:36 PM 12/9/99 +0000, you wrote:

>The best table-top dedicated 35mm film scanner is without any doubt the
>Kodak. This machine is incredibly fast and has massive resolution, certainly
>when compared to other 35mm machines. It and is able to produce 70Mb files
>from a 35mm negative. (The best of the rest- Nikon, Polaroid, Canon,
>Minolta, top out at around 27Mb for a full frame scan- only just enough for
>a full bleed cover-and .........well, the others, less. Much less.) However,
>the Kodak machine is very expensive- about £7000 GBP last time I checked,
>and hard to find on the s/h market.
>Rod


Rod -

Using the Nikon LS-2000 with SilverFast software, I can scan at 5400 dpi 
for a full frame scan of over 100MB.  Then I save the files as Genuine 
Fractals at to save space and time working on them.

Tina


Tina Manley, ASMP
http://www.tinamanley.com