Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry if this is a repeat. It hasn't shown up on my system for 24 hours. I've watched the many threads on scanning (here and in other groups) and I'm still perplexed about the quality of digital prints produced from scanned film images. I have limited digital experience working with Photoshop from Kodak PhotoCD scans and flatbed 8x scans of mostly color negative images and commercial lab prints. I've been able to "salvage" some displayable prints from the PhotoCD, the flatbed scans have just been mostly PS practice. Only on occasion do I display anything larger than 9x12" color prints. My B&W days are gone since developing a severe skin allergy to the "wet" stuff in the darkroom. If I stay to the 9x12 print and an upgrade of my Epson 870 (don't know what's currently the low price standard), is the Nikon Coolscan IV ($900) scanner adequate? I visited my local pro-shop this weekend and very uncharactistically they were pushing the Nikon CoolScan 4000 very hard. However, they conveniently had do demos or even samples to show, and I'm in a very slide centric club community - very little expertise in my circles on prints. I should also say that I'm not a volume printer, this is a week end hobby when I'm not traveling for work. The automation features on the 4000 are not a necessity for what I do, so I'm strictly trying to make the decision on the quality of displayed prints (not gallery work). Regards, Roger __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html