Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/04

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Scanning suggestions
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 10:08:06 -0500

I would suggest always scanning at the optical resolution of the scanner,
and saving in a lossless format.  I use tiff.

You can re-size your "archived" image to suit any of your other needs, thus
leaving your original "archived" image intact.

> -----Original Message-----
>
> I have just gone into the realms of scanning my Leica 35mm slides and
> negatives. I am using a Nikon Coolscan 4000.
>
> What resolution would you suggest I scan for the following?
>
> 1. Archiving
> 2. Printing
> 3. Web
> A) Initial Small image
> B) Double clicked full size image
>
> Do you also have any guidelines for deciding which format to scan also
> (JPEG,TIFF,JPEG 2000 etc?)
>
> Regards
>
>
> Darrell

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