Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I usually speak in terms of transparencies. And, you are the only person I know who has a Leafscan. I wouldn't exactly call that a consumer scanner. Jim At 11:09 PM 5/31/2002 -0400, Austin Franklin wrote: >Jim, > >Much to my surprise, you're absolutely wrong! If you are talking negative >film, there is not one commercial film scanner that can not get every last >ounce of detail out of the negative. If you are talking slide film, then >any newer decent scanner can get it. > >I'll bet anyone here $1000 that they can't give me a negative (normal film >that is) I can't scan with my Leafscan 45 and get as much or more out of it >than they can with chemical printing. Just have your money ready ;-) > >Fact is, I have taken quite a few people's film and scanned it for them and >given them FAR better tonal range and tonality using my scanner and Piezo >printing than they were ever able to get in the darkroom. And these were >very experienced people in the darkroom. > >Regards, > >Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html