Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jim, Any of the new above $500 scanners can get most everything out of transparencies, and certainly any of the over $1000 can get it all. It's more operator prowess than scanner these days, as the hardware can easily cover the density range of standard transparencies. I also believe that has more to do with proper exposure and development and then scanning savvy than it does with "magic Leica lenses" ;-) Regards, Austin > 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