Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While I find myself nodding and mumbling 'so what else is new' to much of what you say about digital v. film, I also find myself spitting coffee all over my keyboard as I scream TROLL!!!! when you write that you don't think you're going to see any difference between film scans made with a 2900 dpi scanner and a 4000 dpi scanner. ROFLO and cleaning up the coffee... B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Doug Herr Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 8:38 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital Truly upon us? > > what am i doing wrong? how do you guys eke out that last bit of quality > from scanning? > Digital imaging technology obviously has come a long way in only a few years but you must consider the post-capture processing involoved. A high-end digital camera has embeded in its chips the total experience of digital processing experts, while with photoshop I often feel like I'm just a fool with a tool. You're comparing your experience with Photoshop vs. the expertise embedded in the D30's post-capture processing algorithms. > > I don't think this has anything to do with using a 2900 dpi > scanner - i believe even with a 4000 dpi scanner i'm going to be seeing > the same results. > I see a HUGE difference between my 2400 dpi scans and a 5000 dpi drum scan. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html