Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis, Yes, I use 35mm film. In this case Fuji Acros in Xtol 1:3. Currently I am using a by now obsolete Kodak 3600 Scanner: obsolete in the sense that it only scans at 3600 dpi and its density range was only claimed to be 3.2 or 3.4. As to the scanners you mentioned, the Minolta will give you a better image both in resolution and in density range. What the Nikon offers is two to three years of service with no real problems in build quality or software glitches. The Minolta needed a version II rather quickly as the build quality of some of the components and the software was not what it should have been. I have looked at the version II machine and most/all of the initial concerns seem to have been addressed. So, it comes down to the new kid on the block or the proven time tested device. Of course the Minolta is about half the price of the NIkon... Thank you for taking the time to look at my images. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 7/17/05, Luis Ripoll <luisripoll@telefonica.net> wrote: > Don, > > This collection is a very good idea, your pictures are excellent, I prefer > the first and the second ones, it seems you have used a medium format > camera, the gradation and quality of the grey tones is very rich. > > Let me know please if you have used a film scanner, I'm reading reviews for > Nikon V ED and Minolta Digiscan 5400 Elite II, on a local store said me > that > Nikon is better for B&W because it has more maximum density.... > > Saludos desde Barcelona > Luis > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org]En nombre de > Don Dory > Enviado el: domingo, 17 de julio de 2005 5:58 > Para: Leica Users Group > Asunto: [Leica] Don's PAW > > I have been fascinated with Atlanta's insensitivity to buildings of > any age. Not far from my house is a small neighborhood of homes built > probably in the late forties that is scheduled to be demolished for a > high rise condominium. What used to be middle to upper middle class > housing has had the valuable moldings, mantels, and bath fixtures > removed and holes punched into the walls to discourage the homeless > from moving in. > > Below is the beginning of my record keeping of these homes. > > First up is a wide view of a bedroom almost as if a storm warning had > caused the owners to flee, leaving their possessions behind them: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Urban-Renewal/happybirthdayroom > > This is a closer view, the web will probably not show the wrapping > paper proclaiming "Happy Birthday" > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Urban-Renewal/happybirthdaycloser > > For some reason, I find this image of ivy growing into the room very > engaging: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Urban-Renewal/windowintojungle > > Likewise, a mostly normal room with the wild taking over almost like a > doomsday SCIFI novel: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Urban-Renewal/triffidbathroom > > Comments, brickbats, derision, or your poor tired unexposed film all > cheerfully accepted. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >