Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The slide was on my light box ( I wanted a daylight source )and a couple of extension tubes on a 50mm F1.4 lens. Personally I was surprised how well the results compared. I don't have a dedicated macro lens. I shot in RAW which allowed me to make sure nothing was being clipped on the exposure. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+michael.francis=gs.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+michael.francis=gs.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of mehrdad Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:45 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Minolta 5400 Scanner vs 20d did u just shoot a slide via a slide copier on the 20d On 8/10/05, Francis, Michael <michael.francis@gs.com> wrote: > I mentioned that I was having some success with using my 20d to scan > transparencies. The example is not from my M6, but I have others that > are - the first image is a RAW conversion, sharpened in CS2, Second a > resized and sharpened (not much difference) the third is from the > 5400, note what looks like dirt (this is at 5400 dpi with ICE etc) The > final image is the 20d full frame. The 5400 takes 6mins, 20d 1.3secs @ > f16 - for transparencies the 20d looks good enough and it is much more > fun to spend time taking pictures than scanning them. > > http://www.francis-web.com/Photography/Scanner/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information