Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recall that there is a chapter in the manual describing how much warp the scanner can take. best,simon jessurun >I have the LS-5000. Terrible problems. I thought the film-strip would > solve my problems, but I'm not even 100% sure it even helped. Probably > quality control. > > The edges are so fuzzy that it would destroy a print with anything > significant there. > > Daniel > > On 9/14/05, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: >> Daniel, I have to respectful disagree. I have scanned several hundreds of >> rolls of slides on the LS-4000 and I have never really noticed a DOF >> focusing problem. >> >> At 12:09 AM 9/14/2005, Daniel Ridings wrote: >> >> >Doug, >> > >> >It doesn't have to be a slide, a negative put in as a strip of 6 or >> >put in a film-strip holder (that I though would hold them flatter) >> >displays the same behaviour. It can be frustrating. >> > >> >Daniel >> > >> >On 9/13/05, Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: >> > > IIRC the Nikon scanners have a shallow DOF so if the slide isn't flat >> > the scan will only be partially in focus. Many older Kodachromes bulge >> > in the cardboard mount making the problem apparent. The scans I've >> > seen >> > from bulged slides are essentially unusable. >> >> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please >> use richard at imagecraft.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