Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/14

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Subject: [Leica] Scanners
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Wed Sep 14 07:09:45 2005
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In the software you can adjust the depth of focus manally, at least on 
the V ED,
Douglas

animal wrote:

> 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)
>>>
>>>
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