Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Those are r e a l l y slow, aren't they? Op 18-jan-06, om 16:59 heeft Jim Hemenway het volgende geschreven: > Daniel: > > Buy a Leafscan now while you still have the chance. They're slow > but the resulting scans, 35mm to 4x5", are up there with drum scans. > > And, Silverfast is now available for it, which means that you can > now use the Leafscan with XP and OS X. > > Jim > > Daniel Ridings wrote: > >> Boy, I wish they did meet mine. On the other hand, commercial scans >> can't even touch black and white (unless it's the C41 emulsions, I >> guess). >> The cemetery shots I had around a couple of weeks ago were commercial >> scans. They sharpen them way past what you would really want. More or >> less results in scans that you can't work with. Possibly print out >> without any adjustments, but if they don't get it right, there's not >> much you can do with the image without it falling apart. >> We hear a lot about films, cameras and film manufacturers going down >> the tubes, but there is another aspect that has me frightened. Film >> scanners. >> A year ago you could pick up a film scanner and chose between a >> professional (expensive) or consumer model. The consumer models were >> usually well nigh just a good for all practical purposes (up to >> 8x10). >> I fielded a scanning question recently and went to B&H to provide >> some links. >> The film scanners are definitely a dying breed. They are going faster >> than film manufacturers and film cameras. >> This alone will drive me back into the darkroom. If I can't get a >> good >> scan, I can't print digitally. I bought a good scanner a year and a >> half ago (top of the line Nikon), but I better baby that one and keep >> the el-cheapo Minolta around as a back-up. >> I'm not impressed with the results of converting digital to b/w. I am >> also not comfortable with SLR's (probably my main reason for not >> going >> digital. I have an SLR but it just feels too big to work with). I'll >> never be able to justify a digital M (assuming there ever is such a >> thing). If film scanners disappear, I will be up the proverbial shit >> creek without a paddle. >> Daniel >> On 1/18/06, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: >>> Daniel - Well sometimes you just have to do things yourself, don't >>> you, when you want them right. :-) Commercial scans easily meet my >>> needs for the moment. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 1/18/06, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> - Film is easily processed and digitized. >>>> >>>> I shoot film too ... but I don't think I'd go _that_ far. Easily >>>> processed, yes, but digitized, no. At least not easily digitized if >>>> you are a little picky (I am pathologically pedantic so I have >>>> to do >>>> it myself. It isn't easy.) >>>> >>>> Daniel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >