[Leica] re: Epson RD-1

[nickbroberts at yahoo.co.uk (Nick Roberts)]

Scanning is a PIA. I use a Minolta MultiPro, and it
provides excellent results from 35mm and 120 pos and
neg - but it's still very slow - digital is so much
more fun most of the time. My next camera will be the
EOS 5D, which will do most things I want. That said, I
will be setting up a wet darkroom again this year...

Nick

--- Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> wrote:

> I have the Nikon 8000 and it is capable of great
> scans and I can even  
> scan and stitch a 6x17 negative in 2 bits. BUT I
> only scan one  
> transparency at a time and individually adjust pre
> scan to maximise  
> dynamic range and balance. The only print film I
> have tried through  
> it is  200asa but the results had poor resolution,
> something to do  
> with grain aliasing I am assured, but whatever the
> reason the results  
> were unacceptable, even on medium format. It is
> possible to get  
> fabulous scans but it takes a long time if you want
> best results. I  
> tried working hard to get one setting and then
> scanning everything  
> with it but if I do that lots of the scans are
> disappointing.
> The best results I have are from Provia and Velvia.
> I pretty much only use it to scan my 40 years of
> existing pictures, a  
> digital original from RD1 gives very much better
> results in the  
> "digital darkroom" than scanned 35mm film.
> I have to work hard to get scans from 6x7 as good as
> a EOS 1Ds mk2  
> converted RAW file.
> Frank
> 
> On 5 Feb, 2006, at 15:11, <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>  
> <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> > I've daydreamt about the Nikon 9000 dual format
> scanner, for medium  
> > format and 35mm.
> >
> > But haven't made the plunge yet.
> >
> > I still like film and paper prints, and if
> scanning is needed, the  
> > negative "goes to the lab"
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Vick Ko
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug- 
> > bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of bruce
> > Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 9:48 AM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Epson RD-1
> >
> >
> > What scanner Vick?
> >
> > B.
> >
> > On 5-feb-2006, at 15:41, <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> >> It'll depreciate by 50% in the first 6 months and
> likely
> >> malfunction by 12 months.
> >>
> >> I'd spend the money on film and a top end film
> scanner.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Vick Ko
> >
> >
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