Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina probably very difficult to compare meaningfully based on the small jpegs. FWIW to my eye on this calibrated 24" Dell display, as shown the scan is appreciably sharper. Probably nothing that appropriate sharpening wouldn't match up. The duplicator shot appears to have more natural colour, however that is largely meaningless too since either might be adjusted to approximate the colour of the other. In the lo res versions I cannot detect any significant grain nor artefacts from the process in either. I think you have a viable alternative there for web reproduction. Have you tried the GEM and ROC functions in the Nikon software? You can still select these functions in post processing with Digital ICE deselected. Really you need some side by side prints for a comparison for anything reproducible. I am happy to look at any higher res versions for another viewpoint if you are interested. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Slide Scanner vs Slide Duplicator At 07:18 PM 11/10/2007, Tina Manley wrote: >PESO: > >I've been experimenting with using a Beseler Slide Duplicator and >the Canon 5D instead of a Nikon LS5000 Slide Scanner for both B&W >and Kodachrome slides. I still prefer the scanner for other films >but for grainy, contrasty films that you can't use Digital ICE with, >the slide duplicator seems to do a better job. I know you can't >really tell anything from a web-sized photo (at least I can't!) but >here are the comparisons for one photo: > >Scanner: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/88718456 > >Duplicator: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/88746181 > >I can tell a big difference in the full-sized tiffs. They are both >sharper and less contrasty - which is something I haven't been able >to achieve with the scanned slides. But which one looks closer to the original? Kodachrome is notoriously difficult to scan. // 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