Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/27

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Subject: [Leica] Film Scanner Suggestion
From: diffraction.ca at gmail.com (Diffraction Photography)
Date: Sat Dec 27 22:31:53 2008
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Thanks for the replies, lots of great info here.

I think there's a consensus here that for 35mm film, a dedicated film  
scanner is a must for any decent quality.  Medium format seems to be  
quite more lenient until you need high quality scans for large  
prints.  I'm in total agreement with this.  As much as I would like to  
accommodate 2 scanners, one for 35mm and one for 120 film, that is  
where I draw the line as I would rather buy a single scanner that does  
both than have 2 separate scanners, which in combination, would  
consume a lot more of my desk space.  I'm a little quirky that way.

So understandably I will need to decide whether scanning my own 120  
film is worthwhile, considering I shoot medium format much less than I  
do 35mm.  Coming from digital imaging, I value convenience and my time  
but also quality so I do recognize the necessary evils of digital  
scanning requires patience.   Argh!  Choices!

Geoff Hopkinson,  I suspect we have "met" somewhere? :)

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