Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > Nathan, > > I've take a while to examine your images and looked several times. IMO the > third picture scannned with yhe Minolta Medium format is more sharp and > crisp than the others, I appreciate this looking at the more fine > structures. I presume that a better final opinion would be seen a printed > picture. A different point if it pays invest in a film scanner, I agree > with > you taht quality with the accesory is really good. > > Saludos > Lluis > > > > El 05/03/2011, a las 18:37, Nathan Wajsman escribi?: > > > Yesterday, I received the MF film holders for my Epson flatbed from >> betterscanning.com. They are better than the standard ones because they >> include T-locks to keep the film flatter. >> >> A couple of weeks ago Michiel had kindly offered to scan one of my 6x9 >> negatives with his Minolta MF film scanner. So now I have 3 versions of >> the >> same negative, one scanned with the Epson and its standard holders, one >> with >> the new and improved holders, and one with the Minolta MF film scanner. >> The >> comparison is here: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/scanner/ >> >> If you click on the little rectangles, you will see a reasonably big image >> (2000 pixels on the long side), so you should be able to judge the image >> quality. All three scans have received the identical amount of unsharp >> masking in Photoshop. >> >> My own conclusion is that the film scanner delivers slightly more >> sharpness but the Epson more than holds its own when it comes to dynamic >> range. >> >> FWIW, YMMV and all that. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >