Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just did really well with a purchase of a brand new Minolta Dimage Elite scanner on Ebay. About $250 delivered. It has a cable, but no scsi card, so I bought one used for $15. Works really nice, and the software allows multi-pass scans, and other features. The workflow is different from the Nikon Coolscan I have at work, but I think it is gonna be a really nice scanner for this 800 Fuji that I use so often. You cannot batch scan with it, which will probably improve my scans. I can already see a lot less noise in my scans. After I get used to it, I'll post more. Sonny http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noel Charchuk" <nhcharch@netscape.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:00 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Moderately OT: Scanner or Digital Camera? > One other option you didn't mention, and dependent upon whether you are shooting a lot of color neg or B&W film, is using a flatbed scanner to scan prints. You can get a pretty decent unit for $100-200, possibly even bundled with Photoshop Elements. Print scans display well on monitors. > > Of course if you are shooting mostly slide film, that won't work. > > Transparency adapters for flatbed scanners are available, but the results are nowhere near what a film scanner would provide. > > Another option is to take slides or negs to a film processor that will scan and burn them to CD for you. > > Noel > > Martin Howard <mvhoward@mac.com> wrote: > > > > >The Internet is a great way to keep in touch with people. Posting > >photographs on the Internet doubly so. However, at the moment, I find > >myself with lots of friends, but no way of getting photographs onto the > >Internet. If money were no issue, then it wouldn't be a problem, but > >one of the things that makes life so fun and challenging is that money > >is always an issue... ;) > > > >Right now, I have no digital camera, nor any scanner. I'm trying to > >decide what I should do about this, and I'd like to hear how you have > >addressed the same issues. At the moment, my options appear to be > >these: > > > >A) Get a "cheap" digital camera. Since I'll pretty much only be using > >it for web stuff, I could get away with buying something like a > >point-and-shoot. The high-end ones, like the PowerShot G3, seems like > >an interesting alternative that has the advantage that you could do > >more serious things with it too. Major disadvantage is that it's going > >to be obsolete pretty damn quickly (18 months? 24 months?) > > > >B) Get a "prosumer" digital camea. This means something like a Nikon > >D-100 or Canon D-60. Interchangable lens SLR that would also work with > >35mm film bodies. Advantages include better quality, more versitile > >equipment, and will become obsolete less quickly (since I can use > >lenses on several bodies). Lots of fun with new toys. Major > >disadvantage is, of course, cost. Figure on $2,000 for the body, plus > >lenses. > > > >C) Get a film scanner. I pretty much am never going to make digital > >prints -- I use my Leica's and Bessa's for that. I prefer shooting > >with them (small, useful, lots of lenses, accessories, etc). So, I was > >thinking that maybe I should just shoot film and get a reasonably > >decent scanner instead. All the advantages of doing my own > >development, along with not having to buy a new camera outfit. But > >what about cost? I'd not want to spend much more than about $800 on a > >scanner (since it'd have the same lifetime disadvantages as a > >point-and-shoot digital). Can you get decent quality for that? > > > >Any thoughts? What did *you* do? A, B, or C? > > > >(And for our Swedish audience, the answer: "På A svarar vi nej, på B > >svarar vi D-100, och på C vet vi inte" is not considered an acceptable > >answer... ;) > > > >M. > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html