Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, I'm using a Leafscan that's about 10 years old. It's 4,000 dpi and a match for most of the newer desktop scanners. It's a little slow, that's all. One of the best all time for scanning b/w. DaveR - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <n.wajsman@chello.nl> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] A Grudging Concession to Digital, Made With Regret > Marc, > > You do NOT have to replace the scanner and printer every six months. The > scanner technology is moving forward, but at a slower pace than computer > technology in general and definitely much slower than digital image > capture technology. My Nikon LS-2000 film scanner is 4 or 5 years old, > and while it has been superceded by newer models, it still produces very > respectable images with certainly enough resolution to make good 8x10 > prints. > > Nathan > > Marc James Small wrote: > > > > At 03:56 AM 2/25/04 -0500, Dan C wrote: > > >Just think of what the results will be when you use a better scanner > > >and > > >printer. > > > > > > > Thanks, Dan, for a most thoughtful post. The truth is that I am > > astonished > > at the results I am getting from an inexpensive scanner and mid-range > > printer. I do not want to find myself so committed to digital that I > > have > > to spent $12,000 every six months to upgrade my scanner and printer just > > to > > stay current. I have normally been satisfied with the purchase of used > > Leica lenses, and I will probably continue to buy technology from the > > last > > generation. Darkrrom technology pretty much settled out before the > > Second > > World War, and the advances after that were incremental, as in the > > change > > from normal enlarging lenses to APO models. Once digital reaches a > > similar > > position of stability, if it does during my lifetime, I will be more > > interested in purchasing new and top-of-the-line gear. > > > > Marc > > > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl > Mobile: +31 630 868 671 > > http://www.nathanfoto.com/index.html > > > -- > 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