Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/28

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Subject: [Leica] Plustek scanner
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun Nov 28 00:14:08 2004
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0411272016530.19709-100000@tikoudrum.inria.fr>

Jean,

I looked at their web site, and density is claimed at 3.3.

I must say that on paper the specs look impressive for this price. In 
fact, it sounds a bit too good to be true...

Nathan

Jean Louchet wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone have an experience with the Plustek film scanner? On the paper
> it shows interesting performance (7200x7200ppi non interpolated) for about
> 190 Euros inc. VAT (should be about 200USD plus tax). It is described as
> giving 16 bits per channel (48 bits per colour pixel) but this does not
> say what is the maximum density it is able to measure - which is closely
> related to the noise level in dark (slides) or bright (negs) parts of the
> images. Any comparison with the Canon, Nikon slide/neg scanners and the
> recent Epson high-res flatbed with adapter?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jean

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