Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have the LS-5000. Terrible problems. I thought the film-strip would solve my problems, but I'm not even 100% sure it even helped. Probably quality control. The edges are so fuzzy that it would destroy a print with anything significant there. Daniel On 9/14/05, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > Daniel, I have to respectful disagree. I have scanned several hundreds of > rolls of slides on the LS-4000 and I have never really noticed a DOF > focusing problem. > > At 12:09 AM 9/14/2005, Daniel Ridings wrote: > > >Doug, > > > >It doesn't have to be a slide, a negative put in as a strip of 6 or > >put in a film-strip holder (that I though would hold them flatter) > >displays the same behaviour. It can be frustrating. > > > >Daniel > > > >On 9/13/05, Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > IIRC the Nikon scanners have a shallow DOF so if the slide isn't flat > > the scan will only be partially in focus. Many older Kodachromes bulge > > in the cardboard mount making the problem apparent. The scans I've seen > > from bulged slides are essentially unusable. > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >