Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/10

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Subject: [Leica] Slide Scanner vs Slide Duplicator
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Sat Nov 10 19:17:46 2007

PESO:

I've been experimenting with using a Beseler Slide Duplicator and the 
Canon 5D instead of a Nikon LS5000 Slide Scanner for both B&W and 
Kodachrome slides.  I still prefer the scanner for other films but 
for grainy, contrasty films that you can't use Digital ICE with, the 
slide duplicator seems to do a better job.  I know you can't really 
tell anything from a web-sized photo (at least I can't!)  but here 
are the comparisons for one photo:

Scanner:  http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/88718456

Duplicator:  http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/88746181

I can tell a big difference in the full-sized tiffs.  They are both 
sharper and less contrasty - which is something I haven't been able 
to achieve with the scanned slides.

Can you see any difference at all in the web jpegs?

Tina

Tina Manley
ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI
http://www.tinamanley.com 


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