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Subject: [Leica] Scanner comparison
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 20:57:16 +0100
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Philippe,

I've never tried this but maybe can help you, look at the Optical  
Glass Cleaner.

http://scanscience.com/Pages/MyScanner/B-FlatBeds/5-OtherFlatbeds.html

Any other experiences on the LUG?

Amiti?s
Lluis

El 05/03/2011, a las 18:46, <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> <philippe.amard at 
sfr.fr 
 > escribi?:

> Typically the kind of scan that makes me regret film ...
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> My Epson developed a hazy glass which even by removing it I haven't  
> been able to clean ... pity.
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> A very nice take it is Nathan.
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> Amiti?s
> Philippe
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> Envoy? depuis SFR Mail. 10 Go de stockage - en savoir plus.
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> Message du : 05/03/2011
> De : "Nathan Wajsman " <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> A : "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>, "Olympus Camera  
> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
> Copie ? :
> Sujet : [Leica] Scanner comparison
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> Yesterday, I received the MF film holders for my Epson flatbed from  
> betterscanning.com. They are better than the standard ones because  
> they include T-locks to keep the film flatter.
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> A couple of weeks ago Michiel had kindly offered to scan one of my  
> 6x9 negatives with his Minolta MF film scanner. So now I have 3  
> versions of the same negative, one scanned with the Epson and its  
> standard holders, one with the new and improved holders, and one  
> with the Minolta MF film scanner. The comparison is here:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/scanner/
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> If you click on the little rectangles, you will see a reasonably big  
> image (2000 pixels on the long side), so you should be able to judge  
> the image quality. All three scans have received the identical  
> amount of unsharp masking in Photoshop.
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> My own conclusion is that the film scanner delivers slightly more  
> sharpness but the Epson more than holds its own when it comes to  
> dynamic range.
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> FWIW, YMMV and all that.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
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> YNWA
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