[Leica] Scanner comparison

[csaganich at gmail.com (Chris Saganich)]

I wish someone would figure out a solution for that awful 35mm holder, I
mean it is impossible to use with only slightly curled TriX.  I'll invest in
two full size AN glass inserts and see how that goes.  I picked-up a V750
for medium and large format but was impressed at the speed and quality of
the 35mm scans as well.  Great if you need a quick set of scans.  My Minolta
Dimage wonderful film scanner but is sloooowww.

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/scanner/
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> FWIW, YMMV and all that.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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