Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll bet it is to archive his slides.... At 08:07 AM 1/24/98 -0400, you wrote: >......I scan all my 35mm slides on a >>2700dpi film scanner and open them in Photoshop for scanner artifact >>and color correction. My slides need to survive the inital exposure, >>a film scanner, a few Photoshop operations, and a conversion to JPG >>format. Then they can be viewed on the Internet which is my final output >>device. The reason I love Leica (even though I have only used Leica for >>3 months now) is because the images are so much "sharper" and have >>very high resolution. I NEED the highest starting resolution and the best >>quality possible because every step of my process degrades the image >>slightly. If I start with a bad slide, I will get an awful scan, if I >>start with a >>PERFECT slide, I will get a great scan, etc. I can't afford a $75,000 drum >>scanner (yet), so I am stuck with a desktop film scanner for now. >> >>Francesco >> > Francesco, > >why do you scan at 2700 dpi if you output on the Internet? To me that's >like putting racing slicks and spoilers on a Yugo. Or is there something >you didn't explain? > > >Andras Iklody-Szabo >Caracas / Venezuela > > > >