Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lack of decent scans on this board
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:10:36 -0400
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David - be sure to get a tetanus shot when you manage to get the hook
out of your lip! :-)

B. D.

"Rodgers, David" wrote:
> 
> Marvin,
> 
> Scanning negs or chromes is in an entirely different league from consumer
> and prosumer digital P&S cameras. The learning curve is huge. But there are
> many advantages over what you can ever do with a digital P&S. Out of the box
> it's probably much easier to get a decent looking image with a digital P&S.
> But try adjusting curves and levels, and printing an 11x14 that hold up from
> digital camera produced JPEG. Not to mention few people probably even
> attempt to use a digital camera for some of those "hard to get" shots that
> we often see posted on the LUG. I think you're overlooking the big picture,
> and focusing only on  the small JPEG.
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marvin Levi [mailto:temil001@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:53 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Lack of decent scans on this board
> 
> Nobody bother to do some decent Kodak ProCD or
> MasterCD scans?  Frankly most of the posted pix by ppl
> on this board were not even half as decent as what
> I've seen by digital P&S, both artisitically and in
> terms of technical quality. Well, I'll start with myself...
> 
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In reply to: Message from "Rodgers, David" <david.rodgers@xo.com> (RE: [Leica] Lack of decent scans on this board)