Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bob, The large hard drive is definitely a good suggestion, but in my experience, the scanner is so much slower than the computer, that most any computer can easily keep up with it. Now, for PhotoShop, that's a different story. I know a lot of people who do "bulk" scanning, and set-up a second (typically not very fast) computer just to scan with, so it doesn't tie up their primary computer during the scan, which most scanners do... Regards, Austin > You get a blazingly fast computer with 100 gig hard drive or you print > contact sheets first. I print contact sheets first. Scanning is > so slow, I > can't imagine scanning more than once per negative. > > BK > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darrell Wood [mailto:darrell@wood-site.co.uk] > > Subject: [Leica] Bulk Scanning of 35mm > > > > Having purchased a Nikon Coolscan 4000ED I have been > > searching round for > > views on how Photographers, wishing to transfer complete rolls of 35mm > > (using the roll adapter) deal with scanning > > > > Do they scan at 4,000dpi and reduce down for the web. Or do they scan > > once for the web, once for print and once for archive. > > > > The Former produces massive files (36 frames * 60-120Mb) and > > later seem > > very time consuming. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html