Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Sonny: That looks like a great scanner! I can't get that good a 35mm scan on my Epson 14x17 so I do them on the Leafscan. Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Sonny Carter wrote: > Hello Phong, > > I would LOVE to see those shots in person, maybe I can someday soon. > > In the meantime, Mark was speaking of scanners capable of scanning > 11x14. > > I just got a new Microtek 9800XL with Transparency adapter at work day > before yesterday. It has a flatbed size of 12x17, and can scan > transparencies up to 12x16. > > That is amazing, but wait! It also can do 35mm slides! right on the > flatbed! Yes, I was wondering about it too, until today, I dug out a > slide I have not happily scanned on either my Nikon Coolscan III nor > on my Minolta Dimage Scan Elite. I thought it was just one of those > slides that could not be scanned, probably because it was not shot > with Leica glass. > > Look! http://www.sonc.com/jelly.htm > > I was using the Scanwizard software, but the machine was delivered > with a copy of Silverfast AI, so I think I'll load that and give it a > whirl. > > By the way, the machine comes firewire, usb or scsi ready, and even > has a firewire card and cables with it. Mac and PC. The only glitch > in a 25 minute from delivery to first scan was I had to download a > current driver set from Microtek. That took up five minutes. > > Otherwise, I am thrilled with the performance of the machine. It is > speedy and I guess I will get less time to read these days, because > big scans happen so fast. > > Regards, > > Sonny > http;//www.sonc.com > > > > > > > > > Friday, November 14, 2003, 4:03:58 AM, you wrote: > > P> I have seen some of Jim's 11x14 color slides. > P> Gorgeous images; it's quite interesting to see > P> film larger than most people's largest prints. > P> Clearly not taken with a Leica. :-) > > P> - Phong > > P> Jim Hemenway wrote: > >>>Thanks for the compliment Ruben. Those on my main page are 2+ years old. >>> >>>I have Leica R8 shots taken at the same time but not yet scanned. >>> >>>Newer ones here: >>>http://www.hemenway.com/11x14/ >>>http://www.hemenway.com/CharlesRiverProtar590.jpg >>>http://www.hemenway.com/USS-Salem-Schneider360.jpg > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html