Re: [Leica] A Grudging Concession to Digital, Made With Regret

[Dan C <leicaman@sympatico.ca>]

Just think of what the results will be when you use a better scanner and
printer.

- -dan c.

At 09:55 PM 24-02-04 -0500, Marc James Small wrote:
>I recently picked up an Epson 1200S scanner with its transparency adapter.
>This allows a rather low-quality scans of negatives and chromes up to 4" by
>5".  I have been astounded at the ease I have in scanning 6cm by 6cm
>negatives and chromes and in printing them on a rather mundane HP Deskjet
>printer.  I really am getting 8" by 10" quality on a page.  I recognze that
>I cannot crop as I am accustomed to do on an enlarger but, then, this is so
>damned EASY that it makes up for that in part, at the least.  It used to
>take me 30 minutes to Ilfochrome a slide or 45 minutes to print a negative;
> now, I can scan and print within 5 minutes.  I will keep my darkroom up
>for the critical work but I doubt if I'll be doing much of my routine work
>there.
>
>I really have been impressed by the quality of the prints.

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