Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, Thank you. My fears about my scanner have been mounting, but with no one nearby to view both slide and raw scan, I had only my own inexperience as a guide. Now, I will most definitely look further into it. Certainly your scans don't look like they came from a defective machine (or operator) :)) Thanks again................Julian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] That Leica Glow Julian Koplen <jkoplen@mindspring.com> wrote: > When I scan with my Sprintscan 4000, those scans never look really sharp, > certainly not like the slide from whence they came... I never feel like I have > the same picture that is on the slide. I then wonder if I have a defective scanner. > I wonder if, using the scanner doesn't turn into the great leveler of lens quality.. I'm also using a Sprintscan 4000 and in my scans I can clearly see the difference in image detail between photos made with a good lens and photos made with an APO-Telyt. I also have to tweak levels, curves, etc to make the image file look like the slide. It's a given when scanning a slide, and varies with operator skill and many other factors. Occasionally I have Kodachromes with shadow detail the Sprintscan can't get, and for these I have a drum scan made. In most cases, aside from shadow detail, there isn't much difference in sharpness if any between the Sprintscan scan and the drum scan. If you're not getting sharp scans from your Sprintscan there's something wrong. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information