Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/14

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Subject: [Leica] Scanners
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Wed Sep 14 00:29:17 2005
References: <4599127.1126645813771.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <a2f8f447050914000951987125@mail.gmail.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050914003009.05575da0@192.168.100.42>

I have the LS-5000. Terrible problems. I thought the film-strip would
solve my problems, but I'm not even 100% sure it even helped. Probably
quality control.

The edges are so fuzzy that it would destroy a print with anything
significant there.

Daniel

On 9/14/05, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:
> Daniel, I have to respectful disagree. I have scanned several hundreds of
> rolls of slides on the LS-4000 and I have never really noticed a DOF
> focusing problem.
> 
> At 12:09 AM 9/14/2005, Daniel Ridings wrote:
> 
> >Doug,
> >
> >It doesn't have to be a slide, a negative put in as a strip of 6 or
> >put in a film-strip holder (that I though would hold them flatter)
> >displays the same behaviour. It can be frustrating.
> >
> >Daniel
> >
> >On 9/13/05, Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > IIRC the Nikon scanners have a shallow DOF so if the slide isn't flat
> > the scan will only be partially in focus.  Many older Kodachromes bulge
> > in the cardboard mount making the problem apparent.  The scans I've seen
> > from bulged slides are essentially unusable.
> 
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please
> use richard at imagecraft.com)
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal) ([Leica] Scanners)
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Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard) ([Leica] Scanners)