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 07:24:45 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> <a2f8f4470509140030538b81d0@mail.gmail.com> <005d01c5b8fe$78662050$6918c23e@symke> <43282F69.7060403@gmx.de>

I'm using vuescan, I'll have to check that out, Douglas. Thanks.
Daniel

On 9/14/05, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote:
> In the software you can adjust the depth of focus manally, at least on
> the V ED,
> Douglas
> 
> animal wrote:
> 
> > I recall that there is a chapter in the manual describing how much
> > warp the scanner can take.
> > best,simon jessurun
> >
> >> 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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In reply to: Message from telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr) ([Leica] Scanners)
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