Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jim, I have the 3170 and am pleased with it except for slides - maybe I'm not so good at using it as you are - seems to me your first attempt is a success, and a nice photo BTW. I purchased a Vuescan licence but never used it - getting the settings right was too long for me, and I got the digital virus in the meantime. Wish you fun and satisfaction with your new toy. Thanks for sharing the news, and good result. No excuse not to keep them coming now. Phil...x Jim Nichols wrote: >LUGGERS, > >I have never considered flat bed scanners an option for 35mm scanning. >However, in searching for an inexpensive way to digitize a number of 4x5 >and 3.5x5 images that we inherited from my late father-in-law, I purchased >an Epson Perfection 2450 scanner off *bay and needed to check it out. With >no LF negatives close at hand, I pulled out some B&W images from about 4 >years ago, made with my Leica IIIf RD, Summitar, and a deep yellow filter. >I was pleasantly surprised in the results, and I am impressed with the >scanner. This one has a lid light source large enough for 4x5, whereas the >later models narrowed the source to handle MF negatives and 35mm only. > >The subject is a new middle school building not far from my house, which >was just opening and landscaping had not been completed. The afternoon sun >gave some nice shadows. > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Middle+School.jpg.html > >Comments and critiques welcomed. > >Jim Nichols >Tullahoma, TN USA > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >