Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/31

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Subject: [Leica] OT: D3x vs. 'Blad CFV 16MP full sized samples
From: mingthein at gmail.com (Thein Onn Ming)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:42:24 +0800
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I'm afraid it's probably not going to be a drum scan. Can't get those  
done here easily, especially now that seemingly nobody shoots film  
anymore. More likely to be a coolscan V (at best) or some dual-lamp  
flatbed thingy (at worst). We'll see...

On May 31, 2009, at 8:28 PM, Doug Herr wrote:

> Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>> I can't imagine that a drum scan of a 24 x 36mm slow speed ISO neg  
>> shot with
>> Leica glass shot on a tripod would not have a whole lot of  
>> information in
>> it.
>>
>> Pit against a KAF-10500 sensor with an active area of 27 x 18 mm  
>> which you
>> find in an M8 I'm not sure I'd root for the sensor in the camera.
>>
>> I'm not a betting man normally but I'm afraid I'd put 2 bucks down  
>> on the
>> drum.
>
> There's no substitute for making an actual comparison.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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THEIN Onn Ming
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