Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/29

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Subject: [Leica] WTB: medium format film scanner
From: durling at cox.net (Mike Durling)
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:02:01 -0500
References: <98E25450-E961-4092-821E-F013FA70428E@gmail.com> <C9689B25.4139C%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <AANLkTi=i-FJJaZveQKUxhoA7hpyKq-5i1aJ8uVvU0RSw@mail.gmail.com>
 
Don't do it!  I made the mistake of scanning one of my negs with an 
Imacon.  You can see every corner of every piece of grain!  My Epson 
flatbed scans...well there is grain there.  Fortunately for the prints I 
make the Epson does just fine from MF.

Mike D

On 1/28/11 5:24 PM, piers at hemy.org wrote:
> Indeed so, Chris, and in Europe at least, even worse. A friend was
> getting despondent in his search for a Nikon 9000 ED, until I pointed
> out an Imacon available for a comparable price. From a cursory look,
> it seems the results are breathtaking!
> Samples when I can get a scan to compare with the results from my own
> Epson 4990 - I am expecting to be disappointed (with the results from
> the Epson).
> Piers
Replies: Reply from rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler) ([Leica] WTB: medium format film scanner)
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