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Subject: [Leica] Scanner comparison
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 21:23:50 +0100
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Thanks Lluis, as soon as I time on my hands I'll give it a try

Amiti?s
Philippe

Le 6 mars 11 ? 20:57, Lluis Ripoll a ?crit :

>
> Philippe,
>
> I've never tried this but maybe can help you, look at the Optical  
> Glass Cleaner.
>
> http://scanscience.com/Pages/MyScanner/B-FlatBeds/5-OtherFlatbeds.html
>
> Any other experiences on the LUG?
>
> Amiti?s
> Lluis
>
> El 05/03/2011, a las 18:46, <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> <philippe.amard at 
> sfr.fr 
> > escribi?:
>
>> Typically the kind of scan that makes me regret film ...
>>
>>
>> My Epson developed a hazy glass which even by removing it I haven't  
>> been able to clean ... pity.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> A very nice take it is Nathan.
>>
>>
>> Amiti?s
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Envoy? depuis SFR Mail. 10 Go de stockage - en savoir plus.
>>
>>
>> ========================================
>>
>> Message du : 05/03/2011
>> De : "Nathan Wajsman " <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>> A : "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>, "Olympus Camera  
>> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> Copie ? :
>> Sujet : [Leica] Scanner comparison
>>
>>
>>
>> Yesterday, I received the MF film holders for my Epson flatbed from  
>> betterscanning.com. They are better than the standard ones because  
>> they include T-locks to keep the film flatter.
>>
>> A couple of weeks ago Michiel had kindly offered to scan one of my  
>> 6x9 negatives with his Minolta MF film scanner. So now I have 3  
>> versions of the same negative, one scanned with the Epson and its  
>> standard holders, one with the new and improved holders, and one  
>> with the Minolta MF film scanner. The comparison is here:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/scanner/
>>
>> If you click on the little rectangles, you will see a reasonably  
>> big image (2000 pixels on the long side), so you should be able to  
>> judge the image quality. All three scans have received the  
>> identical amount of unsharp masking in Photoshop.
>>
>> My own conclusion is that the film scanner delivers slightly more  
>> sharpness but the Epson more than holds its own when it comes to  
>> dynamic range.
>>
>> FWIW, YMMV and all that.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>
>> YNWA
>>
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