Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, I forgot about drum scans. They've never been an option for me, so they slipped my mind. They are fantastic though. I've seen some. Daniel On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 7:39 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > On Jul 14, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Robert Meier wrote: > >> You make a good point about negatives being better than the scans made >> from them, and I would add, the prints made from negatives are better >> than the scans as well. This makes it impossible to compare things over >> the internet, since scans are all that we can show on the internet. You >> have to have the actual darkroom prints from negatives in your hands to >> see how good they can be. > > I don't think we can simply lump all "scans" into one category of quality. > When the digital work flow began to take over commercial photography and > graphic design > All my sheet film, roll film and 35 mm commercial work was drummed scanned. > I invested huge amounts of time and money into various scanners over a > period of nearly 10 years. > I was never able to achieve the quality of the drum scans. > Nor did I wish to become a "drum scanner" service bureau. > So the writing was clearly on the wall: > - shoot digital files - for commercial purposes. > - shoot digital files - for digital printing > - shoot film for analog printing > (or pay large amounts of money for drum scans) > > YMMV > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information