On 25 Aug 2004 at 21:36, James B.Davis wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:25:01 +0200, "Willem-Jan Markerink"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to:
>
> >> They say colour negative film has a very large dynamic range but
> >> the problem was always getting that range to print.
> >
> >But, in scanning context: since it is recorded relatively dark, *and*
> > all colors packed closely together, you need a scanner just as good
> >as for the most contrasty slides to extract that data....this is
> >apparently what the Leafscan45 was quite good at & wanted for,
> >according to my lab (while I thought they would have preferred it for
> > the large Dmax in slide-context). Only it's slow speed made it
> >outdated....:))
> >
> >(or: for which other 15-year old scanner would LaserSoft consider
> >making a new SilverFast version for?(!)....:))
>
> Ya, which is why everyone loves digital cameras.
Fine, show me a small digital single-shot/snap-shot 120 degree
panorama-camera then....can even be 35mm-quality if you want to
cheat....;))
> Scanning sucks, and
> although a drum scan is a thing of beauty to behold, not many people
> have the 40,000 buckeroos to buy one :-)
Transferring an equivalent 5x12cm frame to memory in one go probably
sucks even more in todays R&D labs....;))
> I sure don't miss scanning. It bugs me to have to hook up the old flat
> bed to scan some paper copy. Maybe I should start shooting digital
> photos of any paper I need to scan...
I got myself an A3 scanner to scan magazine articles....;))
(and recently even Canon's 'The Impossible Image', but I am still
weary of copy-right issues....gotta kick some butt at the Kina, can't
have that document fade off into oblivion for silly copyright
crap....;((
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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