An interesting concept. Nice framing and composition. I can't help on the film scanner, although even a good flatbed with a photo adapter like an Epson 3200 is better than scanning from a bad print. Paul
> Hi, > I finally managed to scan some pictures. I wanted to share this one: > http://www.vollholz.de/bilder/peso/winterspiel.jpg > > It's more for the idea and the issue, technically it looks awful at the > moment. As I learned, my local lab does not scratch films, but in their > minilab any material that isn't digital is first scanned and then > printed from the scan input. I looked at the print with a loupe, fine > details show artifacts and halos. contrast is also annoying. So the scan > I made from the print was quite low in quality, I hop the neg is better. > > That makes me think of purchasing a film scanner, any recommendations? I > remember that somebody was using a minolta scan dual, I was thinking of > the version 4. That seems to be a compromise between price and image > quality. > > Thanks for looking and any comments, > pancho >

