On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 01:12 pm, Richard Kenward wrote:
Bob has made some good points. Whilst I have not used the ICG machines, I suspect that the real speed of throughput will be rather dependent on using their special customised easy load drum. Am I am right in saying these are made for one particular film size...35mm? For other sizes or a mixture you are into the normal drum scanner mounting techniques.Dear Richard
The ideal ICG drum is the one you just put any size trannies in a kind of slot next to the inside of the drum. You can mix any size in a batch. Putting them in and taking them out is very quick compared to lining them up in a Flextight holder. The light evaporating oil then spins up the inside of the drum by centrifugal force. When removed the oil evaporates instantly from the film. Its a bit like clear meths. The big advantage is that time is saved cleaning the trannies after scanning.
Will you notice the difference on poor quality repro. in editorial magazine pictures? In all honesty I very much doubt it!!
With double page glossy spreads I reckon I can see a difference. The biggest difference in hi-end scans IMHO is the attitude of the operator towards grain sharpness. I prefer sharp grain but many seem to like the scan to be a bit soft for on-the-fly USM sharpening.
Yours
Bob
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