filmscanners: Nikon D1x and LS4000

2001-04-21 Thread Mikael Risedal
http://www.myalbum.ne.jp/cgi-bin/a_menu?id=fa215650 A Japanese photographer have done some tests with the new Nikon D1X camera and have also some pictures scanned by Nikon LS 4000 at 4000 ppi Look at pictures DSC_1126.jpg (D1X) and same picture LS4000.jpg. Here you can see that the ED

RE: filmscanners: Nikon D1x and LS4000

2001-04-21 Thread shAf
Mikael writes ... ... Conclusion; ED 4000 scanner resolution are not better then the Nikon D1X out at the sides and corner of the test pictures. (I think the camera have more resolution in some struktures) ... I have always been impressed with the D1, but never able to overcome

RE: filmscanners: Nikon D1x and LS4000

2001-04-21 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
Here you can see that the ED 4000 picture are sharper in the middle and not so sharp Hmm.. anyone know how similiar the optics are in the 8000ED? Perhaps it has a greater depth of field (hoping)? Ryan K. Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: filmscanners: Nikon D1x and LS4000

2001-04-21 Thread Douglas Landrum
ubject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon D1x and LS4000 Here you can see that the ED 4000 picture are sharper in the middle and not so sharp Hmm.. anyone know how similiar the optics are in the 8000ED? Perhaps it has a greater depth of field (hoping)? --

RE: filmscanners: Nikon D1x and LS4000

2001-04-21 Thread Steve Bye
No one seems to be commenting on the huge difference between these two images. Film does have a lot of resolution, but it also has a lot of grain. There is a smoothness and evenness of tone to the D1X that film doesn't come close to. I'd love to see two prints from these two images, printed

RE: filmscanners: Nikon D1x and LS4000

2001-04-21 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
larger than the D1x shot. From what I saw, the grain on the edges was pretty sharp with the LS-4000 shot. I noticed quite a bit of chromatic problems out at the edge, esp. at the upper right white building (had to be from the lens).Also, the typical overruns at the edge of the mount, that