Norman Carver wrote:
Peter,
Re your query on copying:
I used the holder that came with the Nikon 8000 --not perfect but workable
I set it vertically in a small aluminum channel, with emulsion (dull)
side towards camera.
Behind this is curved white paper lit by two electronic flash at
Norm Carver wrote:
Since I have hundreds of 6x6 negs and color to digitize and am frustated by
the slowness of film scanners in general I have recently begun copying negs
with my new Canon 5D-II (22 meg).
After some comparitive tests with 4000dpi scans on the Nikon 8000 I can say
the
I'm just impressed you could get the Mark II. It is alway
s backordered when I check the usual suspects (BH, etc.)
That is the body that will get me to give up film. That,
and I can't get quick turn E-6 anymore.
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From: Norm Carver
Sender: filmscanners_o
It is hard to say if you are delusional or not since you have failed to give
us enough data to say if the two are comparable or if they are apples and
oranges. You say you were comparing 400o dpi scans on a Nikon 8000 film
scanner of 6x6 negatives (were the ones used for the comparison color or
It was not I who posed the question, So am I delusional according
died-in-the-wool scanners? in my post or who made a point of noting that
they grounded their question in the comparative findings based on an
empirical test situation. I was merely suggesting the sorts of
clarifications and
