At 12:49 PM 4/04/01 EDT, Rich wrote:
...they ended up relenting and giving me a much better lens with
sufficient depth of field
This is an interesting statement. The only things that affects depth of
field
in a lens is its apeture or focal length. A 'much better lens' doesn't
necessarily
--- You wrote:
When I bought an expensive slide-projector about 10 years ago, I took it
straight back when it gave out of focus edges on curved slides. After some
argument, they ended up relenting and giving me a much better lens with
sufficient depth of field. It copes easily with flat and
So the question is, are the lenses in film scanners flat field, or are
they
slightly dished to accomodate film curvature? Or are some small apeture,
high
depth of field lenses working with more sensitive ccds.
Kodak and others used to make projection lenses with field curvature
designed
And so it should! If the new (and I gather old) 4000 dpi Nikons can't
handle a curved slide, there is no way I would consider them. I can just
imagine ripping all of my (and my client's) Kodachromes out of their mounts
before I scanned them. Oh what fun..
When I bought an expensive
Or can someone give me a really easy, quick and painless way of
transferring a piece of film from a glued cardboard mount into a glass
slide
Mark T.
For getting out of the cardboard pick up a Wess paper mount opener.
Should be available in any good camera store. Aside from being quicker
- Original Message -
From: Mark T. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 1:17 AM
Subject: RE: filmscanners:Focusing film flatness
And so it should! If the new (and I gather old) 4000 dpi Nikons
can't
handle a curved slide, there is no way I would consider them
