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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:01 pm
Post subject: Which film scanner for advanced amateur?
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:31 am
Post subject: Re: Which film scanner for advanced amateur? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> Does anybody have a recommendation between these two scanners?
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> Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II, 5400 dpi, 35mm, Film Scanner
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> Nikon Coolscan V ED, 4000 dpi, 35mm, Film Scanner
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> I shoot Nikon with film and digital, and I am inclined to believe that
> the Nikon product might be better. However, the KM product has some
> impressive specifications and some obviously exceed those of the Nikon
> product. Any experience out there that I might draw upon?
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Either one works very well. I feel (from tests people have done with
these) anything you try to get past 4000DPI is past the point of being of
much use from most film. I have the "big brother" LS8000 nikon scanner and
it does a great job with everything I've thrown at it and the nikon
software does a great job with color negative film (reversing it) and
dealing with the various orange masks used.I have no idea how well the
minolta software works though.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:40 pm
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:29 pm
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:41 pm
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:26 am
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Hans-Georg Michna wrote:
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> Another little problem is the lack of any sophistication when
> dealing with film that is not exactly in a plane. They should do
> multiple scans at different focal points and combine the results
> intelligently. That would take much more time but produce better
> results. I know of no scanner in this price range that does this
> though, even though it is only a software problem.
I would not even increase total scanning time that much, considering the fact
that you easily spend more time on post processing. On top of that, combining
slices from a through-focus series can also reduce noise and so would
alleviate the need for averaging, or multi-pass scanning as it is called.
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:47 pm
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:26:27 +0200, HvdV <nohanz.TakeThisOut@svi.nl> wrote:
>Hans-Georg Michna wrote:
>> Another little problem is the lack of any sophistication when
>> dealing with film that is not exactly in a plane. They should do
>> multiple scans at different focal points and combine the results
>> intelligently. That would take much more time but produce better
>> results. I know of no scanner in this price range that does this
>> though, even though it is only a software problem.
>I would not even increase total scanning time that much, considering the fact
>that you easily spend more time on post processing. On top of that, combining
>slices from a through-focus series can also reduce noise and so would
>alleviate the need for averaging, or multi-pass scanning as it is called.
Hans,
so we have an idea here. Who writes up the patent application?
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Hans-Georg
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:29 pm
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Hi Hans-Georg,
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>>I would not even increase total scanning time that much, considering the fact
>>that you easily spend more time on post processing. On top of that, combining
>>slices from a through-focus series can also reduce noise and so would
>>alleviate the need for averaging, or multi-pass scanning as it is called.
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> so we have an idea here. Who writes up the patent application?
> (
This is sort of standard practice in microscopy. But it seems that you can
get patents on rather obvious applications to other fields, though in fact a
scanner can be seen as a microscope. Still, with this public post, there is
now 'prior art' as I think it is called )
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