OT: of scanners and resolution things...

FuTz wrote on 12/1/2005, 9:38 AM

Out of curiosity: how's the quality nowadays for scanning negatives/slides nowadays with flatbed scanners ?
I know it won't beat 4000 lines scanners made specifically for this purpose, but if I want to go , let's say, 8"x10" *decent* pics (I sure don't mean top quality but something ok) , do some of you have some hands on experience/comments with these scanners?

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boomhower wrote on 12/1/2005, 9:55 AM

Take a look at this

http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=414263

I'm very happy with my Epson....

Keith

edit: I haven't tried going from neg to 8x10 - the settings are there. The Epson I have has a "pro" mode that lets you tweak until you are happy or a "standard" mode that just scans away based on internal factory settings. Will try it today and let you know how it comes out.

JJKizak wrote on 12/1/2005, 10:06 AM

Before you blow up a slide to 8 x 10 the slide has to be in very good focus. Then 1200 dpi is more than enough. Be prepared to process the scanned image for dust, scrapes, fingerprints, washed out center due to bulb heat, blue decay marks, low contrast, low gamma, low color saturation, crop out round corners, and color balance for different film emulsions with a standalone application such as Adobe Photoshop.

JJK

farss wrote on 12/1/2005, 11:41 AM

Get a Nikon 5000 with ICE and save yourself a lot of trouble, if you can't justify the expense get someone with that sort of kit to do the job for you. If you've got a LOT of slides, Nikons expensive slide feeder is very cheap.
Bob.