Digital BW, The Print

Forgot to mention - I use Silverfast on all the scanners.

js

-----Original Message-----
From: John Swain [mailto:john.swain@...] 
Sent: 15 August 2003 12:05
To: 'DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com'

Rick,

Your experience is the exact opposite of mine.  The main reason I changed
from the coolscans (LS-20 and LS-2000) was the lack of sharpness.  My
problem was the depth of focus with the coolscans.  My understanding is that
the coolscans use a low intensity light source therefore requiring a wide
aperture lens.  This results in a BIG difference in edge/centre sharpness as
the film is usually curved.

The coolscan manual focus allowed me to have sharp centre or sharp edges but
not both. I tried for many months to solve the problem, but could not.  I
have read of many with a similar experience.

It was a while ago so forgive my sketchy description.

Maybe they have now solved this problem with the LS40??

js

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Schiller [mailto:rschiller@...] 
Sent: 15 August 2003 07:49
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com

I just noticed this message, that someone was going to buy a Polaroid SS4000
for BW, I assume to scan traditional film and it will be the newer 4000+
model.

My experience with the original SS4000 was very disappointing.  I purchased
a refurbed demo directly from Polaroid and had to sell it in a month.
Previous to that I was using a low-end Canon 2720.  The Polaroid may have
had subtley better dmax; but, the 4000 dpi vs the 2700 dpi simply didn't
matter at all.   The most glaring imperfection of the Polaroid is the lack
of sharpness.  It was simply no sharper then the Canon 2720, which is/was a
basic 3.0 dmax/ 2700 dpi scanner.

I ended up buying a Nikon LS40, which has since dropped in price to a very
reasonable level.   The Nikon works much better in every respect to the
Polaroid SS4000 I had.   The newer Polaroid SS4000+ has higher dmax but the
same technology and I would not believe it to be any sharper then the
original one.   Also the negative holders in the Polaroid are a pain.
Loading a strip of negatives into the Nikon is a breeze, you don't even have
to put them into a holder unless they are very curled.

The Minolta scanners would probably be worth looking at also.

Rick
www.rickschiller.com




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