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Re: [Digital BW] B&W Scanning Quality

2007-12-23 by Brian Mikiten

The nikon hasn't changed in years. I just got one at $1800 plus $400  
for a fluid mount.

Brian

On Dec 23, 2007, at 2:25 PM, AnnMarie Tornabene wrote:

> Harry -
>
> That actually makes a lot of sense. I haven't researched dedicated
> film scanners in a long time. Maybe I should look into it again,
> providing prices have dropped....
>
>
> AnnMarie
>
> AnnMarie Tornabene
> www.annmarietornabene.net
>
> On Dec 23, 2007, at 2:51 PM, Harry Lockwood wrote:
>
>> With a ³high end² Nikon scanner at 4000 ppi, that should not have
>> happened.
>> I suspect they did the scans with some auto levels or curves or the
>> like. I
>> get excellent B&W scans from my Nikon 4000 ED, and then do post
>> processing,
>> not preprocessing.
>

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