RE: Film Scanner Questions

Thanks, all, for the scanner info. I didn't realize the flatbed film
scanners actually shine light through the film directly, and it makes sense
that bouncing light up through the film and back down, again, would result
in a degraded image. I may still play with it, though, to see if anything
"artistic" turns up. Since I don't shoot anything smaller than 8x10
(inches) anymore, I was looking for a cheap way to do big scans and get my
feet wet in the digital world.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryuji Suzuki [mailto:rs@silvergrain.org]
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 12:55 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Film Scanner Questions

I think the type of adapter you are talking about is very inexpensive
type that produces unacceptable results for anyone serious. Film
adapters for my flatbed are simply negative holder which is to be used
with a transparency unit (a light source) on top of the scanner.

I don't know owning a used drum scanner is a smart idea. Drun scanner
requires a lot of work to use. Plus, recent flatbed scanners are good
for LF films, and dedicated film scanners for MF and 35mm. A good MF
film scanner still costs $2k, though.

However, I noticed some time ago that the number of film scanners on
current production is far smaller than it once was.
Received on Sun Dec 18 15:54:06 2005