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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Rob C on March 23, 2016, 05:47:20 pm

Title: Good Ideas Department
Post by: Rob C on March 23, 2016, 05:47:20 pm
http://leicaphilia.com/leica-please-make-a-decent-high-speed-film-scanner/

Rob
Title: Re: Good Ideas Department
Post by: Robert Roaldi on March 23, 2016, 06:33:02 pm
Imagine how the archivists in libraries feel.

Wasn't there an article on LuLa a while back about using D-SLRs instead of dedicated scanners to digitize slides and negative film? That would be a bit quicker.
Title: Re: Good Ideas Department
Post by: GrahamBy on March 23, 2016, 06:47:47 pm
Actually, Leica make high-end scanners: they are for slices of tissue (ie bits of human tumour), so the resulting images can be shared among pathologists. The prices are jaw-dropping.

https://www.leicabiosystems.com/digital-pathology/aperio-digital-pathology-slide-scanners/
Title: Re: Good Ideas Department
Post by: Rob C on March 24, 2016, 05:20:04 am
Quote from: Robert Roaldi on March 23, 2016, 06:33:02 pm
Imagine how the archivists in libraries feel.

Wasn't there an article on LuLa a while back about using D-SLRs instead of dedicated scanners to digitize slides and negative film? That would be a bit quicker.


I've done that camersa-copying stuff for 6x6 with a D700; it's not much fun either, and problems are many, the two greatest being parallel surfaces and the inevitable reduction of the transparency/negative to a small square within a little 135 format - a bit self-defeating.

The author ¡s proposing/praying for a rapid system, as with the original, old scanner he bought. I have a dedicated film scanner (135 format) CanoScan FS 4000 US, and it takes an eternity. Actually, the problem is worse with black/white, where I always found it hard to know what I had without making contact sheets. Yes, contrast etc. is simple to see, but not expressions. If there was even a rapid form of scanning that produced a basic black/white print, as a rough proof only, that would be enough to remove one problem because then you could scan the negative chosen from the proof sheet properly on a quality scanner. I wonder if a cheap, office flatbed scanner could form the basis of this? I have an HP Deskjet 1510 letter printer that scans - never used that function - so perhaps a solution is right there under my nose and I just don't understand/realise it.

Rob
Title: Re: Good Ideas Department
Post by: GrahamBy on March 27, 2016, 04:40:41 pm
Quote from: Rob C on March 24, 2016, 05:20:04 am
I have a dedicated film scanner (135 format) CanoScan FS 4000 US, and it takes an eternity.

Ah yes, I can confirm. Resolution was wonderful, but sloooooow. I sold mine before leaving Oz.

I had a look recently and the cheapest flat-bed with an illuminated lid for neg scanning was the Epson V550. I think it's about US$160, but in Europe... FNAC have them for 190€, Amazon says 219€.