I don't know what the dmax for the LS-20 was, but for the Nikon LS-2000 it
is 3.6, while for the Polaroid Sprintscan it is a bit lower at 3.4
Chip Stratton
cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
> For me DMax is more important. I was able to get very acceptable
> 13x19 prints
> with 2700 ppi from a Nikon LS-20 simply by upsampling in
> Photoshop. With a
> couple images one would be very hard-pressed to tell the
> difference between
> this much older Nikon scanner and the mighty SS4000.
>
> But shadow detail was horrible with the LS-20. I'm absolutely
> sure that the
> LS-30 (not to mention LS-2000) is much much better, but I based
> my purchase
> mainly on the Polaroid's reputation for pulling the last measure
> of data from
> the shadows. It does this very well.
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