It's a Polaroid Sprintscan 4000. 4000dpi. Yes, I applied some unsharp
mask -- very little though. It's from a negative, Fuji 100 from the
WalMart, I think. Yes, I applied color correction -- usually just an
auto-level, but sometimes a little manual tweaking. Can't remember in this
case. As for the dynamic range of the scanner, Polaroid claims 3.4, but I
think they're conservative. Everything I have read says that the shadow
detail of the Polaroid is better than the Nikon LS2000, but Nikon claims a
higher Dmax.
Here's the specs:
http://www.polaroid.com/products/digital_imaging/scanners/ss4000/specs.html
For those considering this scanner, I STRONGLY suggest that you have an
adequate computer. In particular, enough memory and processing speed. My
P3-500 was adequate in processor, but it wasn't until I upgraded to 512MB
that editing this size image was acceptable. I could not, however, scan and
edit at the same time. Saving files took quite a long time too, in
Photoshop, I'd guess a minute or so.
I upgraded to a much faster computer (P4-1.7g, 512mb, 7200rpm drive) and it
is much easier to use. I can scan and edit at the same time and saves are 15
seconds or so. I'm adding a faster Ultra160 SCSI drive which should really
help.
Tom
Hi Tom,
I´m very interested in this topic. I´m going to scan some new
Ektachrome E100 VS slides with PhotoCD, but I´ve never seen such
stunning resolution. I´m downloading your big file, and I´d like
to know with scanner you have. Max resolution? Did you add unsharp
mask? Colour correction? Negative, slide? Dynamic range of the
scanner, etc...
Best regards,
Dave
pd: Truly superb snap!!!!
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