Here is an article about drum scanners and a discussion of the
differences between scans on a drum and a flat bed that were not that
different. I think consensus is that there is not much information on
film beyond 4000 dpi. So the differences are subtle.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/scanners/drum_scans.shtml
In addition drum scanners are very expensive and people end up paying a
service for a scan. I know Reichmann at Luminous Landscape said that he
felt he could get consistently better scans on an Imacon Flextite
himself that a drum scan done by an operator getting $15 per hour. May
be something to that.
Here he compares a Canon 1Ds image with a 6x7 drum scan that cost him
$300 and an Imacon scan he did himself.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/shootout.shtml
Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA
On May 21, 2004, at 7:17 PM, Bolty wrote:
> The one thing from a drum scanner that I think you will get is a
> slightly
> better edge to edge sharpness. I would be interested to see the
> differnce
> that you could achieve from a drum scan thou!
> Speeking of that!... Has anyone got an image to show the differnce
> from a
> drum scan and dedicted film scanner that they may have!... I saw the
> link
> that (I think) Moose posted with the differnce from a flat bed image
> from a
> print tothat of a dedicated film scanner! There was a big differnce
> there,
> so just curious on this one!
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