Jeff Keller wrote:
> Sales of film scanners won't increase as film sales drop ... I suspect
> flat bed scanners will continue to improve but the dedicated film
> scanner will quickly become history.
Another direction this might go - If you didn't check the link in the
other thread
<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Scan/MOM01_02-Cmp.htm>. Which
image would you pick as a better "scan"?
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Looks pretty good to me for a full pixel sample. Wish I had something
> as good of my own mother. The only similar thing I have is a small B&W
> print of her and my father in uniform which I would guess was also taken
> in 1942.
>
I only posted that one 'cause it was one of the couple of slides in the
cache. We already had plenty of decent to good photos of mom from the
time the family started with me. What was unexpected is some casual
shots from earlier times. Mom and Dad at various places. And one set of
them and friends having a terrific time at the beach, Santa Cruz, we
think. I'll post a couple when scanned.
> Is this re-photography?
Indeed it is, although I'm not familiar with the term. And I suppose
Scanning is re-photography in a sense - light, lens, sensor/film.
> ...... I've been planning to do some experiments
> along those lines using the 5D .... The 50/3.5 and slide duplicator
> looked much better but I think can do better yet with careful setup and
> focusing. I also have a slide duplicator for the OM bellows but it's a
> bit awkward to use on the Canyon.
>
I just picked up an Auto 80/4 and slide duplicator for the OM bellows
from Bill. His post of those items led me to follow up on a thought I've
had about how to deal with the many old film images that are very time
and space consuming to scan. Quick calculation shows that a FF copy of a
35 mm frame on the 5D is equivalent to about 3000 dpi, slightly higher
than the 2700 of my first film scanner. For older film, I've thought
that more than about that would mostly just enlarge the grain further,
without capturing any more detail.
So my little sample comparison is 5D, bellows, 80/4 and slide duplicator
vs. FS4000 film scanner, although not necessarily in that order. ;-)
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