A good scanner makes a huge difference. I have the Coolscan 8000ED and I
feel the same way John does. Look at the color photos here:
http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/road-to-indiana/index.p
hp
I have NEVER succeeded in getting this level of quality from any digital
camera, ever. These were shot on Ektachrome E100GX in a Mamiya 645.
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On 10/1/10 8:53 PM, "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Maybe I need a Coolscan 9000. My scanned film images elicit no
> overwhelming desire to go back to film. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 10/1/2010 3:46 PM, John Hudson wrote:
>> I am in need of a reality check !
>>
>> I have spent many hours this week using a Nikon 9000 Coolscan to scan
>> numerous 35mm slides [K25 and K64] and colour negatives [Portra NC and VC]
>> at high resolution with digital ICE set at normal and saving in TIFF format.
>>
>> All slides and negs were exposed using a Leica M or OM4T.
>>
>> Most, if not all, of the on-screen slide and neg scans seem to have a deeper
>> and richer visual ambience than any digital images generated by my E3 and
>> 12-60 lens.
>>
>> Do I need to get my eyes checked or is what I am sensing quite rational and
>> to be expected ?
>>
>> If the latter, I might be drawn back to film again.
>>
>> jh
>>
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