Reccomendations please, from those who have actually had color neg scans done on a Tango, for a provider.
Several places have the Tango, but I am looking for an operator with experience with scanning color neg.
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Reccomendations please, from those who have actually had color neg scans done on a Tango, for a provider.
Several places have the Tango, but I am looking for an operator with experience with scanning color neg.
I have ordered from West Coast Imaging. Terrific Tango scans.
Best
Joe
Dan Burke used to be considered the master.
http://www.dannyburk.com/drum_scanni...ative_film.htm
http://www.dannyburk.com/drum_scanning.htm
I am just curious why you would want recommendations for color negative scans on the Tango? A number of other scanners, Howtek 4500, 6500 and 7500 for example, have smaller apertures and are able to scan at higher effective resolution than the Tango.
Sandy King
Ron, I'm a drum scanning provider who specializes in LF negatives, color and B&W. But I don't use a Tango, I use an Optronics ColorGetter 3 Pro. The ColorGetters have excellent negative-friendly software which is reportedly not true of the Heidelbergs. The Tango also has a fixed 11 micron aperture which makes it of limited use for big fine art enlargements. Those two things contributed to my buying a ColorGetter instead. I love negative films and like making big enlargements from my 5x4 negatives, what can I say? :D
If I can help you, please let me know.
Ron,
I am a twenty-five year veteran drum scan provider operating a Heidelberg Tango/Primescan. I would be willing to discuss the finer point of scanning negatives. Contact me off line and we can talk about your needs.
Regards,
Jim
www.jamesbeckdigital.com
Ron,
PM sent
Jim
Actually you can change the aperture size on the tango, and the smallest aperture is 10 microns.
I have used a DPL8000 with negative films and I saw no advantage to using apertures smaller then 10 microns. In fact, I would say that 10 microns it too small for color negative films. Also I found out that image quality is improved when you scan at a higher resolution then the one that corresponds to your selected aperture. This is due to the stochastic nature of film.