Ted, your figures are about right. We spend a lot of time worrying about sharpness of lenses, film alignment, etc, but then the trend seems to be to cut corners at the final stage. My call is for...
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Ted, your figures are about right. We spend a lot of time worrying about sharpness of lenses, film alignment, etc, but then the trend seems to be to cut corners at the final stage. My call is for...
I think its a slightly rosier picture, Ted. First, the newer Epson's (4990, 750), are, with tweaking, capable of very good results. Also you can now pick up a used drum scanner for not much money. ...
After nearly abadoning LF altogether as I mainly shoot digital capture, I replaced my 4x5 Wista VX with a Tachihara 8x10. I don't contact print, and never set foot in a darkroom these days, but use...
I looked at the Shen Hao, but I ended up buying the Tachihara because (a) it was less expensive and (b) another photographer strongly recommended the Tachihara to me. I have not been disappointed. ...
Its based on a Howtek drum scanner. Essentially Aztek have taken over Howtek's drum scanner business. It should be very good. I suggest you canvass more opinions on the ScanHi-End yahoo group...
Alain Briot is not abandoning LF for digital. Indeed he told me he was shocked by the difference in resolution between the 1Ds II and LF. He will continue to use both. He won't invest in a 22mp...
Morey,
I quite liked Silverfast with the Epson, but I saw more noise in the shadows with it than with either Vuescan or Epson software, and that affected the ability to sharpen. I reached the...
You don't say what difference, if any, using Silverfast with the Epson 4990 might have made. I have found limitations with the Epson software, and prefer using Vuescan.
In the earlier "First...
John, Kirk, everyone
Hello there. Johnny V mentioned the debate here about the Epson 4990. I am the guy who did the comparison test between a Howtek D4000 drum scanner and a new Epson 4990 .
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To Jim:
Is being able to tell it was generated by computer good or bad - you don't say :-)
But I was serious about dot free. I mean absolutely, totally, and completely free of any visible...
The B&W decision defies belief. I'm interested in the quality of the print. If a skilled photographer produes his work using a Giclee process, instead of a traditional darkroom, then his work...
I second the choices Wayne has mentioned. I recently purchased a used Howtek D4000 specifically to get high-end drum scanning on a budget (for more info on high end scanning, check out the Yahoo...
I have a Symmar-S 150mm F5,6 maked "SINAR". I assume this too may be a "selected lens"? It seems pretty sharp. -- Quentin