Microtek M1 Scanner

[roderick]

Hi,

There is a review here where the author mentions Digital Ice:
<http://www.hasselbladinfo.com/discus/messages/10/38651.html>

There are some preliminary sample scans as well comparing them to a 848 Imacon.

Cheers,

Roderick


[QUOTE=But the one question I would like answered is about Digital Ice. When I look at any specification for the M1 the words Digital Ice are never mentioned as far as I can see. When I look at F1 specifications they state it is 'powered by Digital Ice Photo technology', whatever that means. Anyone else care to speculate what these words actually mean and if the M1 also has Digital Ice?[/QUOTE]

[Kirk Gittings]

We discussed that review at length above.

[hassiman]

I am VERY interested in how this turns out. Have a lot of MF to scan....

[Stefan]

I would love to see a large full res file from the M1 / F1 preferable unsharpened so that I can play with it myself :0)
For my own Canon 8800F review i use a free file sharing service that allow for 100mb uploads 4Shared

/Stefan

[Armin Seeholzer]

I'm quite shure he is not able to resolve more then my 750 because I'm happy with my 750 and its the first time I'm happy with a scanner!
Only the holders could be much better!
And if he is a tiny bit better noboby can see it at a 16x20 print from a 8x10 neg!

And what about the quality controll!
I used my first Epson for 10 Years my 2. one has now almost one year!

The next Epson wil be anyway better then the F1;--))))

Thats good for us user we always get a tiny bit better ones!

Cheers Armin

[Ted Harris]

Stefan,

As I replied to you privately 100mb is far from large enough for a a high res file from a 4x5 tranny ....

[highdesert]

Just for entertainment purposes, I've put a 100mb scan from my M1 pro on 4shared.com. Just follow this link:

http://www.4shared.com/dir/5017521/a...2/sharing.html

It is a crop from a 4x5 transparency (Velvia), scanned at 2400 dpi, no sharpening. I used the auto levels feature in Silverfast, which apparently blew out some highlights in the water. Bit depth is 48 scanned, down to 24 bit in the file.

The only thing I did in Photoshop was rotate the image 180degrees.

A caveat: I'm new to LF, but using a 3.6x loupe everything in the scanned area was reasonably sharp. In looking at the scan, I am wondering if I did not stop down enough however.

Another caveat: this is my first "real" scanner, so it is possible I didn't use the best workflow, Silverfast settings, etc.

As I said before, this is more for entertainment / discussion. I'll leave the real evaluation to the pros, and hope that they validate my purchasing decision

I'll try to post another "infotainment" scan in a day or two.

highdesert

[Greg_E]

OK, silly me.... How does a person download that file to be able to see it?

[highdesert]

OK, silly me.... How does a person download that file to be able to see it?

This is my first time using 4shared too... Did you try clicking the little symbol with the earth and a downward pointing arrow? It's at the bottom of the tif icon.

[pango]

Just for entertainment purposes, I've put a 100mb scan from my M1 pro on 4shared.com. Just follow this link:

http://www.4shared.com/dir/5017521/a...2/sharing.html
...
I'll try to post another "infotainment" scan in a day or two.

highdesert

Thanks a lot!

Apart of the blown highlights, the in focus part looks really good, more so, if you add a little bit of sharpening. Looks like the 2400ppi are for real.

Surely, for infotainment, people would appreciate a lot a 35mm image at 4800ppi ;-)