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Re: [OM] What Scanners are being used?

Subject: Re: [OM] What Scanners are being used?
From: "Ron Spolarich" <caesar2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 14:34:39 -0500
To Wayne Shumaker:

Thanks for the input!  I just returned from the Hunt's Photo show (Boston
for those unfamiliar with this message.) and did not make any purchases.  In
fact I was a bit disappointed.  The Olympus booth was a sad sight to say the
least compared to the Nikon and Canon phalanx!  Sheesh!

What really bugged me were the prices quoted for Olympus SLR lenses.  The
agent stated "100ver."  So I'm thinking to myself ... "over what?"  For
the 21mm F2.0, quoted price was $1049.  The 100ver sure wasn't at cost!

I guess I'm too used to internet and computer show prices!  B&H has the
lense at $939 BTW.  I'll have to continue my search for quality USED
equipment elsewhere.

caesar2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Ron & Mary Spolarich
www.mscollectibles.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne Shumaker <wayne@xxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] What Scanners are being used?


> At 05:35 PM 11/4/1999 -0500, Ron wrote:
>
> >My question is: What photo scanners are members of the list using to
> >scan their 35mm negs or positives? I'm going to be attending Hunt
> >Photo's 23rd annual trade show tomorrow here in Bean town, USA,
> >(Boston) and will probably be making a purchase so hurry up and
> >respond!!
>
> Ron, I may get to the show, take off early from work. I recently got
> the Nikon LS-2000. Compared to other scanners I have seen, the
> automatic color correction is very good, having tried a number of
> different negatives (and slides). As with all scanners, the full scale
> dynamic range (density) is the limiting thing on most scanners. The
> LS-2000 will clip on some areas.
>
> ON scanning in general and dynamic range clipping: One interesting
> phenomenon I have observed in a recent sunset slide I scanned is that
> the individual colors may start to clip in different parts of the
> photograph, such that you will get color contours. For example, around
> the sun, the red would start to clip, leaving blue and green, which
> produces a very pronounced yellow. The effect to the eye is seen as
> color shifting. You can see an example at:
>
> http://users.tp.net/wayne/
>
> I'm just now getting around to starting a web page, so bare with me
> while I figure things out.
>
> Overall, I like the LS-2000. When the density range gets to 4.0, that
> would be great. The LS-2000 is suppose to be 3.6, but I think 3.4 is
> more realistic. The pixel density only matters in very large blow-ups.
> The density range is the most important, in my opinion.
>
> Wayne
> Hopkinton, MA
>
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