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Re: [OM] Loupe / slide film question

Subject: Re: [OM] Loupe / slide film question
From: Andrew Dacey <frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 13:19:55 -0400
On 1/1/02 12:06 PM, "Dorothée Rapp" <om@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Albert,
> 
> I use vuescan with the Acer and do batch scans of 5 or 6 slides
> (unmounted) or negs at full resolution but reduced size.
> Velvia works fine if you like really saturated colours; of course there
> will always be a loss of detail in the dark parts unless your scanner
> does about 8000 dpi ;)

Actually, the DPI of the scanner bears no relation to how well the the
scanner resolves shadow (or highlight) detail. That is a factor of the
dynamic range (or Dmax) of the scanner. Granted, most scanners that do 8000
dpi also have a very high Dmax!

-- 
Andrew "Frugal" Dacey
frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.tildefrugal.net/


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