Re: (FWD) Re: Got the specs: Dimage Scan Dual

[Michel Wurtz - LTE <mw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marcel Volkerts wrote:
> To me it seems that most people on the list that are
> ''into scanning'' scan the negatives instead of the
> prints. Why? Negs scanners are more expensive and even
> whn you want to digitally alter the image i think it's
> easiest to first make a 'real' print to roughly get what
> you want. Please explain why this, apparently, doesn't
> work.

I think that many scans are done from slide, which is IHMO far
better in term of color saturation, fidelity and repetitivity
than prints (filtering is mandatory, and always subjective).
I believe that if you are making a lot of scans (like the prepress
industry), this is also less expensive and quicker than making
a print first (in one hour, you can have first slide class development,
but only minute labs quality prints).

As a corollary, scanners for slide are often designed for "pros"...
and their price too !

Has anybody a cheap slide scanner to sale :-) ? I wish to send
some color IR images to the IR gallery, but...
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