At 06:24 AM 11/22/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>At 11:58 PM 11/21/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>I've been reading some threads about inexpensive desktop scanneres and
>>just wanted to add a note about trans film. Presently I'm using a
>>Minolta Quick Scan 35 Plus at home and we have a Poloroid Sprint Scan
>>Plus and a couple of 4000's in my studio. There are two of us who
>>continuously use the scanners in the studio. (another partner had a
>>Nikon 2000 but he left and took it with him). Ok, this is what we have
>>dicovered in our own independent analysis. None of our scanners
>>(including a UMAX Powerlook III flatbed) can scan Fuji Provia
>>(especailly at a half stop under!) nor do they work well with Fuji
>>Velvia. We asked some other photograhers and recived the same
>>independent analysis.
>
>Bizarre. I've scanned both Provia and Velvia (the former at as much as a
stop under-exposed) on my SprintScan 4000, and I've never noticed any
problems. A number of the scans I have up in my sub-section of the Olympus
Gallery are on Velvia or Provia.
>
>Garth
>
Garth, I agree with you. With my lowly LS-20, I scan Provia with very
little trouble, even inherently difficult, shadowy images (although
admittedly I occasionally have to do PS tricks to eliminate some noise).
Velvia is OK too, although I don't shoot much of it.
Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA
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