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Re: [OM] Digital Range

Subject: Re: [OM] Digital Range
From: "Bruce Appelbaum" <brucea@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 15:29:51 -0400
I think what you are seeing is not so much that the scanner isn't capturing
the range but that the laptop display is not capable of displaying it.

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Regards

Bruce Appelbaum
Yorktown Heights, New York


----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Chuck Norcutt" <norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 3:23 PM
Subject: [OM] Digital Range


> I have been setting up a slide show to be displayed on a laptop and
> have given my Minolta Dimage Scan Dual its first real workout. I am
> shocked! Although the resolution is OK, it will not come close to
> capturing the exposure range of an OM exposure on Fuji film. If
> everything is evenly sunlit, it is OK.  However, forget about
> anything taken in the open shade, especially if there is a portion of
> the image in the sunlight. The slide may look great on the light
> table, but there is no way I can get a decent digital image out of
> the scanner.
>
> Is this just what I should expect from a bargain scanner or is this
> an occurrence with anything less than a drum scanner? Or is it me?
>
> Winsor
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> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California, USA
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