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Subject: [OM] Scanner comparison
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 18:37:05 +0100
Yesterday, I received the MF film holders for my Epson flatbed from 
betterscanning.com. They are better than the standard ones because they include 
T-locks to keep the film flatter. 

A couple of weeks ago Michiel had kindly offered to scan one of my 6x9 
negatives with his Minolta MF film scanner. So now I have 3 versions of the 
same negative, one scanned with the Epson and its standard holders, one with 
the new and improved holders, and one with the Minolta MF film scanner. The 
comparison is here:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/scanner/

If you click on the little rectangles, you will see a reasonably big image 
(2000 pixels on the long side), so you should be able to judge the image 
quality. All three scans have received the identical amount of unsharp masking 
in Photoshop.

My own conclusion is that the film scanner delivers slightly more sharpness but 
the Epson more than holds its own when it comes to dynamic range.

FWIW, YMMV and all that.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA







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