RE: filmscanners: LS4000 reboot problem

[Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>]

I've just started down the LS4000 road, and I have yet to do any side-by-side 
scans with the two scanners.  However - I have rescanned a couple of slides, 
and my first reaction is that believe the LS4000 is marginally sharper in the 
center (10%?), but degrades more in the corners, at least with the generic 
plasic slide mounts that my processor uses.  The corners are noticeably softer 
on-screen at Actual Pixels size, but the effect is not visible in 8.5x11 prints.

I saw a page on the net:
http://www.pytlowany.com/nikontest.html
that compares the results of using different mounts, and it looks like a 
remount of critical slides might be in order.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Entlich [mailto:artistic@ampsc.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:12 AM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: Re: filmscanners: LS4000 reboot problem


Paul,

I can't help on the firewire issue.

The question everyone is going to ask, so I might as well do so is:

Is the Nikon sharper than the SS4000, and if so by about what percentage?

Does the shallow DOF become an issue?  How bad is it, how does DOF 
compare to the SS4000, and have you found a simple solution to making 
DOF less of a problem (if it has become one)?

Art