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[filmscanners] Re: Better DOF than Nikon?
Without trying to be cute, basically any of them. This is a problem
with the LED lighting system Nikon uses. The cold cathode tube lighting
used by most scanners is simply brighter and allows for the lens to be
closed down further, allowing for more depth of field.
Art
Paul D. DeRocco wrote:
> My LS-2000 finally died, so I'm in the market for a replacement. However, I
> have tons of slides that survived a fire, and that have nasty curls to them,
> and the Nikon never did a good job on them anyway, due to its shallow DOF. I
> tried glass mounts, and got Newton rings, so I tried anti-Newton glass
> mounts, and got visible grain. What scanners in the $1000 range have greater
> DOF than the Nikon?
>
> --
>
> Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com
>
>
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