[filmscanners] Re: CS 5000 ED vs. Minolta ???

["Berry Ives" <yvesberia@earthlink.net>]

Since I have the Coolscan V ED, all this makes me glad I'm not shooting
slides.  I assume my scanner would have the same issue as the CS 5000.
Someday I'll probably get some of my old slides out and scan them, though.
And now I know that if I discover one that has edge softness I can't stand,
to remount it and try to get it flatter. If that fails, I might rephotograph
it with my slide copier, using very bright light, shooting with negative
film, and then scan that.

Berry



On 6/24/05 4:10 AM, "Arthur Entlich" <artistik@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Oh well, back to this again...
>
> The problem, as you stated, is depth of field.  The answer has been cold
> cathode lighting which can be rather bright.  I had both a Minota Dimage
> Scan II and I stilll have a SS4000 Polaroid, and with both, one needed a
> rather badly warped film to have focusing problems.  I never have needed
> to use glass carriers or special mounts to get good sharp images across
> the full surface.
>
>
> The problem has been and continues to be use of LED lighting sources,
> which do not have adequate light output to use stopped down apertures.
>
> Art
>
>
>
>
> wbgilloolyjr@charter.net wrote:
>
>> The truth is you shouldn't be trying to scan slides in their original
>> cardboard mounts.  They should be either remounted in glass or a high
>> quality glassless mount (Wess or Gepe) that will hold the film flat.
>>
>> No amount of autofocusing is ever going to bring the center and the
>> edges into optimal focus if the film isn't flat.
>>
>> If the lights on these scanners were brighter, the lens could use a
>> smaller aperture which would help, but that's the realm of professional
>> scanners.
>>
>> Mr. Bill
>>
>>
>> Laurie Solomon wrote:
>>
>>> So Mike what you are saying is that unless the Nikon has a manual focus like
>>> the Minolta does the problem is not correctable with the Nikon scanner but
>>> is correctable with the Minolta; but both scanners have the problem under
>>> the autofocus option.
>>
>>
>>
>
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