high end drum scans
high end drum scans
- Subject: high end drum scans
- From: Jack Bingham <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 08:40:25 -0400
- Organization: Jack Bingham Studio
Randy Wright at email@hidden <
mailto:email@hidden> wrote:
In my opinion, it is not the manner in which the film
is supported for scanning that distinguishes a drum
scanner from a flatbed.
Actually the film mounting system is a major advantage of a drum. By bending the film in one direction, around a cylinder it becomes perfectly flat. The distance from any point on the film to the center of the cylinder is exactly the same. You might recall all the problems with film flatness in enlargers, which would be the same problem with a flatbed scanner or all other ccd scanners. The brilliance of the flextight is by using that flexible carrier they created the convenience of a flatbed with the sharpness of a drum. No gels, no newton rings, no cleanup, no small feat.