Re: Scan Backs
Re: Scan Backs
- Subject: Re: Scan Backs
- From: Andrew Rodney <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:40:45 -0600
on 7/17/02 6:57 PM, Dick Busher at email@hidden wrote:
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I have not yet seen digital capture files from any device equal the quality
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from
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4x5 transparencies + a drum scan. Scans from 8 x 10's should be even more
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impressive.
If you go to www.digitaldog.net, there should be an article archived there I
did a good 3 years ago (Film vs. Digital) where I shot with a Betterlight
back and 4x5 film (scanned on you guessed it, a ScanMate 5000). The Scan
back just blew the scanned film out of the water. Way more tonal range (13
stops), no grain, vastly superior quality. Yes, it did take about 1 minute
or so to capture the image on the scan back (thank god nothing was moving).
But if you're talking strictly quality, scanned film simply can't hold a
candle to good scan back. I have the high rez files which in Photoshop at
100% view is far more impressive than what you see in print. Shoot me an
email with an address and I'll burn you a CD to see for yourself.
A good scan back can capture vastly more tonal information than any film can
capture. If you can't get it on the film, you can't scan it no matter how
good a scanner you have.
Andrew Rodney
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