RE: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED

[Raphael Bustin]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Lynn Allen wrote:

> It's clear to me that ICE "nailed" a couple of dust motes in the bottle 
> lettering, and that the Nikon scan is marginally sharper. But if the theme 
> is "Italy," the warmer tones of the SprintScan come closest (even if the 
> original didn't). This, of course, is "happy accident"--if the theme were 
> "Yelow Knife, Canada," the roles might be reversed. :-)
> 
> As Lawrence said on his site, the judgement is largly subjective, and so 
> it's your call.


The only objective, meaningful comparison here 
is -- maybe -- the sharpness.

Even here it's quite possible that a small 
difference in tonality, in just the right 
place, could account for the apparent difference 
in sharpness of the close-up views.

In any case, since I'm still hanging in with 
the filmscanner that Lawrence just ditched, 
it's a relief to see that the 8000 is well 
matched to the LS-120, at least as far as 
this comparison goes.


rafe b.