The length of time it takes to scan a document is solely dependent on and proportional to the dpi setting and the size of the document, it would not take anywhere near the highest dpi settings to match an optical method of duplication IMHO and if you wanted the highest possible quality, a scanner could exceed any optical/camera method on large ( 5x7, 8x10 ) documents.
JC O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom" - Thomas Jefferson -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 3:27 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K20D as Scanner I've done the same thing, Ken. It takes so long to scan a print or negative on a scanner, but I've used (for general use - family photos, etc) setting a print or Polaroid print on the bed of a copy stand; a tripod and an old glass contact print frame; an old Saunders contact sheet frame with the plastic torn off and Goo Gone cleaned (whew!). These options take much less than a minute per setup, shot RAW, minor corrections in Aperture, and I've been very pleased with the results, from those Polaroids to 100 year old deckled edge prints. On May 21, 2009, at 21:38 , Ken Waller wrote: > The whole point was I wasn't going to purchase a flatbed scanner for > a few prints! These reproductions totally exceeded my expectations. > > It would be interesting to see how these digital images from my K20D > compare to those from a scanner. Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
