RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-23 Thread Ray McGuinness
Spencer: Last night I tried printing the helicopter picture at a higher resolution. The highest I could get with out resampling was 360 dpi. The print was a lot closer to the Fuji 370 print then before. In fact the print and the scan(Minolta Elite) looked quite similar now. So my original

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-22 Thread Ray McGuinness
Bob: I had an interesting experience the other day. I had a 35mm slide printed(8x10) by the Fuji Frontier 370 system. The Fuji system is apparently 5000 dpi and uses a laser to expose Fuji Crystal paper which is then chemically developed. The Fuji print was noticeably sharper(by unaided eye)

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-22 Thread Ray McGuinness
Spencer: Very hasty*, but the results were so surprising I couldn't help myself. The picture has a helicopter in it and I have been using it to evaluate the resolution of my scanners. There is some numbering on the side of the helicopter that is very easy to read on the transparency

Re: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-22 Thread Ray McGuinness
Tony; The Fuji 370 print prompted me to do some experimenting with the Epson 1270 printer settings. I found out the the dither patterns in the monotone areas of the print were much smoother when using High Quality(mono directional) then when using Bidirectional printing(Faster). I only could

RE: filmscanners: SS4000 and LS-2000 real value?

2001-01-22 Thread Ray McGuinness
Rob: Yes the Fuji just paints light on the Fuji Crystal paper with a laser. I guess I was just surprised at the quality of print available at a local fast photo place for $6(8x10). On the other hand comparing the two prints with eyeballs its hard to tell them apart with respect to