Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-18 Thread David
Hey Tom!!! Are you from the Olympus Mailing List? ;-) I think the same as you, and I´ve decided to increase my OM gear and buy the LS-4000. I think tomorrow or in a few days I´ll have it. I think that is a real pity to jump to digital market and waste money with new lenses. Next year (new 5.5 mpi

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-18 Thread David
t; > >From: "Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X > >Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 20:30:30 +0200 > > > >Steve writes: > >

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Johnny writes: > you mean like those massive, unwieldy, > boat-anchor-like Leica-M lenses? They are smaller because they are closer to the film.

RE: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Austin Franklin
> > > There is one good thing about that tough. The CCD require that the > > rays > > > come in at 90 degrees. > > > > No they don't. Different CCDs and different CCD designs have > > different > > acceptable angles. It is true that with wide angle lenses, you do > > get > > falloff at the edges

RE: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Robert Meier
--- Austin Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is one good thing about that tough. The CCD require that the > rays > > come in at 90 degrees. > > No they don't. Different CCDs and different CCD designs have > different > acceptable angles. It is true that with wide angle lenses, y

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Johnny Deadman
on 9/17/01 5:47 PM, Anthony Atkielski at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good lenses are already bigger, heavier, and more expensive. you mean like those massive, unwieldy, boat-anchor-like Leica-M lenses? (I will grant you they are expensive) -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com

RE: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Austin Franklin
> There is one good thing about that tough. The CCD require that the rays > come in at 90 degrees. No they don't. Different CCDs and different CCD designs have different acceptable angles. It is true that with wide angle lenses, you do get falloff at the edges, and it is probably worse than fi

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Anthony Atkielski
CTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 19:10 Subject: Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X > A lens are sharper in the middle, I suggest that you go tohttp://www > Photodo.com > MTF tests of lenses by Lars Kjellberg or read

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Paul writes: > Let me guess. They'd be bigger, heavier and > more expensive? Good lenses are already bigger, heavier, and more expensive.

RE: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Paul Chefurka
per" as in higher resolution matters at all - at least at the current state of the art. Paul -Original Message- From: Anthony Atkielski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 2:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X Steve

RE: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Shough, Dean
> There is one good thing about that tough. The CCD require that the rays > come in at 90 degrees. Especially with a wide angle lens the exposure > rate would depend on the distance from the middle point. I have to > admit that I don't know how bad that effect is, though. Also I believe > that len

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Mikael Risedal
>From: "Mikael Risedal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X >Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:10:55 (Answer 2 same question as before, but the right adress to Photodo. A lens are s

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Mikael Risedal
; >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X >Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 20:30:30 +0200 > >Steve writes: > > > But you do have the advantage that the centre is > > invariably sharper, often much sharper, than th

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Steve writes: > But you do have the advantage that the centre is > invariably sharper, often much sharper, than the edge. If that is such an advantage, why hasn't anyone designed lenses for 24x36 that cover a much larger area than the film frame? The same logic would apply.

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Steve Greenbank
- Original Message - From: "Steve Greenbank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 6:26 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X > > - Original Message - > From: "Robert Meier" &l

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Mikael Risedal
it will hit the shelves in December at a price of 50,000 Francs (approx. 7,600 EUR) Read more at http://www.steves-digicams.com/diginews.html#eosd1 Mikael Risedal >From: "Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Steve Greenbank
- Original Message - From: "Robert Meier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 5:47 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X > Or another way to look at it is that you just crop the inner part of a > 35mm fr

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Tom Scales
And a fine lens it is, as are my Olympus 16/3.5 and 18/3.5 and the other couple dozen Zuikos I own Now if I could just find that digital OM back. Tom From: "bob geoghegan" > Olympus has made a 21/2 since the '80s. Just don't ask me what digital > body will take it. > > Agreed on the general p

RE: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread bob geoghegan
om: Pat Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:06 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X > > >Keep in mind that just because a sensor is smaller >than 24x36mm doesn't make your lenses obsolete. It >make

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Robert Meier
--- Pat Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keep in mind that just because a sensor is smaller > than 24x36mm doesn't make your lenses obsolete. It > makes them telephoto, and comparatively high speed at > that. The 200 f2.8 might end up a 300 2.8, which can > costs thousands of dollars. It is all

RE: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Paul Chefurka
a moment before. Until then, Provia 400F and an LS-4000 rule. Paul -Original Message- From: Pat Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X Keep in mind that just because a sensor is small

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Pat writes: > Keep in mind that just because a sensor is smaller > than 24x36mm doesn't make your lenses obsolete. > It makes them telephoto ... Same thing. I don't need a closet full of telephoto lenses. > If I were a sports or nature photographer, I > think I'd be in hog heaven with the magn

RE: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread shAf
Pat writes ... > Keep in mind that just because a sensor is smaller > than 24x36mm doesn't make your lenses obsolete. It > makes them telephoto, ... I think a better description of how a small CCD uses a 35mm lens, is "as if you used a 'doubler' or 'tripler'" with the lens. What you get is th

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-17 Thread Pat Perez
Keep in mind that just because a sensor is smaller than 24x36mm doesn't make your lenses obsolete. It makes them telephoto, and comparatively high speed at that. The 200 f2.8 might end up a 300 2.8, which can costs thousands of dollars. It is all in how one lloks at it. If I were a sports or natur

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-16 Thread Anthony Atkielski
John writes: > The REAL point of getting a 24x36 chip is to > make your 35mm lenses be what they're supposed > to be. Not some inbetween angle of view as the > digital cameras of today are. Yes, and until I see that chip, I don't have much motivation to move to digital. Not when it makes all my

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-16 Thread John Straus
The REAL point of getting a 24x36 chip is to make your 35mm lenses be what they're supposed to be. Not some inbetween angle of view as the digital cameras of today are. -- John Chicago, IL === on 9/16/01 9:09 AM, Mikael Risedal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The resolution from 24 x 36

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-16 Thread Mikael Risedal
Risedal >From: "Anthony Atkielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X >Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 13:59:31 +0200 > >Mikael writes: > > > The scanner Ls4000 an

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-16 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Mikael writes: > The scanner Ls4000 and negative or positive film > are inferior to the D1x file regarding colors, > smoothness .cleanness and information (above 100ISO > film) The "above 100 ISO" is quite a significant qualifier. What about photos at 100 ISO and below? I hardly ever shoot _a

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-15 Thread John Straus
I'd have to agree even from the samples on the net. The new crop of Pro Digital bodies are giving great resuts @ their 400 iso setting. I thought film, at least for me, would hang on a little longer but I don't know about that now. Maybe another year or two till the used market gets some good digi

Re: filmscanners: NIKON LS 4000 AND D1X

2001-09-15 Thread Mark T.
At 11:31 PM 15/09/01 +, Mikael wrote: >MY CONCLUSION IS >The history ends here for me regarding using 24 x 36 mm film and Nikon >Ls4000 scanner. >...The Nikon D1 x produce remarkable clean pictures comparing to film. >What's around the corner? Umm, one that I can afford? :) I'll give