[sane-devel] OT: Scanning 6cm x 6cm Dias

Jose Paulo Moitinho de Almeida moitinho at civil.ist.utl.pt
Mon Feb 3 08:42:00 GMT 2003


On Sunday 02 February 2003 14:54, Jonathan Buzzard wrote:
> ...
> What I question is given you have used the high end expensive
> equipment to take the photographs, why you would then used a
> cheap flat bed scanner to scan them in. It just does not make
> any logical sense at all.
>
> If you can't afford the medium format negative scanner you would be
> better off with a 35mm camera and a good 35mm film scanner, rather
> than blowing all your money on a medium format camera which you then
> cannot afford a suitable film scanner for.
>

It won't always make sense, but it may do. 

I have a film scanner for 35mm film, but I also have a few old 6x6 negatives 
(when cheap machines used 120 film) that I want to scan. Nothing ultra 
special, just an honest computer copy. 

I have looked at the "real" large format film scanners and unfortunately I 
cannot afford one. So the alternative is getting a cheap flatbed capable with 
a "photo" adaptor.

Ze Paulo




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