On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Daniel Schwen lists@schwen.de wrote:
I asked on this list a few years about negative scanning. The topic's come up again at http://saveaussiemusic.org/ , so I wrote this up:
I have quite a bunch of slides myself. And I was wondering how the slide scanners stack up against photographing a projected slide. Dark room, high quality screen, camera on a tripod, manual white balance, exposure bracketing. This should give decent results with a good SLR. Unfortunately I don't have my slides accessible right now. Of course a dedicated scanner might offer a more streamlined workflow. Then again with a wire remote there are only two buttons to press per slide, camera and projector advance. The post processing could be pretty much automated (the static subject should make assembly of bracketed exposures trivial. The upside would be a probably much better reproduction of the slides' dynamic range. Any experiences here?
I have an old Relfecta scanner for films and slides. Example: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World%27s_lowest_point_(1971).jpg (no noise/scratch/etc filters applied)
Cheers, Magnus