Modified flabed question?

[Tony]

Hi,

Would it improve the sharpness for scanning 35mm slides on a flatbed
scanner to have a lightsource with condenser lens above it (like in an
enlarger. The light (just for a 35mm slide, you understand - not
something covering the whole bed) would then be colimated rather than
diffused.

It makes a lot of difference in enlargers. have any of you done such
experiments?

Just curious.

Cheers.

 

[Charlie]

Hi,

Would it improve the sharpness for scanning 35mm slides on a flatbed
scanner to have a lightsource with condenser lens above it (like in an
enlarger. The light (just for a 35mm slide, you understand - not
something covering the whole bed) would then be colimated rather than
diffused.

It makes a lot of difference in enlargers. have any of you done such
experiments?

Just curious.

Cheers.

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is still a pigskin purse. I've heard that you can make a really great
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