Portrait Versus Landscape For 35Mm - imacon Flextight Precision II Anwenderhandbuch

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Portrait Versus Landscape for 35mm

Portrait Versus Landscape for 35mm
The 35mm Þlm holder contains space for both a portrait and a land-
scape positioning, as shown in Figure 6. You can only use one of these
at a time. There are two options because, due to the orientation of the
light source and CCD inside the scanner, each of these two orientations
has slightly different properties.
¥ More light is allowed to pass in a landscape image because it is wide
in the same direction as the light source. This means that the scanner
can capture higher densities, which results in greater shadow detail.
However, the resolution when scanning in this orientation is limited
to 3200 dpi. If shadow details are more important than resolution,
then use the landscape (36x24) orientation (the top frame).
¥ In the portrait orientation, less light is able to pass through the origi-
nal, but the scanner is able to zoom to a higher resolution. Resolu-
tions of up to 5760 dpi are possible. If resolution (i.e. enlargement) is
more important than shadow details, then the portrait (24x36) orien-
tation (the bottom frame).
Figure 6: 35mm original holder
36x24, Landscape
Higher density,
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max. 3200 dpi
24x36, Portrait
Lower density,
max. 5760 dpi