Good points. I went with a Canon FS4000 and a Epson 1200, one for film and one for "reflective arts". The Espon is cheap (C$110 new) and effective. You don't need any higher res for printing arts.
One more practical problem of using flatbed for films: when you try the super high res on flatbed, the dust, finger prints, grime, etc. all show up. This is less a problem with film scanner which is easier to keep clean. Thanks, Francis -----Original Message----- From: Chip Louie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August 2, 2003 9:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: RE: EOS Off Topic - Flatbed vs Film Scanners Hi Jim, Yes, I've used several (5), flatbeds with film adapters and all of them had too low resolution (ppi and dynamic range, they ALL lie on the spec. sheets), with 35mm chromes to produce useful print images. None of the flatbeds I tested (using the 15-30 day exchange policy of most major electronics stores), came even close the old HP Photosmart film scanner and I wanted something better than what I started with. I kept buying and trying them until I gave up hope of finding one that would give me a good enough file to get the level of quality I wanted. I did wind up keeping an Epson flatbed but only use it for paper scans for which it works very well I might add. So I broke down and bought a better film scanner and have been very happy with the files I'm getting. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
