> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Scott > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 1:29 PM > To: EOS list > Subject: RE: EOS Off Topic - Flatbed vs Film Scanners > > > >Flatbeds are really bad film scanners. Use the scanner that is > appropriate > >for the media, flatbeds for paper, FILM scanners for FILM. > > > This statement needs to be qualified. It might have been true for > consumer scanners (though some of the latest flatbeds give very good > results). However, commercial and professional users have been scanning > film with high-end flatbed scanners for many years. > > > Robert Scott >
Hi Robert, The original poster was asking about a Canon 8000F scanner (a consumer model without a doubt), so I replied with my own experience with a several consumer flatbeds. The resulting poor quality files from the flatbeds with film adapters caused me to make the jump to a good consumer film scanner (Polaroid SS4000), several years ago. While the SS4000 is older now its color and noise levels are still quite good, good enough that unless I'm shooting medium format I simply scan the film in house. Some of my Polaroid SS4000 scans have appeared in both German and Japanese large format magazines, on US and Japanese CD covers and liners, in American annual reports and publicity photos. On another note; most of the high-end digital houses here in the LA area are using drum scanners for serious scanning, mostly from Howteks and Heidelbergs. Yes they have dynamic range and resolution that is significantly beyond what any consumer scanner can produce and very large paper prints from these scans are simply amazing when output on a Lightjet. But the cost of half a dozen good scans from the Howtek paid for the SS4000. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
