I agree as well. We have a Umax Powerlock III in the lab and are using it as an intergral part of a piece of test equipment for measuring film resolution/MTFetc. Good choice
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Flatbeds for 6x6 negs. Hi, I'm happy with the Umax Powerlook III. I haven't had it for long, so don't take this as gospel. It feels like a solid machine and installation on the SCSI chain was a breeze. It allows me to do contact sheets quickly, and scan 2 1/4, 4x5, 5x7 and 8x10. The film holders look solid, the output quality and speed seem fine, but as I said, I just started with it, but if web output is all you need, then you should be definitely OK. The price of about $500 seems fair for the basic unit. Herb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 4:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Flatbeds for 6x6 negs. Hi, Apologies if this has been asked 1000 times before. I am looking for a flatbed scanner capable of scanning 6x6 negatives. It has already been explained to me that quality will not be as good as from a dedicated film scanner but I can only go for a flatbed (I can justify scanning images but not film). I have found an Epson Expression 1680 Pro and a Umax Powerlook III (does not seem as good). The budget is circa 1000 UKP (it can stretch but not to the price of a Umax Powerlook 3000). Other bits of info are that films are in strips of 3 negatives, the scanner would be connected to PC, and SCSI interface is preferred. The output - if used at all - will be put on the web so although the final quality may not be too high I would like to get as good an image as possible. Any advice or suggestions as to what other flatbeds may be available is welcome. Will the scanned images be any better than scanning 5x5 prints? Regards and TIA Charles ============================================== Charles Christacopoulos, Management Information Officer, Planning & Information Group, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom. Tel: 44(0)1382-344891. Fax: 44(0)1382-201604. http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
