On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Rob Brigham wrote:
> 1 Am I better to scan the negative or a print which has already had
> some enlargement?
> In the past I would have said better resolution from scanning the
> print, but this
> relies on the printer adjusting the way I want, and I would like to
> override that
> by scanning the neg myself.
In my experience, you are better off scanning from the negative with a
dedicated film scanner than scanning an enlarged print. The film scanner
will be able to resolve a wider range of intensities (pardon my
terminology) than is possible on a print.
I have not used a flatbed w/ transparency hood so I can't comment on
that.
> 2 Is this a reasonable neg scanner if anyone has used it? I want to
> be able to scan
> a 35mm negative, crop to say half the frame and still print decent
> A4 prints.
I had an HP Photosmart S20 for a few days. I was quite pleased with the
results. I could get it to work under NT 4.0 even though it is USB-only -
HP provides a special driver for NT. You might be able to find some good
deals on it now as it has been discontinued.
I'm thinking of getting either the Acer ScanWit 2720S (SCSI) or the new
Minolta Scan Dual II (USB).
> 3 Is there anywhere on the web which reviews scanners from a quality
> rather than
> features point of view? I find reviews from the computing
> fraternity are not so
> demanding as those from the photographic community.
Try http://www.imaging-resource.com
Regards,
Gerald
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