Boris.
My reply earlier to you went missing.I tried Veuscan trial version
last night and it looks like it might work well with the
2450(35 mm B&W and Colour looked ok.
It scanned about the same time lenght as Epson software,but Epson
tneds to crash on me with big files.The vuescan did not.
For the price you willget it for i think its a good
starting scanner(i plan to up grade in 2004)for35mm but very good
for 120.
Dave Brooks
> Hi!
>
> Bill, from your response and from other responses I gather that Epson
> 2450 is a satisfactory film scanner, even for 35 mm film. It is not
> top quality, but I suppose to expect a top film scanning quality from
> flatbed scanner is at least illogical.
>
> OTOH, at the moment I am struggling with local labs. Obviously they
> wouldn't babysit and fine tune their machine for my films. So, quite
> often scans come out with very lousy quality.
>
> Another problem would be that for sure in Israel to find a dedicated
> film scanner would cost me at least 1.5 times more than its actual
> price. So I suppose I am left with little choice.
>
> The only thing that would stop me is too steep a price or too old a
> unit. Since none of you reported any aging problems or any mechanical
> glitches with your scanners I must conclude that Epson 2450 is a
> reasonably reliable machine.
>
> As for the scans themselves. I've witnessed a person who is going to
> sell me the scanner getting roughly 12 MP file from 35 mm negative. Of
> course 12 MP exceeds by some 3 MP maximal optical power of the sucker.
> Still the 30x40 cm print was very good. Since at the moment my aim is
> at most! 30x40 cm prints, I'd say it would be acceptable.
>
> My rough estimate would be that if it does not break down within a
> year, it will return the investment... Then it could be replaced or
> augmented with another device.
>
> Am I terribly wrong someplace in my reasoning?
>
> ---
> Boris Liberman
> www.geocities.com/dunno57
> www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=38625
>
