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From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Re: "Photo scanner" vs real film scanner?
A flatbed scanner, regardless of what it's called, whether it has "photo"
in its name or not, whether or not it has an adapter for film, is not
going
to equal a good dedicated film scanner in quality. Only you can determine
if any flatbed scanner is "good enough" for your needs.
If you want others to tell you if such a scanner will be acceptable, which
may be difficult to do, you at least have to tell us what you plan to do
with the scanned result. Large prints? No way. Small web images? Quite
likely acceptable. Anything in between, maybe <shrug> depending on ~your~
standards and just exactly what the final use will be.
I just delivered a 16x20 print to a customer that had been scanned from a
6x7 neg on a flatbed scanner with "Photo" in it's name (an Epson 2450
Photo).
The results were actually pretty darned good, I was pleasantly surprised.
William Robb
