----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi"
Subject: Re: "Photo scanner" vs real film scanner?
Well, the Epson scan certainly should be bested by the Minolta film scanner: it's both lower resolution *and* a flatbed scanner with a piece of glass in the way as well as a fixed focus optical system.
If you look at the way a dedicated film scanner works, and compare it to the way a flatbed such as the 2450 works, you will see a remarkable similarity. Both will have a piece of glass in the way, if for no other reason, to keep dust off the imaging device. I suspect the biggest difference will be film flatness, I would hope the film scanner is better. I expect dedicated film scanners have better bit depth, and perhaps focus as well.
William Robb
