I've owned the Epson 4490 (I currently use the 4870). The Epson software is usable but not terribly great. Both major aftermarket scanning packages (Vuescan and Silverfast) support the Epsons and you also have support from Betterscanning.com for ANR inserts (major boon to film flatness, I HIGHLY recommend them to anyone trying to get 35mm scans out of a flatbed) and also the Betterscanning 120 holders.
-Adam Yes, I'm a big fan of Betterscanning.com's products ;-) On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Nick David Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like the looks of that Epson quite a bit. Do you use the Espon software or > do you use a third party option? > > ~Nick David Wright > http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:38:07 PM > Subject: Re: film scanners > > I don't know how good the Canoscan is, but I know the Epson flatbed photo > scanners are quite good. The latest version is the Perfection 4490 Photo > Scanner. It retails for $149. I have a Perfection 3200, and it does a good > job on 35mm negs and transparencies. The 4990 is better. > Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick David Wright" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:25:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: film scanners > > > Has anyone any experience with the Canoscan 4400? It's only about $100. I > know the quality probably wouldn't be the greatest, but the primary purpose > of this scanner would be low-res scans for the web that look better than what > Wal-Mart does. > > ~Nick David Wright > http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
