Hi Paul ... At the moment I'm not looking to make prints, just to learn scanning and get some more photos on to my web site. I've been practicing with a Coolscan 4000 - that's the one you suggested - and I'm leaning in that direction for the upgrade. But, until I know better how it, and a couple of other scanners, handle B&W work, no decision has been made.
Bruce pointed out that one of the new Minolta scanners has similar specs to the LS-1000, and more features, with a price comparable to the used Nikon I'm considering. It'll run with a USB port, so I don't need and SCSI stuff, which I'd need with the Nikon, which is also a bonus, because I'd like to put as little money into my computer as possible right now, saving it for the big upgrade later. Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Hi Shel, > This is a 2700 dpi scanner, which is more than adequate for web scanning, > and will suffice for 8x10 prints. Even at 8x10, you won't be quite at > optimum. At 11x14, you'd be obviously deficient, if you were using a good > printer like an Epson 1280 at its highest resolution. If printing is in your > future, I'd go with a 4000ppi Nikon model (I don't know all the numbers). > But if you're never going to print, and only wish to prepare web photos, > this would be ideal. It would also produce 4x6 prints of optimum quality. > It's all in the pixels. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
