On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 08:49:22PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I don't scan film often, but I have hundreds of thousands of frames I've > never printed, and I occasionally need to scan something. (I still have a > darkroom, but have little time for that and definitely don't want to fool > around with color printing.). Some reviews say the Epson 700 flatbed is at > least as good as older Nikon film scanners. Others say the Epson 600, at less > than half the price of the 700, is almost its equal. I'm leaning toward the > 700. What say you?
It depends on how much (and what) you intend to scan, but personally I'd have to think long and hard before paying three times the price for the 700. The most significant difference I see in the specs is DMax; the 700 claims 4.0, while the 600 only says 3.4. If you're scanning a lot of Velvia (and if those claimed figures are accurate) you might occasionally want the extra range. As a counterpoint, though - the 700 uses a fluorescent light source; the 600 uses LED. That would suggest that the 600 will yield more consistent results. Oh, and one more thing (which would be a deciding factor for me :-); The 700 doesn't claim to be supported under Windows 7. -- 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.
