Compared to nothing, it is a great scanner! I thought it did quite well with prints and reasonable with negatives. Not so hot with slides, but that is nothing new to me. I have never been able to scan slides to my satisfaction. For web work, the negative scanning is probably adequate. For printing 8X10's, I thought it was lacking sharpness. My 35mm film scans were looking sharper. I only tried scanning 120 slides and negatives - never 35mm.
Bruce Dayton Friday, April 12, 2002, 12:25:14 AM, you wrote: JCOC> Well my intention was to use it as a BW print scanner. JCOC> The film scanning is a bonus as I dont have a film JCOC> scanner at all. If nothing else I can use it for JCOC> web use for film and making contact sheets. If its really JCOC> bad, I'll just return it like you did and get a print JCOC> only scanner. BTW, did you find something better? JCOC> JCO >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Dayton >> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:38 AM >> To: David Chang-Sang >> Subject: Re[2]: Best flatbed scanner for B&W prints? >> >> >> David, >> >> I just returned one of these units. I found that the scans of film to >> be just too soft for my comfort. Print scanning was good. I am used >> to a film scanner and just wasn't happy with the output. It did seem >> like a nice flatbed though. >> >> >> Bruce Dayton >> >> >> >> Thursday, April 11, 2002, 9:41:50 PM, you wrote: >> >> DCS> JC, >> >> DCS> My next flatbed will be an Epson. >> DCS> Probably the Perfection 2450 as it seems to be the one that >> does the job. >> DCS> Cost is about $350-400 US max >> >> DCS> Has USB and Firewire; 2400dpi, 3.3Dmax (which is up there >> with some of the >> DCS> decent film scanners), 16 bit Grayscale depth. >> >> DCS> http://www.virtualtraveller.org/epson2450.htm is a good review with >> DCS> comparisons to the Acer Scanwit(film scanner) and other scanners plus >> DCS> there's a look at how it handles B&W. >> >> >> DCS> Cheers, >> DCS> Dave >> >> DCS> -----Original Message----- >> DCS> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> DCS> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell >> DCS> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 12:16 AM >> DCS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> DCS> Subject: Best flatbed scanner for B&W prints? >> >> >> DCS> I'm totally frustrated by my piece of shit >> DCS> ACER flatbed scanner ( only paid $79 for it). >> DCS> It adds too much contrast to my B&W prints. >> DCS> The lightest tones scan as pure white and >> DCS> pure black scanns as dark grey. VERY non linear. >> DCS> It also scans overall slightly dark for some reason which >> DCS> sucks. The blown out highlites cant be fixed >> DCS> in photoshop... >> >> DCS> I'm looking to buy the best quality flatbed >> DCS> for say $300. I would like a USB and/or Firewire >> DCS> connection and 1200dpi would be nice, but most >> DCS> of all i want a very good gray scale. I think the >> DCS> spec that's important is desity range or DMAX. >> >> DCS> I want the best >> DCS> possible gray scale as I'm getting into B&W >> DCS> and its nice to be able to use the prints on the web. >> >> DCS> Any suggestions? HP? Canon? >> DCS> JCO >> DCS> - >> DCS> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >> DCS> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >> DCS> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >> - >> 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 . JCOC> - JCOC> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, JCOC> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to JCOC> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - 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 .
