That's the plan Bruce. Strictly flatbed. I already have a Minolta DiMage Scan Elite II for my film scanning needs.
I was reading your posts in the group regarding the Epson and, for the money, I'd look at it too if I still had the 645n but I no longer do, so, it's now a consideration as a film scanner. Just have to dump (i.e. pass over to dad) my older SCSI Microtek 6XEL (or whatever it's called) :) Cheers, Dave -----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 . - 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 .
