That is a good price, because I just went to one of Epson's distributor's site, and their price is $567.59.
Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 11:19 AM Subject: RE: Current thinking on Medium Format scanners - CDN COST > For those in the local area (TOPDML folk) who are interested in the 2450 as a decent Flatbed MF neg/slide scanner - I've hunted around and can recommend Infonec (http://www.infonec.com) as a point of purchase. > > $555.00 CDN before taxes. > > Vistek (http://www.vistek.ca) currently lists that same puppy at $649.00 CDN so you're going to save about $100.00 CDN. > > Infonec is a small computer store in the Markham area. Best bet is to call ahead and check for stock or place an order if you're interested (as I will if Jeff's scans turn out nicely) :) > > Cheers, > Dave > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 07:58:17 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Re: Current thinking on Medium Format scanners? > > > If you're getting nice 5x5's, it means that you could get nice 1600x1600 > screen shots. Ideal for slide shows. > I may trouble you to do a couple of scans for me. > If it works out, I might purchase a 2450. > > Jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 7:42 AM > Subject: Re: Re: Current thinking on Medium Format scanners? > > > > Hi.I have only attempted 3-4 120 format scans to date(busy busy) > > I have tried some chrome and neg's.The best one was the colour neg > > on Portra 160vc.I think flatness in the holder may be > > an issue on this scanner,but,i happy with the ones that seem to be > > ok.I only printed them out about 5x5 but the colour and detail > > appear to be there. > > I seem to get better results from the Epson Twain,than Silverfast. > > It does a really good job on the prints. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > - > 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 .

