Ken, You must be confused. The scanners in question (Epson 2450 & replacement) actually scan film. They have a built in light source in the lid and holders for the negatives/chromes. The drivers and scanning software deal with what type of source material you are using (paper, negative, transparency). The nice thing about them is they can scan up to a 4X5 piece of film. They don't have the resolution or dmax of a nikon 8000, but they don't have a price tag of that either. The only choice for MF shooters is this at about 200-300 USD or a film scanner at about 2000-3000 USD. That is 10 times the price. I have tried two units. The first I was not satisfied with it's sharpness. I returned it. Later, reading on the web indicated that some of the earlier units had a QC issue where the focus point was not consistent and you could get less sharp scans (that's what I found). They seemed to have fixed that, so I ordered another and have been happy with it.
My suggestion to Paal is to buy one from a place that he can return it, if he finds that it doesn't meet his needs. The alternative is very expensive. HTH, Bruce Friday, October 25, 2002, 6:13:45 AM, you wrote: KW> I'm told the best quality scan is achieved with a film scanner. Scanning a KW> print will not produce an equal quality scan, all other things being equal. KW> Not good news if your trying to obtain optimum scan quality for medium KW> format images on a limited budget. I've used a N**** Cool Scan 4000 ED film KW> & slide scanner and am very happy with the output, but this is a 35mm format KW> scanner. The N**** Super Coolscan 8000 is a medium format film scanner but KW> its cost is significantly higher than the 4000. KW> Ken Waller KW> ----- Original Message ----- KW> From: Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> KW> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> KW> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:06 PM KW> Subject: Re: Re: Quality film scanner at an acceptable price? >> Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Thanks for the replies so far. I've settled on an Epson 2100. With this >> printer, if the advertising is to be believed, I can start producing and >> perhaps selling home made, gallery quality fine prints. However, this KW> leads >> to another question. Will a scanner like the new Epson GT-9800F produce >> scans good enough to take advantage of the 2100 printer? Or do I need a >> dedicated film scanner? >> >> P�l< >> >> unless you shoot medium format, that scanner will be barely adequate at >> best. >> >> Herb.... >> >>
