Shutterbug Strasse

Posted by drphoto (i) on April 09, 2001 at 16:32:23

In Reply to: Re: Any Ideas On A Great Scanner??? posted by Des on March 23, 2001 at 20:17:22:

I'm a pro photographer (ads & corporate) and use the original Agfa Duoscan. It works well for many things such as inkjet, newsprint, and brochures. The best feature is the glassless film carrier, which helps with dust and avoids newton rings. Like most relativly inexpensive scanners ($3K when new) its biggest drawback is limited dynamic range. There are several Duo models now, but I haven't tried them.

Agfa has great customer support. When I first hooked this up I was getting dark bands in the blue channel, which appeared as orange stripes in the composite view. They sent me a new machine, before I sent the original back. Alas, the problem was SCCI related. (I had to put the scanner on its own bus.)

Of course, you can never beat a good drum scan when you really need quality. The best is the ScanMate 11000, but that's serious (like 30K) money.

Now dump that Gateway and get a real graphics computer... a Mac! (sure I'll get flamed for that, but just my 2 cents) jh.

PS: check out inkjetmall.com if you're into fine art prints. They make greyscale inks (and profiles) for Epson printers, 'cause you probably realize you can't get a decent B/W print w/ color inks. (Even Epson agrees)