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In Reply to: Any Ideas On A Great Scanner??? posted by Vinylly on March 23, 2001 at 19:36:54:
No contest--the best desktop scanner for 35mm-6x8 formats is the Imacon/Flextight.I use one and it trounces the competition. There are two models currently and unless you want 5x4 get the smaller version.
I also use the Epson1270 printer for A3 prints.Best,
Des
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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)
If Imacon (which starts at something like USD 7000 if I'm not mistaken) is too pricey, well... you're going to have two scanners.One - for 35mm. Quite a few models around USD 1000-1500.
A pack of models in USD 500-700 area (where the first pick is Nikon, it is a Great Scanner). Finally, there is Acer 2720 at about USD 250 (performs not bat at all but weak mechanics). Stay away from products targeted exclusively for home fun use (basic Microtek, Acer, Kodak Photosmart. I have a Kodak Photosmart from 1997 and by now it's dying mechanically after scanning not more than a thousand negatives).
Anyway, look at reviews at www.photographyreview.comAnother - a flatbed for for larger media. Don't know this segment well.
Tube image was taken with a $45 flatbed scanner.
It IS a wonderful scanner.I can't afford it.
But it is a wonderful scanner.
I have a Minolta Scan Multi for up to 6x7 (well 6x9 but I only go to 6x7), it's pretty good, but the resolution isn't as good for medium format, still I get good sized CLEAN scans (i.e. I don't have to average to get rid of scan noise).
The medium format adapter is a blankety-blank expletive-deleted sexual-innuendoing dust magnet, though.
It can JUST do K25 to a decent level of darkness. The imacon goes to another OD down, and undoubtedly would be much better on K25. --- If you can afford the thing.
JJ
There are several new Nikon slide scanners coming out, and they are supposed to be very good. I have used the former LS2000 at max settings (proprietary driver, not SilverFast) and have printed some beautiful enlargements using the Epson 1270.You might want to check them out -- the new Nikons claim a d4.2 range, which, for $8000 less, might rival the Imacron.
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