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Posted by jj (P) on December 15, 2002 at 11:48:24

In Reply to: Re: Good heavens, we agree on something... posted by Greg Ewing on December 13, 2002 at 10:33:23:

My film scanner takes slides or 35mm film strips (in lengths of up to 6), or up to 6x9 medium format.

If you only do 35mm, you can get a much cheaper scanner.

Your slide scanner may or may not also do film.

The biggest questions for film scanners are:

Resolution: For 35mm 2500 dpi is minimum but most do that.
Bit depth: 16 bits with at least a 12 bit ADC is minimum for decent work.
OD (optical density): at least 4.6 Mine does 4.2 and that isn't good enough for K25.

But your slide scanner, if you have one, may do what you want.

JJ - Philalethist and Annoyer of Bullies