[sane-devel] OT: Scanning 6cm x 6cm Dias

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

The Perfection 2450 and the new 3200 are pretty good for scanning
negatives and slides. I actually prefer the scans from my 2450 to
the ones from my Canon FS4000. Especially if you have mid and large
format slides or negatives, using a flatbed is a much more cost
effictive solution, for large format you may not even be able to 
find a dedicated film scanner (that is as long as we are not talking
about drum scanners). I know that a lot of professionals
use the Expression series of Epson scanners for this purpose. 
As always, it's a tradeoff: The more expensive the scanner technology,
the more likely you are to get accurate scans. The cheaper the technology,
the more likely you are to do scans at home. Somewhere between the two
extremes a solution that works for you price wise and image quality wise.


On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:02:37AM +0000, Jonathan Buzzard wrote:
> 
> till.kamppeter at gmx.net said:
> > A good choice is probably the Epson Perfection 2450 Photo. It comes
> > with  frames for 35 mm negatives, 35 mm slides, 6x9 cm negatives/
> > slides (here  also fit 6x6 negatives/slides), and even for 4x5 inch
> > negatives/slides.
> 
> > The scanner works with the "epson" driver of SANE and is also
> > supported  directly by Epson with the iScan driver.
> 
> > I didn't try slide scanning with it as I don't have slides. 
> 
> Though I have to query the point of scanning 6x9 negatives/slides
> which is an expensive professional photography system on a very
> suboptimal scanner for the job i.e. any flatbed. A more suitable
> choice would be something like the Minolta Scan Multi Pro or the
> Nikon LS8000. More expensive but does the job properly, and includes
> an IR channel which in my experience is worth it's weight in gold.
> 
> JAB.
> 
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> Jonathan A. Buzzard                 Email: jonathan at buzzard.org.uk
> Northumberland, United Kingdom.       Tel: +44(0)1661-832195
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