Dear Jan,
I have an Epson 1600 which is now supported by Vuescan. It comes with an
adapter for 35mm film that holds 4 strips of six exposures. I have not used
it for making contact sheets since I do not process my own film. It does
very good medium format scans with Vuescan at 1600dpi so I assume it will
make a good contact sheet. I do not think you will find anything to do 6
strips at a time within reasonable budget constraints. The larger scanners
are considerably more expensive. The slide adapter holds 15 slides. It is
very fast.
Elroy Eckhardt
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Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:25 AM
Subject: What is a good flatbedscanner for making contact sheets?
> Hi,
>
> i had like some advise on buying a flatbed with transparancy adapter.
> My goal is to be able to make a reasonable good contactsheet of a film of
> 36 exposures (6 strips of 6), it is the missing thing in my digital
> darkroom.
>
> The flatbed must comply with The following:
>
> 1. transparancy adapter must be big enough to take 6-7 strips of 6
> exposures.
> 2. the quality of the scan must be big enough for a good contact sheet at
> double size.(A3) which means at least 600 dpi
> 3. the scan density capacity must be big enough to handle slides and
> negatives in a reasonable way.
> 4. the software must be good enough to deal with most films.(vuescan
capable
> would be nice)
> 5. the scan must be as fast as possible.
> 6. the price should be under 1000$, the cheaper , the better.
> 7. and. no, i dont want a dedicated filmscanner because i have already the
> polaroid ss4000.
>
> Any comments and experiences are welcome.
>
>
> thanx a lot,
>
> Jan Albrecht
>
>
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