----- Original Message ----- From: Mikael Risedal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 6:11 PM Subject: ed 4000 > > We've only seen one complaint about this so far? Perhaps we should > wait a bit before coming to any hard and fast conclusions. And even > if the DOF is on the shallow side with Nikon's new scanners, there > will surely be easy fixes for careful workers. These new scanners are > pretty compelling, and I doubt this will turn out to be a major > problem, if any problem at all. > > Dave > > > Hello Dave > Please take a look on this 2 pictures > then you understand it is not a minor problem > And I have 2 ED4000 as test example and they show the same problem. > and also LS2000. > Mikael Risedal Hello Mikael, Perhaps I spoke too soon, but you haven't indicated (anywhere I've seen at least) if this is a problem on average examples or those only more curved than usual. Fresh E-6 out of the lab I normally use is quite flat. Personally, I would much rather see a "hi-rez" scanner optimized for flat than curved. Increasing DOF may well mean less resolution at the plane of critical focus. In general, one doesn't expect higher resolution devices, analog or digital, to be more kind to film going out of focal plane, it usually works the other way round. As you noted yourself, a less expensive scanner is better in this regard. Regards, Dave King