----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>snip< >Now, given the recent price reductions, for another £1,000 more than the competition, I can't see any reason to consider any other scanner over the Flextight. I am always open to contrary views though, and if anyone can provide good reasons not to go the Flextight route (barring saving the money) then I would take all advice on board.< >snip< While I agree that the Imacon scanner line is undoubtedly high quality, here's a couple of points to remember if you are working with 35mm: You have to unmount/remount each slide and position it in the curved film holder one at a time - this is a major hasle if you are scanning a lot of slides. Second, the Flextight Photo is only 3200 ppi - not REALLY sufficient 35mm resolution for double page spreads in magazines. So, I would have to splash out for the big brother, giving 5700 ppi - but now we are talking a lot more money. I have been very happy with Polaroid's SS4000 - scanned 11.000 slides so far - but there are, fairly frequently, moments where a polarized, dark blue sky on a Velvia comes out a mess - and I wish for an Imacon, somehow hoping that it could solve the problem. I tried the SS120, which I think is a very good scanner if you do medium format, but I did not see any improvement - worth the investment - of my 35 mm scans of troublesome slides. I would like to see the Minolta Multi Pro's 4800ppi and claimed high dynamic range compared with the Imacon Flextight II or is it now III? Preben ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
