On May 8, 2006, at 11:53 AM, Juan Buhler wrote:
... So I think I might be shooting a bit more film in the future,
at least
until there's a nice digital rangefinder for about the price of a
DSLR.
Sadly, I don't think that will happen. According to dealer friends,
sales of the Epson RD-1 have been only "ok" at best, and the
likelihood of the upcoming Leica digital camera compatible with M
lenses, or the Zeiss Ikon that is sure to happen as well, being in
*ist D/DS price bracket are vanishingly small.
I'd like one too, but I think $2000-3000 is going to be where it will
cost at the low end.
I still have my Polaroid SprintScan 4000, and I'm happy with its
results. It is SCSI though, which means I have to use it from my old
PC--this is the only reason that PC hasn't been discarded yet.
So the question for those of you still in the stone age is: what is a
good USB film scanner? Are resolutions still around 4000dpi for the
high end ones? What should I get?
There are higher end models, but the Nikon Coolscan V ED is about as
good as it gets for 4000 ppi, which is generally as good as most
anyone needs for 35mm film scanning, around $550. They have a higher
priced model with more features and attachment possibilities, but
most of those things aren't of much interest to me...
Minola, nee Konica Minolta, had a 5400 ppi film scanner through two/
three model revisions, but I believe that's gone now. You might find
one still in stock somewhere. The other option is something like the
Epson flatbed scanners, which I'm told in their latest revisions can
rival dedicated film scanners.
Godfrey
