On Sep 21, 2007, at 5:41 PM, Rebekah wrote: > ...Why do you have three scanners? > Are they each for different things, or are they different models as > you've accumulated them?
Don't know about Rob. I have four scanners: film - Minolta Scan Dual II, purchased in 2000. Simple, cheap (new), does a great job when used with VueScan. Minolta software was awful. Cost me about $350 then. film - Nikon Coolscan IV ED (aka LS-40) purchased used last year. One of the best film scanners in the 3000 ppi class. Excellent carriers (35mm and APS), dust and scratch removal ICE, fast. Cost me $235 last year, perfect condition. flatbed - Epson 2450, purchased in 2002 so I could work with Medium Format negatives. Not the greatest film scanner but acceptable for a 13x19 inch print with 645 or 6x6 film. Nothing else that did medium format film scanning was in an approachable price range in 2002. Does a great job on paper originals. flatbed - Epson V700, purchased late last year ... because if I'm going to do any work at all with the P645 camera that doesn't immediately look like crap compared to what comes out of the K10D, I needed a better quality scanner. This is the best I can justify for the amount of use I'll get out of it, and even that was more rationalization than justification. If I need better quality scans, I'll rent time on the Imacon at the pro shop nearby where I can get about 10 scans done in an hour's rental at $50/hour. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
