My experience suggests that almost anything can do a decent scan on an 8x10 BW print. It's pretty much a no brainer. Even the 1200 dpi scans from my puny Epson 1200 are just fine when resized for the web. Paul
Bruce Dayton wrote: > > Compared to nothing, it is a great scanner! I thought it did quite > well with prints and reasonable with negatives. Not so hot with > slides, but that is nothing new to me. I have never been able to scan > slides to my satisfaction. For web work, the negative scanning is > probably adequate. For printing 8X10's, I thought it was lacking > sharpness. My 35mm film scans were looking sharper. I only tried > scanning 120 slides and negatives - never 35mm. > > Bruce Dayton > > Friday, April 12, 2002, 12:25:14 AM, you wrote: > > JCOC> Well my intention was to use it as a BW print scanner. > JCOC> The film scanning is a bonus as I dont have a film > JCOC> scanner at all. If nothing else I can use it for > JCOC> web use for film and making contact sheets. If its really > JCOC> bad, I'll just return it like you did and get a print > JCOC> only scanner. BTW, did you find something better? > JCOC> JCO > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Dayton > >> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 2:38 AM > >> To: David Chang-Sang > >> Subject: Re[2]: Best flatbed scanner for B&W prints? > >> > >> > >> David, > >> > >> I just returned one of these units. I found that the scans of film to > >> be just too soft for my comfort. Print scanning was good. I am used > >> to a film scanner and just wasn't happy with the output. It did seem > >> like a nice flatbed though. > >> > >> > >> Bruce Dayton > >> > >> > >> > >> Thursday, April 11, 2002, 9:41:50 PM, you wrote: > >> > >> DCS> JC, > >> > >> DCS> My next flatbed will be an Epson. > >> DCS> Probably the Perfection 2450 as it seems to be the one that > >> does the job. > >> DCS> Cost is about $350-400 US max > >> > >> DCS> Has USB and Firewire; 2400dpi, 3.3Dmax (which is up there > >> with some of the > >> DCS> decent film scanners), 16 bit Grayscale depth. > >> > >> DCS> http://www.virtualtraveller.org/epson2450.htm is a good review with > >> DCS> comparisons to the Acer Scanwit(film scanner) and other scanners plus > >> DCS> there's a look at how it handles B&W. > >> > >> > >> DCS> Cheers, > >> DCS> Dave > >> > >> DCS> -----Original Message----- > >> DCS> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> DCS> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell > >> DCS> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 12:16 AM > >> DCS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> DCS> Subject: Best flatbed scanner for B&W prints? > >> > >> > >> DCS> I'm totally frustrated by my piece of shit > >> DCS> ACER flatbed scanner ( only paid $79 for it). > >> DCS> It adds too much contrast to my B&W prints. > >> DCS> The lightest tones scan as pure white and > >> DCS> pure black scanns as dark grey. VERY non linear. > >> DCS> It also scans overall slightly dark for some reason which > >> DCS> sucks. The blown out highlites cant be fixed > >> DCS> in photoshop... > >> > >> DCS> I'm looking to buy the best quality flatbed > >> DCS> for say $300. I would like a USB and/or Firewire > >> DCS> connection and 1200dpi would be nice, but most > >> DCS> of all i want a very good gray scale. I think the > >> DCS> spec that's important is desity range or DMAX. > >> > >> DCS> I want the best > >> DCS> possible gray scale as I'm getting into B&W > >> DCS> and its nice to be able to use the prints on the web. > >> > >> DCS> Any suggestions? HP? Canon? > >> DCS> JCO > >> DCS> - > >> DCS> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > >> DCS> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > >> DCS> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > >> - > >> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > >> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > >> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > JCOC> - > JCOC> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > JCOC> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > JCOC> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
