The 2450 is discontinued. It's being replaced by a 3200 DPI model (GT-9800F in Japan). http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/products/scanner/gt9800f/9800f1.htm.
You may still get the 2450. Check Greytech for best prices http://www.accountwizard.com/clients/shop.asp?Web=greytech&AW_SessionID=AWEn gine2002000042397696273732733k73d273QId3S73e273ASite6N56M756E&page=item&item id=948 Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 1:59 PM Subject: Re: Quality film scanner at an acceptable price? > Bruce, > What sort of price can one expect to pay for an Epson 2450? I'm in Canada of > course, and mainly use 35mm. > James > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:58 AM > Subject: Re: Quality film scanner at an acceptable price? > > > > Pål, > > > > I had the same needs as you. A while back, I bought the Epson 2450 > > hoping that it would do the job scanning my MF stuff. The price was > > reasonable compared to the regular MF film scanners. My experience > > with it was a bit mixed. I wasn't getting the kind of quality out of > > the scans that I thought I should. I ended up returning it. > > > > Later JCO got the same scanner and was having much better luck with it > > than I did. I did some reading on the web and found that there had > > been some QC issues and some units were working well and some were > > behaving more like mine. > > > > I recently decided to give it another try and ordered another one > > (Epson 2450). I have been using the supplied software (Epson Twain > > and Silverfast SE) instead of the Vuescan that I normally use. I can > > say that I am having satisfactory results this time and have been able > > to scan and print as I had hoped. I suspect that this is the only > > game in town at a reasonable price point. > > > > HTH, > > > > > > Bruce > > > > > > > > Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 8:45:33 AM, you wrote: > > > > PJ> Well, I'm considering a film scanner as well. Something that can scan > medium format in addition to 35mm slides. A Nikon 8000 is out of the question > due to its price. I understand there are some > > PJ> flatbed scanners that do an acceptable job. There's an Epson something (is > it called 2450?) that's generally recommended. However, I've read somewhere that > this model is about to be replaced with > > PJ> a model that scans at higher resolution. Any information and experiences > with sort of things? > > > > PJ> Pål > > > > >
