I don't think any flatbed scanner is a good solution for scanning 35mm. It's just too big of a compromise. I thought one would be OK for scanning to web, but after using a 35mm film scanner, it's not adequate anymore.<g>
|-----Original Message----- |From: Colin Talcroft [mailto:ctalcr...@yahoo.com] |Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 12:46 AM |To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? |Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Scanning Negatives | | |Just a word, for what it's worth, I said in an earlier |message that I had a Microtek Scanmaker 4 that I am |very happy with. I should point out that I started by |buying an inexpensive Umax scanner. I took that back |to the store the same day because it just wasn't |adequate for 35mm. I don't think this is a Umax issue, |its just that the machines in that price range are |limited, I feel. In my opinion, you would in the end |be much happier waiting and getting a better scanner |rather than being disappointed by an inexpensive one |that just doesn't match the performance of a stronger |machine. | |
