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Re: filmscanners: Acer or Nikon?
Price difference is about $200.
Maris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Entlich" <artistic@ampsc.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Acer or Nikon?
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| trs80@btinternet.com wrote:
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| > Hi All
| >
| > I'm pretty new to this list, but could do with advice. I'm looking for a
| > film scanner that won't break the bank (aren't we all) and it's come
| > down to the Acer Scanwit 2720 as it's a great price, BUT I like Nikon
| > stuff, is the LS30 really a better scanner for the extra cash? I did
| > fancy the Minolta Scandual2 but here in the UK it's a full 33% more
| > expensive then it is in the US and that I object to..
| >
| > Anyway I'm strictly amateur, negative only and mostly black and white
| > (Kodak tri-x and Ilford HP5) BTW I'm only being so mean and
| > concentrating on price as I have to move house in a few months :-(
|
| Your last paragraph makes this an easier decision. If your main
| interest is B&W, and true B&W at that (not chromogenic films) and you
| are an amateur, so you can spend time spotting your color negs or slides
| a bit due to duct and such, then don't spend the extra on the LS-30.
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| The principle advantage of the LS-30 is digital ICE, which is a method
| using an Infra-red channel which allows for images to be "cleaned up"
| from surface scratches and dirt and dust, at a small sacrifice to
| sharpness, but which can save considerable time when making fairly good
| size enlargements from scans. However, it does not work on true B&W
| film, because the silver image is opaque to Infra-red, so it cannot see
| the imperfections separately from the image itself.
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| The Acer Scanwit has very reasonable Dmax sensitivity, good resolution
| in scanners in the 2700 dpi range, and seems mechanically well built.
|
| However, if you do plan of shooting a lot of chromogenic films, color
| slides, etc, and your film tends to be dirty, scratched or dusty,
| digital ICE, available on the LS-30, can be a time saver.
|
| If you are not aware, Acer has released a newer version with the same
| specs as the 2720, but the 2740 does incorporate digital ICE. I don't
| know the price difference.
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| Art
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