If I'm not mistaken, the 636u is a 600spi scanner.
I have the 1200U Epson flatbed with the transparency adaptor. Your
description of it is exactly correct - it is not like the pyramid - it has
its own light source and it uses that and switches off the light underneath
the glass.
It works very well with one *major* caveat - at 1200spi for my 1200U the
resolution would be sufficient for web work, would be passably good for 4X6"
or 5X7 maximum prints, but certainly not for 8X10" prints. If the 636u is
600spi it would barely be sufficient for that.
It would work well for you for medium format film and similar film larger
than 35mm.
Maris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Acer V" <siddim01@student.ucr.edu>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>; "Zuikoholics (In)Anonymous"
<olympus@zuiko.sls.bc.ca>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 10:13 PM
Subject: filmscanners: epson flatbed transparency adaptor?
| pls. note this is being sent to TWO lists (so you don't reply to BOTH <g>)
| might be slighly OT for both lists...(neither FILMscanner nor OM specific)
|
| has anyone used the transparency adaptor for the epson perfection
| 636u? from a picture in the scanner's manual, it appears to have it's own
| lightsource, and can scan up to 4x5. it replaces the flatbed's lid,
| occupying the entire top, and i guess it switches off the flatbed's lamp,
| using only the adaptor's lamp and fb's sensor. epson has it for 90bucks.
|
| if anyone has used it (or similar product to it; different from the
| "pyramid" tranny adaptors on most flatbeds), i'd like to hear comments. i
| have plenty of Tri-X, B&W+ and slides, not to mention lots of just regular
| film that wasn't printed to my taste. a film scanner is currently out of
the
| question. any user experience would be much appreciated, along with
| caveats (if any; not that i expect results akin to a filmscanner
| ;)) target will be web display, perhaps a nice 8x10 print on a photo
| printer.
|
| thanks,
|
| /Acer V
| --
| dum spiro, spero
|
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