RE: filmscanners: What is 4,000 scanner quality like in practice.

["Laurie Solomon" <laurie@advancenet.net>]

Yes Tony, I was already informed of that and retracted my statement, placing
my tail between my legs while scurrying of. :-) However, thanks for keeping
me honest.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Tony Sleep
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 7:18 AM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: RE: filmscanners: What is 4,000 scanner quality like in
practice.


On Wed, 23 May 2001 20:04:57 -0500  Laurie Solomon (laurie@advancenet.net)
wrote:

> I believe you may be mistaken or misinformed.  The new 4000 ppi
> scanners are
> 35mm film scanners and not medium format scanners; hence they will not
> handle 120 film

No, both Polaroid and Nikon have introduced MF 4000ppi scanners as well
as 35mm units. The Nikon 8000 is AFAIK not quite available yet, the
Polaroid SS120 is.

Regards

Tony Sleep
http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio & exhibit; + film scanner
info & comparisons