Is that Agfa "Arcus", Tomasz, or "Argus"? I'll be damned--what goes around
comes around, even if you change the spelling. :-)
Best regards--LRA
>From: "Tomasz Zakrzewski" <tomzakrz@ka.onet.pl>
>Reply-To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
>Subject: filmscanners: flatbed for contact-sheets
>Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 21:55:40 +0200
>
>I've just bought Agfa Arcus 1200 flatbed scanner (about $ 800).
>The scanner will be used for archival scanning of photographs, but I also
>chose this one because it is able to scan slides with a glassless film
>holder. And you can make contact-sheets with it.
>It's transparency area is 8x10". I've already made several contact-sheets
>from my negatives lying the acetat-sleeves on the glass bed and I must say
>it works fine. You only have to scan two halves of the sleeve and then
>combine them in Photoshop. Really no problem.
>It's dmax is 3,2 and it really shows. No comparison with Epson
>1200/1240/1640 as far as noise level and sharpness go.
>
>Regards
>
>Tomasz Zakrzewski
>
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