Filmscanners mailing list archive (filmscanners@halftone.co.uk)
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: filmscanners: flatbed scanners
Ian wrote:
>I'm running into people who earnestly tell me that the better grade
>flatbeds now do 2400 dpi and are therefore OK for 35mm negs & slides.
Ian, I would be asking these earnest folk - do they actually *use* them for
that purpose, and are they (at least) amateur photographers? :-)
I would be very leery of specifications and marketing hype. May I quote
from a currently running ad from Canon, about their D2400UF..a flatbed with
a transparency adapter..
'get virtually DRUM SCANNER QUALITY, for an unbelievable price.'
'professional quality scanning is now within the reach of the small
professional studio'
'six-line hyper CCD also delivers an Optical Density of 3.3, a standard by
which desktop drum scanners are judged'
I've seen reviews and results from the D2400UF, and suffice to say I am not
running out to buy this 'drum-scanner equivalent'...!!!
Maybe I'm just too cynical in my old age.. Sigh. :)
mark t
|
