This is my first post to filmscanners@halftone.co.uk, so let's hope I've
got it right. I am the proud owner of one of those cheap scanners, an
Epson 2450. Its seems to turn out scans from negs and prints both of
which are of a very high standard, containing more information than my
photoshop elements will allow me to use. I also bought an Epson 1290
printer and between the two of them turn out very acceptable a3
prints... very acceptable at least to my amateur but originally art
school trained eye. If I want to be picky about quality the answer
surely isn't a £1000 scanner but a 2.25 neg wet print. If I wanted to be
absolutely picky about the quality I'd buy a box of ektachrome and get
my Graflex out. In fact, one of the reasons I bought the Epson wasthat
it wouldscan my 5 x 4s. All this for a long way under 300 quid.
-----Original Message-----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of
TonySleep@halftone.co.uk
Sent: 02 January 2002 16:34
To: john.milne5@ntlworld.com
Subject: [filmscanners] Agfa woes
It seems Polaroid is not the only manufacturer struggling with the
unpleasant realities of C21st photographic industry :(
A source within Agfa UK tells me they have stopped making and selling
their
entire range of prosumer flatbed scanners, the Studio range etc which a
lot
of people use for RF and MF. These excellent scanners apparently just
don't
turn a profit in today's ruthless market because low-end scanners are so
much cheaper, if not so good. Agfa can't now sell enough to keep the
product line viable. If you want one, be quick; there are still units in
the distribution chain.
Agfa got out of consumer digicams last year, and classic papers like the
beautiful Portriga and Record Rapid have been discontinued in recent
years.
This leaves Agfa majoring on scientific, lab and reprographic products -
the latter is also an industry with problems. Employees have allegedly
been
told to expect redundancies during 2002 at Agfa UK :(
Regards
Tony Sleep
- Online portfolio & exhibit; + film scanner
info
& comparisons
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