[filmscanners] RE: 3 year wait

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

>What you have mentioned I would pick the Nikon in the fact that it has ICE
cubed. ICE, ROC
>and GEM. which will become very useful tools  if you want to scan a large
numbers of
>images.

>From what I hear, the use of either of those will increase the amount of
time each scan takes by 25 % or more and the use of both will increase the
scan times for each frame by even more.  Thus, if you are scanning large
numbers of frames, you better have forever to get the job done if you use
these features on a regular basis.

-----Original Message-----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Op's
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 9:14 AM
To: laurie@advancenet.net
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: 3 year wait


James Hamilton wrote:

> Hello
>
> I've been intending to buy a film scanner for 3 years now. I have a
> collection of 3500+ consumer grade negatives (Kodak, Fuji, 100 - 400) and
> this grows weekly. Should I buy a filmscanner now or should I wait even
> longer for a better iteration of technology :-(
>
> I want to scan the negatives once only as there are so many of them. So I
> have to get it right first time. I am scanning for archival purposes, that
> means getting every last bit of information out of the negatives.
>

>
> I don't want to scan everything and find that in fact a 5000 dpi 4.0
> scanner released later in the year resolves more detail in the film.
> Should I just buy a Nikon 4000 ED or a Polariod 4000+ now?
>

There is a 4800dpi  (4.2) 16 bit scanner on the market now.  That makes a
95MB (8 bit) tiff
file from 35mm.  There is not much more to be had after that from 35mm film.

You may never buy a scanner if you want the best to be offered in the
developers dream
scanner.

What you have mentioned I would pick the Nikon in the fact that it has ICE
cubed. ICE, ROC
and GEM. which will become very useful tools  if you want to scan a large
numbers of
images.

Rob

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