[filmscanners] Re: Scanner for contact sheets

["" <cameraman@xtra.co.nz>]

See attachment to Andre's answer
>
> From: "Tomek Zakrzewski" <tomzakrz@ka.onet.pl>
> Date: 2002/12/19 Thu AM 03:34:32 GMT+13:00
> To: cameraman@xtra.co.nz
> Subject: [filmscanners] Scanner for contact sheets
>
> I need a scanner with which I could scan all my negatives (about 2000 films)
> to have average quality "proofs" or a sort of bigger thumbnails on my hard
> disk. My monitor's resolution would suffice (768x1024 or 1200x1600). I
> simply don't remember all of my pictures, I want to have them in my
> computer.
> Although I have LS-4000ED from Nikon, this will not do the trick, cause it
> works beautifully but very slowly.
> And yesterday I saw Epson 1680XL Pro in action - that was great - the whole
> film put into the film holders and left alone till 36 frames were scanned.
> That would be exactly what I need but for 1500 Euro it's much too much.
> Can you tell me, from your experience, what other scanner would give me what
> I need? Epson 2450 Photo? How long does it take to scan those two strips of
> neg in 300dpi in batchscan mode?
>
> Nice colors in auto mode also would be nice (Silverfast needed?)
>
> Regards
>
> Tomek Zakrzewski
>
>

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