Polaroid have exited the scanner business. For 13"x19" you will need min.
3600dpi.
Consider the 7200dpi (optical resolution) dedicated 35mm scanner Plustek
OpticFilm 7200.
magazine reviews summarised here:
You can crop 35mm by 3/4 and still get 13"x19" at 7200dpi
Chris Street
>-----Original Message-----
>From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
>[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Brad Smith
>Sent: 07 December 2004 05:48
>To: chris@street56.fsbusiness.co.uk
>Subject: [filmscanners] Sprintscan Died...Replace it with What?
>
>My Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 Plus has died. Polaroid has quoted up to
>$650 to repair it. I'm strongly considering buying a new scanner but
>don't know what the prime contenders are (non-flatbed). Seems that
>I've not paid any attention to prior posts for 35mm scanners since I
>got this one when it first came out.
>
>Regarding my uses - I'm printing these 35mm images on an Epson 1280,
>mostly at 13X19 size. I shoot a lot of 4x5 also and have an Epson 3200
>for those chromes.
>
>Which scanners should I consider and if it were your choice today,
>which $400 - $1000 dedicated film scanner would you purchase?
>
>thanks
>Brad
>
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