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: http://tinyurl.com/6k76b You can crop 35mm by 3/4 and still get 13"x19" at 7200dpi Chris Street >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Smith >Sent: 07 December 2004 05:48 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >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 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------------- >Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe >filmscanners' >or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title >or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
