On 12/02/2006 Ed Verkaik wrote: > Anyone on here ever used a Howtek 4500 drum scanner? Someone told me > it > will blow away the best dedicated slide scanners.
It has the potential to exceed anything CCD scanners achieve, but you may not need the extra quality. There's an old reference Howtek drum scan on the filmscanners section of my old site, www.halftone.co.uk - soon to go to the great bit bucket in the sky. > I've used a Nikon > 4000ED > for awhile and am basically happy but have always wondered if a > cheap, used > drum scanner would be worth getting. > > Is there enough of a quality difference for either stock or fine art? It really depends on usage. Drum scanners are far less sensitive to image defects. They also need more operator expertise and are more hassle. > Would > all slides (35mm) need to be wet mounted? Yes. Drum scanners score badly on convenience, which is why they have largely fallen into disfavour. And of course cost. Tony Sleep ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
