Right now, with the lowest-priced 35mm dedicated scanner being over $500 (Nikon Coolscan V), and Epson 4490's available refurb for $98, the choice isn't so obvious.
-Adam Tom C wrote: > Common sense point... :-) ... I only once considered scanning 35 film with a > flat bed scanner. It was a high-end (for the time) HP something or the > other. I looked at what the add on attachment cost vs. the price of a > dedicated film scanner which was something like $100 for the attachment vs. > $350 for the dedicated film scanner. The choice was obvious based on the > value I was getting and film scanners were a pretty nifty item. > > There's the right tool for every job and using an all-purpose flat-bed > scanner that was not really designed to scan film as a film scanner is not > using the right tool for the job, as anecdotal evidence bears out. If that's > all one has, then OK, but in a general discussion about film scanning, any > talk about how bad or hard your experience was, is sort of missing the > point. > > It's like telling how hard it is to pound in a woodscrew with a tack hammer. > Certainly one can probably accomplish it, but it's not representative of how > to drive in a screw. > > > Tom C. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Scott >> Loveless >> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:57 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Shooting film (Velvia) >> >> Adam Maas wrote: >>> Velvia and Kodachrome are too high contrast to get good scans on low-end >>> flatbed scanners and older mid/high-end flatbeds. The scanners simply >>> don't have the DMax to handle these emulsions. >> I'll agree with that. I've never shot Velvia, but Kodachrome is nearly >> impossible to scan with a low-end flatbed. If the photo doesn't have >> dense shadows I can get a scan suitable for web viewing. That's about >> as good as it gets. Astia, Provia and E100 are much more forgiving. >> >> -- >> Scott Loveless >> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the >> directions. > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
