Digital BW, The Print

Lew,
My neighbor has the Primefilm 7250 Pro.3.. So I'm reasonably familiar with it thru him and I've used it.. I have 2 drum scanners, a Heidelberg Prepress flatbed  & 2 Nikon LS 5000's.. In all honesty the best thing it has going for it is the price..  I absolutly do not believe their optical resolution claim of 7200.. Maybe more like 3600 at best ..When scanning at 7200 you do get a bigger file but you do not get more information.. You do just as well with tactful interpolation which is what I think their doing.. I also feel that the Dmax is overrated a bit.. They claim 3.6 which I think is to high...maybe 3.2 ...In all fairness to them Nikon claims 4.0 I think  with the LS5000 and I feel that was a bit over rated also.. We have gone head to head with the Nikon and the Prime film.. the Nikon was a clear and easy winner but I personally don't feel the scans from the Nikon are world class either .. but yes they are absolutly significantly better .. both the scanners owner and I felt that.. My honest suggestion would be to have a scan done off one prior to stepping up.. Then the proof is in the pudding ...If your ok with what it does then go for it.. If not then try to get a used Nikon or Minolta..Sadly you'll pay more as these things used are going in many cases for more then they were when new.  Anyway that's my nickle on it..

jimbo
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lew Schwartz 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:24 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Pacific Image Scanners


    
  Any take on these scanners? Another list is trying to plan on the
  demise of Nikon/Minolta. especially for 35mm.
  Thanks!


  
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