Digital BW, The Print

At 04:51 PM 3/8/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm sorry if this subject has been discussed at length, but I couldn't find
>a consistent thread in the archives, and thanks again for all the help you
>folks have already given me on this.
>
>I'm sort of at a crossroads. I'm looking both to make contact sheets of a
>large archive of old b&w (mostly Tri-X) negatives, but also to make prints
>from some of them (as well as from a much smaller collection of color slides
>and negatives). As my current budget is limited and my future shooting will
>most likely be all-digital, I'm hoping to avoid the expense of buying both a
>tabloid-sized scanner to make the contact sheets and a film scanner to make
>scans for printing. I'm wondering if the Epson 2450 might be a good
>"compromise" scanner for me. Doing the contact sheets would be more, as the
>transparency adapter is presumbably too small for PrintFile sleeves, and
>2400dpi is not optimal for scanning individual negatives. But if I can get
>reasonable 8 x 10's, I can live with that.
>
>I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has used this scanner to scan
>35mm film, particularly b&w negatives. How do your results compare to using
>the same negatives to make 8 x 10 enlargements? Or to using a dedicated film
>scanner? No doubt I'll wind up eventually "moving up," but right now I'm
>looking for an intermim, relatively low-cost solution to managing this large
>body of old stuff, and on paper the 2450 looks promising.
>
>Thanks once again,
>David
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephen Petegorsky [mailto:petegorsky@...]
>Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:21 PM
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Making b&w contact sheets on a flatbed scanner
>
>
>
>David:
>Yes, the transparecy adapter has a light source in it.  It is essential
>for scanning negatives, slides, or transparencies.  Many people use a
>flatbed scanner to scan prints, opaque art and larger film, and have
>another scanner dedicated to scanning 35mm and medium-format film.  The
>larger size on the flatbed lets you scan original works up to almost 12 x
>17", and since much of my business involves photography of artworks, it
>comes in handy for flat work directly.
>
>The new Epson 1250 is an amazing scanner for the money - check it out!
>
>Stephen Petegorsky
>petegorsky@...
>www.spphoto.com

Stephen,

I have a review of the 2450 on my web page below. Also a link to another review.

AZ
Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera.

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