Digital BW, The Print

James,

It depends upon your "gold plate point." For 35mm I believe that the 
Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 is down to $930 now, the Microtek Artixscan 
4000 is as low as $730, the new Nikon 4000ED is at $1517. For medium 
format there is the Polaroid Sprintscan 120 for $2,600 and the Nikon 
8000ED at about $3,000 when available. There is the Kodak at 3600 
dpi, which is pretty close to 4000dpi.

While none of this is exactly cheap, compared to what was available 
and the prices even 6 months ago the drop change is pretty amazing.

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "James E. Martz" 
<jemartz@e...> wrote:
> At 01:39 PM 8/20/2001 -0700, Paul Roark wrote:
> 
> >So, for people who have not yet purchased a scanner, I'm not sure 
but what
> >it wouldn't make sense to save the money you'd spend on GF and buy 
a scanner
> >that is up to the job -- read 4000 dpi for 35mm or medium format.
> 
> 
> Is there such an animal that's not gold plated?
> 
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> James E. Martz
> Milan, OH
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