Digital BW, The Print

At 03:29 AM 8/21/2001 +0000, Martin Wesley wrote:
>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


Looks like some of the shine is wearing off, but still a tad pricey.  I'd 
have to think about it a bit (Maybe while the price comes down a bit 
further.  I'd like to stay under $1,000.  And I'd like to be able to scan 
some BW negatives (3" x 4") of my and my brother's and sister's weddings of 
about 50 yrs ago, but I can't justify a huge expenditure for about 150 
negatives.

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James E. Martz
Milan, OH
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