Digital BW, The Print

Hi group.
What about the minolta scanners. I have read good reports of them, specially
the multi pro. Have someone any experience with it.
Aitor

 El 6/4/02 04:22, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> escribió:

> Hi Bill,
> 
> How much are these scanners?
> 
> About a thousand each.
> 
> I think you know where I'm going with this- to get the detail in the deepest
> shadow, you really need a drum scanner.  I've seen Howtek 4000's on Ebay in
> the 3-4K range.  WAY too much, plus much to much hassle to work with them.
> 
> How many scans will you be making that have these deep shadows w/ detail?
> Maybe the most difficult could be sent out for drum scans?
> 
> About 40 or so a month
> 
> One client refuses to shoot anything but velvia, even though I've told
> him this is not a good choice for scanning. I don't make nearly enough
> money in photography to get a drum scanner. I'm retired, so this is just
> to earn extra money. It has to be between the $1000 canon and the $1195
> Polaroid. Can't afford the Nikon right now, as I'm getting the Canon D60
> next month.
> 
> I wouldn't even be getting a new scanner if mine hadn't developed
> terrible noise in the shadows. Today was the first day I've ever seen
> anything like it. like massive blotches and stripes in the shadows. It
> doesn't happen with all slides, just ones that have large areas of
> underexposed shadow detail in them. The canon 2710 FS Did not have this
> problem before, but it costs more to fix it than it's worth.
> 
> Jerry
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