Digital BW, The Print

Hi Stan,

That must be pretty new, because the older units didn't do that!

How much is a "pot of money" BTW?  Can it scan the film if it's in a strip,
or do you have to cut each and every frame out?

Regards,

Austin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shire,Stanley [mailto:sshire@...]
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 4:29 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Best 35mm BW scanner thinking
>
>
> Granted it's a pot of money, but our Imacon 848 scans 35mm at 8000.
>
> Stan Shire
> Associate Professor/Department Chair
> Photographic Imaging
> Community College of Philadelphia
> Adobe Photoshop 6 A.C.E.
>
> 215 751-8320
> sshire@...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Austin Franklin [mailto:darkroom@...]
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 2:32 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Best 35mm BW scanner thinking
>
> Rick Schiller wrote:
> >
> > What's the best 35mm scanner at a reasonable price for primarily BW
> > negatives.  There some to be some issues about the Nikons, they they
> > are
> > otherwise generally rated excellent.   Is the Polaroid
> > ss4000+ a good
> > choice, or perhaps even the older ss4000 model?
> >
> > Rick Schiller
>
> Rick,
>
> "best" is not really a quantifiable term...  I personally believe the
> Leaf45
> is THE best B&W film scanner there is for 35mm film, it scans at 5080,
> and
> no other film scanner, short of a PMT scanner does that.  It scans B&W
> as a
> single B&W channel, which, IMO, gives better tonality to the scans.  It
> isn't the fastest scanner in the world...but it does things no other
> current
> scanner can.  There is also a 35mm only version of this scanner, that
> goes
> for under $500 or so, and scans at 4000.  The software is old, but
> complete,
> and will give you gorgeous scans.  The Leaf scanners aren't for
> everyone...because of their age...but the results, IMO, are unsurpassed
> for
> B&W.
>
> I have the spec sheets on-line if you're interested.
>
> Austin