Digital BW, The Print

Loris,

I have no experience with that scanner but perhaps someone else does.

It is selling in New York at B&H for $800 and at that price I would be
tempted to spend another $400 and get the 4000 ppi Polaroid Sprintscan 4000
Plus which would put you just over 360 ppi output to the printer on A3. If
you really want a deal, B&H has the Microtek Artixscan 4000t for $599.95.
This is the same as the Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 and I believe it only
differs from the Sprintscan 4000 Plus in bit depth. The 4000t is 12-bit and
the 4000 Plus is 14-bit. I think I would take the 4000t over the Coolscan IV
which is also a 12-bit scanner.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "Loris Medici" <loris.medici@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Scanners for BW - some questions


>
> Martin,
>
> What about a Nikon Coolscan IV 2900dpi + Genuine Fractals combo?
> This is what I plan for A3, A3+ output.
>
> Regards,
> Loris.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 9:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Scanners for BW - some questions
>
>
> > ...
> > For instance the Nikon 8000 sampling at 4000ppi has been measured to
have
> an
> > optical resolution of 2895dpi with a measured Dmax of 2.8. Which is very
> > good for film scanning. I would expect that the other 4000ppi film
> scanners
> > would produce similar results.
> > ...
> > If you can, go for one of the 4000ppi units. I had good luck with a
> Polaroid
> > ss4000 and I believe the newer 4000plus is about $1050.
>
>
>
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