Digital BW, The Print

Douglas, I have a Nikon 4000 and like it a lot.  Although I haven't tried it, I'm confident it isn't as good as, say, a Tango scan.  But, it's good enough, $1,600 or so and fits on your desktop easily.  I haven't read prior posts on this, but I think the key is being able to live with the limitations of a 35mm neg, i.e., how much are you going to get out of it under the best circumstances?  I normally scan 4x5 or 8x10 negs, but I'm pretty amazed at the quality of fine grain film and the Nikon.  A good large format scan is always better, but it's a balance - I'm tired of lugging around the LF stuff, especially flying these days.  If you're OK with 35mm, I don't think you can miss with the Nikon

--Ken
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Douglas Anthony Cooper 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 6:32 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: The State of Personal Scanner Technology


  > As long as you respect the inherent limits of the film format and are able
  > to get a decent exposure on film, I see no need to ever get a 35mm drum scan
  > vs. what you can get with one of the 4000dpi dedicated film scanners and a
  > reasonably talented operator.


  Is the Nikon 4000 state of the art?  Anything cheaper?  Essentially what
  you're saying, as I understand it, is that for considerably less than two
  grand I can the best setup available for 35mm lightroom work.  (I shoot
  Leica and Contax, and have been known to use a tripod.)

  Sorry for these neophytic questions...



  Douglas Cooper
  www.dysmedia.com


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