Digital BW, The Print

By raising the negative holder in the 2450 a few 32nd's of an inch, 
you can actually achieve a much sharper scan, but still a bit fuzzy 
from what i have read.

There is an interesting indirect quote on the norman koren site, told 
in typical Epson fasion- "The epson 2450 is so good, that they can 
sell it as a 3200 dpi scanner." 

Epson's new 3200 scanner may soon have some competion from Canon. The 
newest B&H catalog lists the Canonscan 9900f, a 3200 dpi flatbed with 
a 4x5 transparency adapter, priced a $399.95.  unfortunately, this 
scanner isn't listed on B&H's website, nor is it listed on Canon's 
(at least the north american side of it). I have no idea how canon's 
scanners compare to epson's, but considering that many have said the 
new epson uses essentially the same hardware as the 2450, and may be 
essentually be the same scanner except for faster scan times, this 
new canon may be the way to go.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Most of the epson's are fine for hard copy work. None of them are
> particularly sharp for film scans.  (See current issue of Design
> Graphics Magazines for what they say about the 2 current epson 
flatbeds)
> (SOFT scans for film)!
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> "frankg_photo " wrote:
> > 
> > a friend has asked for a recommendation for a flatbed . Since i 
have
> > a really old Scanmaker III , I am not abreast of what the flatbed 
of
> > choice is - I suspect it'll be aan Epson - can you recommend a 
model
> > number and why?
> > 
> > thanks
> > Frank
> > 
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