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Re: [Digital BW] best scanner for b&w

2003-02-21 by danielstaver <daniel@petraflux.com>

> I'd like to hear what others have to say about this as well.  I
don't do any
> ICE, DICE, MICE or any of the dust/scratch removal, so that issue
doesn't
> effect me, but I did recently buy a roll of B&W Chromogenic film
(T400CN),
> and wanted to see how it scanned.  I will expose it and have it
developed
> prior to scanning ;-)  I'll let you know, and I'll post some pictures.

I've shot several rolls of XP2 lately and they scan very nicely on my
CanoScan FS4000US. At 4000dpi I find that the scanner is usually
matching or exceeding the resolution of the film, and with FARE dust
removal I don't have to spend ages spotting the pictures afterwards. I
also like that I can go from 50 to 800 iso on the same roll of film.
My local lab has a tendecy to scratch the film though, that's annoying.

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