Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Loris Medici" <lorism@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] RE: Is this noise or what
(was:Epson3200 - Test results)


> I'm far of being a "quality - detail/definition - sharpness
freak"; I
> like clumpy grain and use a 25 years old soviet camera system
(Zorki 4K
> and 35/2.8, 50/2.0, 85/2.0 lenses) for instance... But IMO, it
is not
> fare to describe the Epson's as "fine scanners which scan 35mm
film
> adequately for A3+ / 13x19" output size" - this is simply
misinforming
> people. In the other hand these are nice for MF and/or LF
films.

Loris, if you ever get near a Russian Iskra 6x6 folder don't
hesitate to buy it. You will be surprised what a good one is
capable of and it will be better than the 2450 can reveal. I've
made very detailed colour negatives with it that were scanned on
the Nikon 8000 wetmounted. At 70 Euro streetprice you cannot be
disappointed, if you get a bad one, buy another and keep the
first for spares.
Zorki 4 rangefinder type with a longer base. Very nice lens, on
par with the best Tessar types of the 60's and 70's. I rather
accompany it with a 6x9 folder camera but for that quality of
lens and rangefinder you have to get an Ensign Autorange 820 and
they are not going below 600 Euro. There are several good sites
with Iskra (2) information.

In the end there's no substitute for square inches of film. But I
prefer them in the fewest cubic inches of camera.

Ernst