Thanks Alan, Billy and Paul for your replies. I read the review on the E3200 and from the looks of it will be suitable for the time being. I hope I can try out a Nikon 8000 at some point, but I frankly cannot justify the price tag until I have more experience scanning. Thanks for all your help. Regards, Tony -----Original Message----- From: Alan Zinn [mailto:AZinn@...] Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 8:01 PM To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Scanners for B & W At 03:09 PM 5/26/03 -0400, you wrote: >As I continue to contemplate a good strategy for my existing B & W MF & LF >negatives, and as Clayton Jones wisely suggested I consider a flatbed >scanner to do this with as I learn the process. Can anyone suggest a good >scanner for the purpose? Clayton suggested an Epson 1640SU which I >understand is a 1600dpi scanner. I am seeing that Epson now has a 3200 dpi >scanner. Since I am starting from scratch, I would like to know if others >consider this a good way to go. What problems might I face, or to put it >another way, what alligators live in this swamp? > > > >Many thanks in advance. > > > >Tony > Tony, >Go here for a good review: http://www.photo-i.co.uk/index.html Ihave the >E3200 and it is the greatest for my needs. The E2450 is also excellent and >very cheap now. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. http://www.panoramacamera.us Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1512248/D=egroupweb/S=17050191 82:HM/A=1564416/R=0/*http:/www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=60164797&partid=3170 658> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=251812.3170658.4537139.1512248/D=egroupmai l/S=:HM/A=1564416/rand=124327636> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page. Please follow these basic guidelines: - Include your full name with your message. - Include the address of your website, if you have one. - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header. - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames - Complete your Yahoo profile. - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various resources on the homepage. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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RE: [Digital BW] Scanners for B & W
2003-05-27 by Anton Pickard
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