Digital BW, The Print

I have an Epson Perfection 3200 scanner. On the message board for the 3200, some people have been knocking it saying that it is not sharp enough for 35mm. Well, personally I think it is and I'm pretty critical. I have been doing photography for about 38 years and work with all formats from 35mm to 4X5. Now, I don't have a film scanner and have no experience with them. I bought the 3200 to mainly scan my 120 and 4X5 film as I mostly work in those formats. For those it does a great job.
When I work with 35mm, I usually print 8X10 or 11X14. At those sizes, I feel that I get everything that is in the film with the 3200. If you are going larger, then maybe you will need another scanner, I don't know. However,  you might give the 3200 a try. If you don't like it, you can always return it. I don't believe that there is another flatbed scanner out there of it's quality for the price.

See the following review for more information.
http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Scanners
/Epson_3200/page_10.htm

By the way. I use SilverFast Ai 6.0 to scan and always use Unsharp Masking to optimize sharpness. It really makes a big difference. If you use the Epson software, I recommend checking the unsharp mask box  with each scan.

Russ Martin


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