Digital BW, The Print

Hi Bob,

Since you mentioned the CoolScan 9000 I'm assuming you're interested 
in scanning medium format negatives and slides.  Having an interest 
in doing the same, I picked-up a 4870 about 2 weeks ago and am very 
pleased with the results.  I have a 35mm neg/slide scanner, so I'm 
using it almost exclusively for medium format, however, with a fair 
amount of Unsharp mask in Photoshop it does a satisfactory job with 
35mm slides as well.  DigitalICE is phenominal and has already saved 
me several hours of clean-up in Photoshop.  Overall, a great scanner 
at a great price!

In case you haven't seen it - here's a really good 4870 review:

http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Epson%204870/page_1.htm




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "iceman15613" 
<rwshearer@c...> wrote:
> Does anyone have any thoughts on the Epson 4870. I had been wanting 
> to get a scanner that would also permit me to scan medium format 
> negs. The CoolScan 9000 seems to be way overpriced. A thousand 
> dollars difference between it and the 500, just to scan larger 
negs. 
> The 4870 looks like a reasonable compromise.
> Bob