Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tigertwous" 
<jfisher@s...> wrote:
> I happen to sell Imacon scanners for the company I work for, I 
have installed and 
> demoed many of them and I can tell you that the Nikon 8000 is more 
than a step 
> below the Imacon product.  I can also tell you that the new Epson 
4850 scannners are 
> very good scanners and you may want to take a look at them as 
well.  I'm not puting 
> down the Nikon 8000 it's just that the Imacon is such a fine 
product that it is in a 
> class by itself.

Most modern desktop scanners have resolution that exceeds what is 
required to scan down to or below the grain.  Furthermore, the 
density range of negative film is well within the range of a decent 
true 14 bit scanner.  (Think 'Zone System' and you can see why)   
Furthermore I've seen comparison scans of Imacons -vs- good desktop 
scanners and I couldn't see the diff.

So, given the price of an Imacon, could you tell us in non-
subjective technical terms what the Imacon can do that a good 
desktop scanner can't when it comes to scanning black and white 
negative film?