Digital BW, The Print

I don't contest a word you have said, in fact I agree with you, however, when it comes 
to film flatness this is where the Imacon system really shows where it excels over 
other systems.  I have done comparisons between the Minolta, Nikon, and Imacon 
film scanners and the Imacon wins this test base upon edge to edge sharpness.  
Where the other scanners would do a really nice job, the sharpness from edge to edge 
and through out the file was just far more consistent on the Imacon.  Also the final 
image tended to be cleaner due to the fact that the film holder mechanism doesn't 
use anything but tension to hold the film in place.

Just like with printers and digital capture devices resolution is not the only criteria 
used in determining the overall quality of a product.  The other components of the 
system need to be taken into consideration as well. 

I also agree that the price of the Imacon is very high compared to many of the other 
scanners available, it just depends on what your intended market is and if you are 
making money or doing this for pleasure only.

I will admit that I have become spoiled using an Imacon scanner and I miss not having 
access to one, that's why I'm switching to digital capture, and bypassing the film 
issue from now on.

Jack Fisher