Digital BW, The Print

Hi all,

I am a film shooter that needs to create digital negatives for 
contact printing using alt-photo techniques.

The problem is that I shott 35mm film and need to create negatives of 
up to 8" x 10" or larger for contact printing.

I will be using an Epson 1290 for the negative output but am stuck on 
the input side of the equation.

Right now I am leaning towards the Nikon Coolscan V ED ($ 899.00 CAD) 
as it seems to have the colour depth and resolution I need for my 
output sizes.

Do you folks have any suggestions about this purchase?  Is this a 
good scanner - in real life use?  Can it meet my needs.

I am using the digital negative techniques developed by Mark Nelson 
in his ebook, Precision Digital Negatives.

Thanks for any help or advice.

Ehud
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