Digital BW, The Print

I can't vouch for the superiority of "prosumer" scanners (I've not
seen that term applied to a scanner before), but Microtek surely
doesn't qualify as maker of genuinely "professional" level
scanners...presumably the price is right...

Worthwhile Yahoo Group (just forming) ...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCANMAX/?yguid=96117688

Luis Fernandez, the host, is deeply experienced technically...the site
generally revolves around wet mounting and flatbeds, with the goal of
increasing sharpness and Dmax, reducing dust...the same way it'd be
done in a much more expensive camera.



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Andre"
<am1000@v...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "thomkrahn"
> <krahn@f...> wrote:
> > I am thinking about getting a Microtek 2500 scanner for black and
> > white 4x5.  I can get a used scanner with 12bit output somewhat
> > cheaper than a new scanner with 16 bit output.  
> > 
> The Microtek 2500T may have been an 8 bits only scanner, but it was a
> capable scanner for b&w negatives. It may be surpassed by newer
> dedicated mf scanner but I'm not sure that the prosumer level scanners
> are better.
> 
> Check out this website, were the images were scanned on a Microtek
> 2500T scanner. That's the Jerry Olson website, whom is no longer
with us.
> 
> http://www.westernechoes.com/
> 
> Cheers,
> André Moreau