Digital BW, The Print

Greg,

Whether that file size is interpolated through magic or not, the real
issue is dynamic range, 4000 dpi is really enough for almost anything,
even most 35mm projects.

Epson, like Nikon and Imacon, most likely will lie about the dynamic
range numbers, but we won't really know until someone who is doing
really high-end scans does a range of comparison tests, from film that
isn't perfect, to see if this is really a new breed of flatbed. If
they somehow have managed to produce a really good dynamic range,
which I always expected to be on the horizon somewhere for flatbeds,
then fluid mounting under acetate with Kami fluid may well keep the
film flat and avoid the focus problems resulting from the film not
being completely flat in the standard Epson carrier. A poor dynamic
range produces noise in the shadows and often in the highlights as
well, and quite often a reduced color gamut. The Nikons are quite
noisy. I expect the Epson may at least equal that. They are all ccd
scanners, basically digital cameras, and the best flatbeds like Scitex
or Premier already pretty much equal the Imacon in dynamic range and
file size. 


John

John

 




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg"
<dfaprinting@...> wrote:
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> --- In 
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "scott_now_coming" 
> <scott_now_coming@> wrote:
> >
> > I think it comes down to price vs quality: value.
> > 
> > For $800 for a scanner like the V-750 that will scan up to 8x10" 
> > films up to 6400 dpi, how can you go wrong?
> > 
> 
> 
> All I know is that I'm in the market for a new flatbed scanner, and 
> I'm not doing anything until the v750 reviews come out, and maybe 
> some time after that. I still have to wonder if the 6400ppi is going 
> to be real or the normal over inflated value that Epson is pretty 
> well known for.
>