Digital BW, The Print

I am looking at the Microtek i800. Any comments or advice on that one?? It
fits my price range and I don't have film larger than 35mm and 2 1/4 that I
will need to scan thought it does up to 4x5. I have not been able to find a
objective review of this scanner.
 
David
 
David Neely Photography
www.dneelyphoto.com
 
 
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From: slberfuchs
Date: 07/20/06 13:08:25
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] New Epson and Microtek Flatbeds
 
First the wet mounting ... actually, there is no reasonw hy you can't wet
mount on the 
Microtek i900 either. The glass tray used for larger than 4x5 film can also
be used for et 
mounting as long as you are careful with your liquid.

Second ... ALL of the 'consumer' scanner resolution and Dmax numbers are
nothing more 
than marketing hype. Our side-by-side tests show that the performance of the
i900 and the 
4870/4990 are about the same, both have plus and minus tradeofs. Tests of
the new V 
series from Epson don't show enough gain in performance to make them
valuablefor large 
format users, although they may be for smaller formats. Basically, the 700
delivers LOWER 
resolution (around 1800 to 2000) at ALL but its highest (6400) scanning
setting. At the 
highest setting (6400) it delivers 2400 on one axis and 2800 on the other
but this comes at 
the expense of very large files if you are scanning larger film. Finally,
the Dmax of the V 
series is exactly the same as that of the 4990 (2.25).


 
 

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