Digital BW, The Print

I'd take a look at the Epsons as others have suggested. Drum scanning requires a skilled operator and those folks are few and far between. If drum scanning is something that becomes a must then I would send the negs out to a lab with a skilled operator using equipment that they are familar with rather than trying to find one to operate yours.

Walt

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>From: sagaface [mailto:sagaface@...]
>Sent: Monday, July 9, 2007 04:49 AM
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Digital BW] All you scanning pros: Great scanner for 4x5 negs?
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>Hi all,
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>Can any of you recommend a scanner for (old and delicate) 4x5 negs? It's not for me, but 
>for a friend who is considering purchasing a pro-sumer oriented model and hiring 
>someone who knows what they're doing to use it, with the end result being poster sized 
>prints.
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> I think his price range is up to around 5-ish grand.
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>If this topic has been beaten to death, could someone direct me to an archived thread? I 
>haven't found anything specific yet.
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>thanks!
>Sarah
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