Digital BW, The Print

You might email Ernst about this Epson: 


http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?
BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=63056500

 He seems to like his. It scans 6400 dpi optical has two lenses, and 
has a fluid mounting holder that you can use with Kami. That is a 
significantly bigger file size than our Howteks. Of course your not 
going to achieve the dynamic range of the Howtek in the shadows but 
might be the sweet spot financially. I"ve never really been happy 
with my Nikon. It picks up every little scratch and micro dust 
element. Come to think of it Amadou has the Epson V750 too and has 
directly compared to his Howtek. See what he says,probably as good as 
most of the digital camera files we receive these days.

john


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" 
<tyler@...> wrote:
>
> I have a friend, not satisfied with her Epson flatbed for anything
> smaller than 4x5, and not rich enough to have me drum scan for her
> regularly, darn it.
> I'd suggest the Nikon to her, but there have to be many here 
scanning
> medium format negs for B&W output with useful opinions, all would be
> welcome. I have not been paying much attention to new products like
> this for some time, I hear there's a new Microtek?
> She really does just scan B&W film, unfortunately comparing to my
> Howtek scans of same for her... there has to be some middle ground.
> Thanks,
> Tyler
>