Digital BW, The Print

I don't have experience with the Plustek, so can't say. The Nikons and
similar film scanners, OTOH, are very difficult (impossible?) to get focus
across the whole film plane unless you use a wet-mount holder. A used drum
scanner (eg. Howtek 4500) will be your best bet, but you have to have alot
of film to make it worth-while.

I would recommend getting sample scans from the same wide-gamut negative
from several different kinds of scanners (operated by knowledgeable
owners!!) before deciding.

Bill

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:27 PM, dlruckus <dlruckus@...> wrote:

>   I've been using the Plustek for several years now and it does a very
> good job. Good enough, in fact, to exhibit just how disappointing some
> of my 35mm from the past is, technically speaking. 7200 dpi puts a
> very pitiless spotlight on any deficits. One of the very early
> reviewers, who was published in a UK photo magazine, really trashed
> the machine as being inadequate for use because at 7200dpi all his
> output looked less than sharp whereas 4000dpi from it as well as from
> another brand looked good. My experience with it indicates that he
> hadn't a clue as to what he was seeing. At that time it was even more
> affordable than today so a review such as his may very well have
> curtailed the machines marketing considerably.
>
> Regards
> Duane
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "pr_roark"
>
> <pr_roark@...> wrote:
> >
> > Richard wrote:
> >
> > > Are there any good scanners for 35mm negatives
> > > or should as, what is the best for 35mm ?
> >
> > David Brooks at Shutterbug tests a lot of these and is very enthused by
> > the affordable Plustek 7200i.
> >
> > My experience is that the typical 4000 dpi of a film scanner cannot
> > capture all the detail that is in the film. So, those extra pixels
> > just might be significant.
> >
> >
> > > or is all photography pretty much gone to digital.
> >
> > So far, I see no (affordable) serious digital competition for my medium
> > format Tech Pan film when ultimate B&W quality is the issue. For
> > color, however, I never shoot film any more.
> >
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
> >
>
>  
>



-- 
Regards,

Bill Morse
Wm. Morse Editions

http://www.MorseEditions.com/


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