[LargeFormat] Scanning 4x5 Negatives

[Joe Tait]

On 11/25/01 1:27 PM, "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com> wrote:

> the Epson 1640 is very very good fro the price (I have one), but will show
> it's limitation now and then for difficult negs or really big prints. By all
> accounts the Canon is excellent too - and possibly is slightly better. Both
> are excellent in this price range (and do marvellous prints on the Epson
> 1290/2000 size printers. You just start to notice it if you want to go up to
> 30x36 or something. Even then, it still does a pretty good job combined with
> Genuine Fractals (and I don't want to start a thread on GF - suffice to say,
> I like it and it works for me...!). Your next step up for better scanners is
> going to be 2-3 times the price.


I'm actually willing to spend up to $1500 (3 times the price) but can't seem
to find higher than 2500dpi native resolution, nor any appreciable claim of
better dmax. Do you know of any scanner that offer higher than 2500dpi for
this price range?

Thanks for responding!

-Joe