[LargeFormat] cost of scanning question

[Alan Bucknam]

My little Acer ScanPrisa 1240UT was great for my 5x7 negs (the only 
$125 scanner that had a 5x7 transparency adapter) for things like 
cataloging negatives, printing digital "contact prints" to thumb 
through, etc....but as a guy who scanned photos for a living for a few 
years, really good transparency scans are gonna come from a scanner 
whose price is definitely in the $1200-$120,000 range....although the 
higher you get up that range the more the difference lies in the 
software than in the hardware.

Paying more for a scanner in the lower end of that range gets you 
greater DMax, sometimes better hardware resolution (more important than 
the interpolated or software resolution), and a better "engine" (the 
actual scanner CCD transport)...

Alas, my little Acer became obsolete when my Operating System outpaced 
Acer's willingness to write a scanner driver for it. It does serve as a 
nice place to stack my bills, however.

-Alan Bucknam


On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 02:24 PM, Vincent Dobson wrote:

> Do a net search - compare prices - I think they saw you coming -
> translation - you paid too much, unless you can get some great deals on
> scanners.
>
> Vince Dobson
> Visions In Nature
> www.VisionsInNature.com
>
> :>-----Original Message-----
> :>From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> :>Behalf Of animal
> :>Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 8:34 AM
> :>To: largeformat@f32.net
> :>Subject: [LargeFormat] cost of scanning question
> :>
> :>
> :>Hello,
> :>
> :>Recently had  4   4x5  black and white negs scanned at 2000dpi by a 
> lab.
> :>The amount they charged would have been enough for 2 nice flatbeds.
> :>Is this normal everywhere?
> :>Thanks for replying.
> :>simon jessurun
> :>amsterdam
> :>
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