[filmscanners] Re: Cheap 2400DPI scanner?

["Ian Boag" <ianboag@partslink.co.nz>]

Yep. I have one. The usual groan for us folk down here in NZ - it was
$NZ699 = about $US320. Works OK. Slightly softer than my 2700 dpi Canon
FS2710 filmscanner. Pretty acceptable results from 35mm negs. I'm thinking
of trying MF and it will be just dandy for that. I don't like the auto
feature of the supplied supplied Twain driver much - I ended up tweaking
the histogram out to both ends to capture all the detail then sorting it
out in PSP with iCorrect.

I would think evenness & size of tranny coverage would be just fine. There
are plastic masks for 6 35mm negs/slide or 4 6x6. Using other sizes eg 6x9
would no be hard. Light in lid is only about 7 cm wide.

Of course YMMV ......

I don't know what the 2450 does that this one doesn't .....

      IB


At 16:16 15/09/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Was in local dealer (Microcenter cambridge, MA) the other day and
>noticed a stack of Epson 2400 (not 2450) scanners, retail of $200.
>
>Looks like a budget 2450, with 2400 DPI, and a tranny hood panel "for
>35mm strip" that, in the box illustration, looked wide "enough" for
>120. No open unit I could check at that time.
>
>It's on the Epson site, but "not available". No specs on the trans
>panel size. A separate 4x5 top available for $99. No mention of
>Silverfast software, only Epson Twain (which does output 16 bit with
>the 2450).
>
>MAC/PC, USB2 not firewire.
>
>Anyone seen one up and running, who could check eveness and size of
>tranny coverage. Might be good for my school's installation.
>
>Regards,
>Bruce
>--
>Bruce C. Kinch
>Associate Professor of Photography
>The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
>
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