[filmscanners] Re: [filmscanners_Digest] filmscanners Digest for Tue 14 Oct, 2003

["David J. Littleboy" <davidjl@gol.com>]

"malcolm" <Yokochanie@btinternet.com> asks:
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May I use this newsgroup to ask advice over a scanner purchase.

I want a scanner which I use for scanning old postcards (1900-1920's), and
35 mm colour slides. I use an Epson Perfection 1650. It does very well with
the postcards, but I am not so happy with the slide results.

I am thinking of getting a new scanner.

Either the Canoscan 9900 F (I use their cameras so I know that they know
their stuff with optics), or the Epson Perfection 3200. Can people tell me,

1) If they have either, good or bad points about it,
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The 3200 dpi flatbed scanners are not all that much better than the 1600 dpi
scanners for slides. For slides, you really need a dedicated film scanner,
or as Paul suggested, having them done commercially.

People who use 3200 dpi scanners to scan 6x7 and larger film are usually
quite happy, but people with 645 and smaller film usually find that they
aren't quite good enough.

David J. Littleboy
davidjl@gol.com
Tokyo, Japan

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