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Re: filmscanners: flatbed for contact-sheets
Are you saying your Agfa Arcus seems better worse than the Epson scanners???
The Epson 1640SU also has a dmax of 3.2 and higher resolution than the Agfa.
BK
----- Original Message -----
From: Tomasz Zakrzewski <tomzakrz@ka.onet.pl>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:55 PM
Subject: filmscanners: flatbed for contact-sheets
> I've just bought Agfa Arcus 1200 flatbed scanner (about $ 800).
> The scanner will be used for archival scanning of photographs, but I also
> chose this one because it is able to scan slides with a glassless film
> holder. And you can make contact-sheets with it.
> It's transparency area is 8x10". I've already made several contact-sheets
> from my negatives lying the acetat-sleeves on the glass bed and I must say
> it works fine. You only have to scan two halves of the sleeve and then
> combine them in Photoshop. Really no problem.
> It's dmax is 3,2 and it really shows. No comparison with Epson
> 1200/1240/1640 as far as noise level and sharpness go.
>
> Regards
>
> Tomasz Zakrzewski
>
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