[filmscanners] Re: MF scanners

["Bernie Kubiak" <bkubiak@mediaone.net>]

I think camera shop staff are trained to say "I recommend Nikon."  I don't
have the MF version of the Polaroid scanner but a friend does (he bougth it
when he got frustrated waiting for the Nikon unit to ship) and he's been
very happy with it.

As others have noted, the Nikon film holders do have to hold the film
flatter to compensate for lack of depth of field in the lens used.  So give
the sales guy credit for being a good spinner!

----- Original Message -----
From: <Mike.Rott@urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
To: <bkubiak@mediaone.net>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 12:05 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] MF scanners


Hi,

I am interested in getting a medium format scanner and had pretty much
decided
on the polaroid 120. However, talking with the digital expert and a nearby
camera shop who has experience with the polaroid, nikon and minolta, he
recommended the nikon. The reason being the that the nikon film holders hold
the
film flatter then the polaroid holders, giving better sharpness across the
frame. He also mentioned that there was some talk about a redesigned film
holder
for the polaroid that would solve this problem. Checking on the net, I have
not
heard of this problem with the polaroid 120. Has anyon had problems with
film
flatness with the polaroid 120 or know anything about new holders?

thanks,


Mike

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