Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Sat, 23 Jan 1999 03:48:09 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Pascal MIELE wrote:
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> I use a film scan Polaroid Sprintscan 35 2700dpi
> a flat reflect/trans scan Umax PowerLook II 2400dpi
> and a Mac (yes Judy a Mac, you're not alone !)
Hi Pascal... thanks for the info... I'm most grateful for all the list
info of the last couple of days, because I realized from it I was about to
make a mistake. I have to go to a scanner with a greater resolution for 35
mm.
The Mac Warehouse catalog shows the 2700 dpi Sprintscan 35 plus you
mention for $1500, while Nikon Coolscan III, also 2700 dpi, is *only*
$999.95. The differences as far as I can make out from numbers given, are
that the Sprintscan Plus has optical density up to 3.4, with 36-bit color,
the Coolscan III has a "dynamic range" of 3 with 30-bit color. Assuming
that those capacities would matter for commercial use, but not so much for
my purposes -- when the color gets to be synthetic anyway, at least to
some extent -- I think I'll save the $500 difference.
Another point against the Sprintscan Plus in my book is that it's bundled
with Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2, which annoys me. I feel I'm paying for it, but
won't use it, don't want it. It also seems to me a dumb marketing decision
-- surely at this point someone paying $1500 for a scanner already has
Photoshop? Or am I missing something?
I suppose somebody sells the scanner solo, but, well, I have the catalog
in hand... There's a more expensive Coolscan ($1900) but from what I can
make out its added features are, again, of little meaning for personal
use.
However, if I'm making another (much more expensive) mistake now, I'd be
so glad for the correction....
cheers,
Judy
> You can use a flat scan 2400dpi for slides and negs if you have trans back,
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> I use the Umax for negs larger than 35mm (6x6 etc...) and it's very good
> but for 35mm the pola is vey quick, no glass (no dust) and slides (or neg
> strip) are easy to align,
> on the flat they allways turn and all images are Pisa tower.
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> For my work 300dpi as final resolution is very good
> (with 2700dpi and 35mm you have a 8x10 print)
> Pascal
> Pascal
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