Re: 8x10 transparency scanner

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From: Mitch Valburg (mvalburg@yahoo.com)
Date: 05/18/00-11:09:07 PM Z


At 01:12 PM 5/17/00 -0700, you wrote:

>There may well be a better choice for fine art work, but finding an
>affordable scanner that will do 8x10 transparencies at high res will be a
>challenge. All that I have seen use a lens to gain the extra pixels and
>have a reduced scan area which is rarely mentioned in the product sheet.

I don't know what you consider hi rez, but you might consider the Epson 1600: 1600ppi over the entire scanning bed, decent dynamic range, and epson scanners are often better than their specs indicate. Some people are using them for medium format and 4x5 negs and printing considerably larger.

Mitch V.

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