RES: The Great Scanner debate - round one

Dear Friends

I read on the December 2003 issue of Shutterbug an ad of Microtek's new
scanner i900. With 4.2 max. optical density and the possibility to scam
transparencies up to 8x10 on a glassless way, legal size flat bed and
optical resolution of 6400x3200 dpi, and also bundled with all those
retouching software we get with Epson's scanners, it seems the perfect
solution for all we're looking for, specially for the shadows noise problem.
Strangely enough, however, even Microtek's web site doesn't mention it yet,
and I couldn't find it available in any stores on line. Does any one of you
know any more about this announced new product? Thank you,

Ric.

-----Mensagem original-----
De: Don Bryant [mailto:dstevenbryant@mindspring.com]
Enviada em: domingo, 21 de março de 2004 22:18
Para: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Assunto: RE: The Great Scanner debate - round one

Jon,

Here is some info about Aztek. I'll post more when I recall where it is
at on the web.

http://www.aztek.com/Products/Aztek%20Imaging%20-%20Scanning%20Supplies(
main).htm

Don

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Lybrook [mailto:jon@terabear.com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 5:06 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: RE: The Great Scanner debate - round one
>
> Thanks Don. So you think I needn't worry about sandwiching the
> transparency between 2 pieces of glass when using the Kami fluid?
>
> Jon
>
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Don Bryant wrote:
>
> > The Kami fluid will work fine on flatbed scanners.
> >
> > Don Bryant
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jon Lybrook [mailto:jon@terabear.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:42 PM
> > > To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > > Subject: Re: The Great Scanner debate - round one
> > >
> > > Interesting! Does anyone here recommend that? I'm interested in
> > trying
> > > it but wouldn't want to mess up the scanner bed glass using
something
> > that
> > > was designed for another purpose....
> > >
> > > Jon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Loris Medici wrote:
> > >
> > > > Apart Sandy's neat suggestion... I've read some people
> > > > are wet mounting their negative onto scanner glass
> > > > (using special fluids designed for drum scanners - I
> > > > remember them mentioning "Kami mounting fluid" ->
> > > > http://www.kami-produkte.de/english/sxl.html). They
> > > > say this way they can get rid of Newton rings, keep
> > > > the negative flat and most importantly have better
> > > > scans (due to mounting fluid somehow increasing
> > > > sharpness/contrast).
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Loris.
> > > >
> > > > --- Carl Weese <cweese@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > > > John,
> > > > >
> > > > > No, the 4870 is 6x9 and handles 5x7 negs easily.
> > > > > That is, if you can figure
> > > > > out a way to hold the negs flat and at the same time
> > > > > avoid Newton
> > > > > rings.---Carl
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
Received on Sun Mar 21 22:31:37 2004