Re: EPSON 4870 PRO versus Microtek i900 (Was Re: modifying scanner)

Wow, I have a Minolta Dimage Scan Dual III and an Epson 2450. The Epson is
able to scan "impossible-to-Minolta" frames which have very dense
highlights. I use Silverfast with Epson and Vuescan with Minolta. The Epson
was able to scan (very easily) some frames that I could only scan by using
long exposure pass and 16x multi-sampling with the Minolta (and there was
clear streaking marks with the latter). So, if Microtek is even better than
Epson, it must be a very cool scanner! (Or is it something related to
Vuescan?)

----- Original Message -----
From: BKPhoto@aol.com
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: EPSON 4870 PRO versus Microtek i900 (Was Re: modifying scanner)

....the real problem is optical density range (the scanner's ability to
record shadow and highlight information without noise). My experience, to
date, is that the Microtek scanners outperform the Epson's on both accounts
but, again, using the software properly is critical.
Received on Wed Nov 17 17:07:40 2004