From: frag on
grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com took a blunt brush and painted...
>
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember frag <news4(a)ukrm.co.uk> saying
> something like:
>
> >> Depends what you're scanning with, too.
> >
> >It's not a dedicated slide scanner, so won't be as good as one.
> >
> >Epson V350 Photo
>
> From what I've found the Epsons have real scanning res of about 2000+,
> nothing like the claimed figures. 2K is ok for Medium and Large Format,
> so I'm happy enough with that, but it's a misleading piece of
> advertising for 35mm use.
> If I had a load of 35mm to scan I'd look seriously at a used Nikon
> Coolscan, or possibly one of the Plusteks but I'd find out for sure what
> users' experiences are with them and if the figures are real.
> http://www.plustek.com/product/series.asp?s_id=4

I don't suppose someone near me has a dedicated negative scanner I could
borrow for a couple of weeks?

They're one of those things that you get for a job, and once that's done they
lie there gathering dust.

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frag

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