RE: Re: Scanning Negatives

I don't think any flatbed scanner is a good solution for scanning 35mm. It's
just too big of a compromise. I thought one would be OK for scanning to web,
but after using a 35mm film scanner, it's not adequate anymore.<g>

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Colin Talcroft [mailto:ctalcroft@yahoo.com]
|Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 12:46 AM
|To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
|Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Scanning Negatives
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|Just a word, for what it's worth, I said in an earlier
|message that I had a Microtek Scanmaker 4 that I am
|very happy with. I should point out that I started by
|buying an inexpensive Umax scanner. I took that back
|to the store the same day because it just wasn't
|adequate for 35mm. I don't think this is a Umax issue,
|its just that the machines in that price range are
|limited, I feel. In my opinion, you would in the end
|be much happier waiting and getting a better scanner
|rather than being disappointed by an inexpensive one
|that just doesn't match the performance of a stronger
|machine.
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Received on Mon Sep 18 08:27:46 2000