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lucanaus
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Posted: Tue Apr 15th, 2008 02:35 am |
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I would like to have some advice about the best scanner That I could buy for my 120mm B&W negatives from my art works that I would like to view them in high digital quality. Thank you for your help..........Lucana
P.S: http://www.lucana.us
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GTO400hp@aol.com
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Posted: Wed Apr 16th, 2008 06:16 pm |
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With 120 film your choices aren't as broad as they would be with 35mm, really your looking at one of three types of scanners, a drum scanner, a virtual drum scanner (Hasselblad/Imacon) or a flatbed scanner.
Both the drum and virtual drum scanners are the top of the line, offering amazine detail and resolution. However, there are some draw back, the first being the price. A virtual drum scanner will run you $6,000 to $20,000 depending on the model and wheather its new or used. A drum scanner will be about double that and the film must be wet mounted (a real chore).
Nikon does make a dedicated 120 scanner, coolscan 5000 I think (I may have the model number wrong) that does a very good job but it a step down from either of the above, I'm not sure the current price but it will run you a couple thousand.
Lastly we have the flatbeds, in terms of bang for your buck, these are the way to go. For about $700 you can get either the Epson V750 or the new Microtek ArtixScan M1, niether can touch the quality of a drum or virtual drum scan but they are very, very good for the money. I've written a full review of the Microtek ArtixScan M1 for http://www.whitespider.org if you'd like to read it. In it I have some comparision scan between it and a couple other scanners. It may help give you an idea of what you want to do.
Good Luck.
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kdowie
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Posted: Mon Apr 21st, 2008 04:41 am |
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I'm using an Epson V700 which is mostly the same as the V750 referred to by GTO400hp. I'm more than happy with it scanning 35mm film and producing excellent quality A3 prints from them. 120 film also scans well on the V700. The V750 differs in that it comes with a fluid mounting system and the full version of Silverfast software. Keeping the negative as flat as possible is important. Without the fluid mount system, it becomes even more important to store the negatives properly, ie; completely flat in archival sleeves, so that if using the V700 the neg sits properly rather than exhibiting any edge curl.
An excellent review of the Epson scanners can be found at http://www.photo-i.co.uk these flatbed scanners have advanced so far and are such good value for money, that I wouldn't even contemplate an expensive drum scanner.
KD http://www.kevindowie.com
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