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Posted by Doug Clifford on July 13, 2001 at 01:42:42:
In Reply to: medium format posted by jay armstrong on June 25, 2001 at 16:06:32:
: its not easy to get scans for medium format at reasonable
prices.
: if you have medium format equipment its probably because you
like the quality.
: in order to take full advantage you need a scanner that scans
at at last 2800 and possibly 4000 dpi
: This means specialised scanners designed for slides such as
Nikon hi end or Minolta hi end at 3000$+. The cheaper flat bed
scanners just won't do it.Even if they have high dpi they still
washout and distort the colours in ways that no amount of
touching up can make up for. Nikon just introduced a new one this
week. 8000E?
: An alternative is to send them out to services such as
www.imagers.com, but the cost is still 10$ per slide for a 72mb
scan.
: Of course the best scans come from drum scanners at 4000 dpi
but they are at least 40$ each.
No question about it, medium format film scanners are expensive. Minolta's Dimage Scan Multi (original list price of $2,499) or Nikon's LS-4500 Multi-Format Film Scanner ($5689 list) will set you back the price of a good medium format camera system.
The best I can suggest is trying to find a either a used model (from someone who is upgrading) or a store with a demo model.
For the Minolta medium format film scanner see http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/DSM/DSMA.HTM
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