Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I would need a scanner that would scan up to 2 1/4 negatives as well as = slides. =20 >Bill Grimwood At the risk of starting a thread that is non-Leica related, here are = some quick comments based on a great deal of research. There are only 2 dedicated transmission scanners that handle up to 4X5, = including of course 2 1/4". These are from Nikon and Polaroid. The = Polaroid is the most highly regarded but is very expensive >$8,000 US. My research lead me to discover a very exciting alternative, the Agfa = Duoscan. This retails in the US for under $4,500. It handles both = transparent media (slides / negatives) and reflective copy when used as = a traditional flatbed. What makes it unqiue is that instead of using a = transparency adoptor, it handles transparencies directly in a seperate = compartment and can do so with or without a glass carrier. It can = handle slides and negs up to 8X10" ! The resolution is a true optical 2000 X 1000 dpi. A 2.25" slide cropped = to 8x10 propotions scans at this resolution to about a 45MB file, but = the quality is remarkable. (You'll want 120MB of RAM or better to = handle these, though 64MB will do with a lot of disk swapping). Prints = on an Epon Stylus Photo printer have to be seen to be believed. I use a Nikon LS-1000 for my 35mm work, and the Duoscan for medium = format (Rollei 6008). I'm considering a Fuji 617. No other afforable = scanner than the Duoscan can handle such 6 inch long transparencies. The other alternative is to have Pro Photo CDs made. These cost $25+ = each and so the cost of a scanner is soon made up, not to mention the = additional control that one achieves in being able to do one's own = scans. If you or any other LUGers would like to pursue this discussion further = we can move it to private e-mail. Michael