Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/06

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Subject: [Leica] Flatbed scanners for photographs
From: daniel.rocha at free.fr (Daniel ROCHA)
Date: Thu Jan 6 12:16:23 2005
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Curtis Fant wrote:
> What flatbed scanner is good that might be able to handle mounted
> photographs where the photograph is about 6 x 8" on an 11x14" board? 

See also the Epson 4870. I own one.

> I have an HP  3970, and the glass can't be removed easily to clean,
> phantom dust comes out in the photographs that isn't there in the
> originals and it has this recessed scan area that will only take
> letter sized things.   

With Epson flatbed scanners you can found tutorials to show how to
clean the glass.

> Are all flatbed scanners junk?

It's hard to imagine a perfect flatbed scanner !
A film dedicated scanners are very expansive !


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