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Subject: [Leica] new Epson scanners
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Sun Mar 5 05:58:35 2006
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Thanks Frank for the additional info.

B.

On 5-mrt-2006, at 12:38, Frank Dernie wrote:

> The Nikon glass holder with masks works very well on the 8000, and  
> I presume 9000, scanner(s). Using digital GEM it is a bit slow on  
> my older Mac but not bad. I scan Xpan, Rolleiflex and Mamiya 7 film  
> and am very happy with the results apart from 200 asa print film  
> which gives hideous grain aliasing.
> Frank
>
> On 4 Mar, 2006, at 22:22, bruce wrote:
>
>> Don, the Epson demo. specialist promised to bring the new scanner  
>> (V700) after the intro.; so I am now awaiting a date.
>>
>> I have a few thousand 120 slides and a multitude of 35mm which I  
>> need to scan sooonest. The Imacon is too expensive and slow, the  
>> Nikon combined has holder problems at 120 and is slow; so I think  
>> that it leaves only the V700 (one or other) to resolve the  
>> situation. Other ideas are welcome?
>>
>> B.
>>
>> On 3-mrt-2006, at 1:37, Don Dory wrote:
>>
>>> Bruce,
>>> The V700 showed some very good scanning capability at 6400dpi.   
>>> The pro
>>> version gives you an adapter to scan a large format piece of film  
>>> perfectly
>>> flat at the exact focus point of the mechanism.  For the person,  
>>> lab, or
>>> studio that does a good number but not a lot this makes a lot of  
>>> sense.  For
>>> me, the ability to get a pretty good scan of my medium format  
>>> film and do
>>> easy digital proof sheets make this a probably winner.
>>>
>>> Don
>>> don.dory@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/27/06, bruce <bruce@ralgo.nl> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Overlooked, seemingly, by the PMA reports are two new Epson  
>>>> scanners.
>>>>
>>>> The Pro version should be a solution to the problems discussed by
>>>> members over the last weeks. If you don't already know about this,
>>>> please go to:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?
>>>> BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=63056500
>>>>
>>>> Oh yeah ...................... price, of the Pro version, to be
>>>> around $750.
>>>>
>>>> Happy reading,
>>>> B.
>>>>
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