"David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b.DeleteThis@dd-b.net> wrote in message
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> The best available scanners are far beyond $500 (the Imacon Flextight
> 848 Multi-format, for example, is listed at $14,995 in the latest B&H
> catalog). They're also slow and take a lot of work and skill to
> operate (wet mounting, with the associated cleanup time afterwards).
No wet-mounting on an Imacon, David. They're not
drum scanners, in spite of their (misleading) ad copy.
They are very good CCD-based film scanners, to be
sure. But realistically? Not much better than your
Nikon or mine, from what I can see.
> However, for $500 you can get a low-end consumer film scanner, which
> do quite a good job. I'm a fan of the Nikon scanners, so for buying
> new the Coolscan V is the obvious choice.
Here we agree. Particularly with K/M bowing out of
the market, Nikon might be a good choice for the OP.
The Coolscan V ED is $550 at BH Photo. Canon may
still make them, and at the low end there's Pacific Image
(www.scanace.com.)
rafe b
www.terrapinphoto.com
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