David Savage wrote: >At 04:10 PM 18/04/2007, Paul Ewins wrote: > > >>I've decided that the time really has come to get a scanner for my >>accumulated 35mm negs and slides. The trouble is that there simply isn't >>much choice. Locally it boils down to the Nikon Coolscan 50 or Nikon >>Coolscan 5000. The local pricing works out at roughly US$800 or US$1600. >> >> > > >Have you considered some of the latest flat bed scanners such as the Epson >V700/750? > >Admittedly, not quite as good as a dedicated film scanner, but still pretty >impressive from what I've read & seen for the price. > >Cheers, > >Dave > > >
A V700 costs as much or more than a dedicated 35mm scanner and delivers less quality. Flatbeds are by and large not a good choice for 35mm stuff. They come into their own for MF or (especially) LF use. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
