>
> Um, I have a dummy type question: which is better, flatbed or film type
> scanner? Why? The flatbeds are really low price now, the film types are
more
> expensive. Is the added cost proportional to any added quality?
> --
> Be OS!
>
> Dirk Wright
What do you want to scan? Flatbeds are reflective devices. The light
shines on the item being scanned and the reflected light is read and
made into the digital image which is then twice removed from the film.
Film scanners read the film and are capable of much better digital
images because the info they get is directly from the film. The digital
image is then the first generation image from the film.
If you are scanning a photo on a flatbed you are at the mercy of the
printer and sometimes the printed image is not as sharp as the image on
the film.
If you are serious about digital image from film, a film scanner is the
way to go.
Bob
Have you seen Microteks High end (?) scanners that do both? They are
basically a flatbed, albeit a high spec flatbed with a Dmax of 3.4 and an
optical resolution of 1000x2000. They have 36 bit colour. Well, this is
pretty good so far for a flatbed, but it gets better, particularly if you
are using a medium or large format camera. There is a drawer in the bottom
of the scanner for film of sizes up to 8"x14". This drawer is under the
scanning device nad has a media light under it as well. If you want the
best of all worlds it seems this is the best compromise. The resolution
isn't really great for 35mm, but bear in mind you could scan a whole role of
35mm in one go and get yourself a psuedo-contact sheet. This alone would
save me big $ in processing. The biggest benefit of course goes to the
MF/LF users who cannot possibly hope to get anything like this for less than
$5,000.
Not a bad one to jump into the market. Check it out at ;
http://www.microtek.com/usi-sp5.html
Usual disclaimers apply.
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