>
>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
>--
That's all I wanted to know, thanks.
I just want to get photos onto a web page I'm slowly building.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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