Digital ICE is pretty cool, but not an absolute necessity. I find I can get
my negs pretty clean with a good blast of air and the touch up is small.
When I bought my scanner it was a choice of 2700dpi with Digital ICE and
4000dpi without digital ICE (Polaroid Sprintscan 4000). I went for the
resolution. Now you can get the Nikon 4000 ED at 4000dpi with Digital ICE,
but I'm hearing mediocre rumblings about it. Evidently it uses a fairly dim
light source, so the depth of field is shallow and any bowing in the neg is
a problem. The SS4000 doesn't have that problem (although it has problems
of its own).
Course, those are expensive choices.
The Acer is a great scanner, especially if you get a refurb off
www.ubid.com, but there are other choices now. I'm not current, but you'll
want to look at the Minolta and Canon offerings too.
Tom
> Anybody have comments on Digital ICE, or should I just check the Archives?
> Also, is the Acer ScanWit 2720 still the list's favorite film scanner?
>
> --p.j.
>
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