At 12:11 3/27/02, you wrote:
Epson makes a medium format which is I think the 2450 or 2480 at about $400.
Bill Barber
Bill,
I did a double-take at the price which is accurate (on the Epson
site). However, the 2450 is a "flatbed" with a 4"x9" transparency
adapter. These typically do not perform nearly as well as a true film
scanner. If this one is an exception and does as well as a true film
scanner, I'd be very interested!
The prices on film scanners for 35mm (and some "dual" with APS capability)
have dropped considerably over the past few years. OTOH medium format film
scanners have maintained comparatively very high prices. Cheapest I've
found is the:
Minolta DiMAGE (w/o PCI SCSI Card): $1300
[add $50 if you need a SCSI card]
Then the prices *leap* to between $2600 and $3000 for the Polaroid
Sprintscan 120 and the Minolta DiMAGE Multi-Pro. The price makes a
*quantum* leap once more for the Kodak RFS-3570 that sells for $8,300 (I
wonder if Kodak sells any).
I'm having trouble imagining it's film scanning technology as applied to a
larger 6x4.5cm, 6x6cm or 6x7cm piece of film that is driving the cost, and
suspect it's mostly the two words "medium format," lack of heavy
competition, and what the respective companies feel the market can bear.
-- John
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