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
I think you are right about the reason for pricing. It may improve
with competition from things like the Epson. It got very good
reviews with the transparency adaptor. The only thing I might worry
about is whether it can handle the dynamic range of a transparency.
The test I saw was with color negative film. Depending on how you
intend to use it...
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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