Chris, I'm in the same market for a MF scanner and,
although I can't recall the site, the Canon D2400 was
softer than the Epson 2450 although not by a whole
lot.
Warren
--- Chris Barker <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks very much for that Johnny.
>
> I am looking at the Epson 2450 and the Canoscan
> D2400UF for MF
> scanning. Amateur Photographer did a review (albeit
> a rather skimpy
> one) of the Canoscan and judged it to be excellent.
> But the Epson is
> a little cheaper and has a Firewire connection, so I
> was very glad to
> have a review to read.
>
> Chris
>
> At 13:24 -0500 27/3/02, Johnny Johnson wrote:
> >At 12:55 PM 3/27/02 -0500, John A. Lind wrote:
> >
> >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!
> >
> >Hi John,
> >
> >While the 2450 won't perform quite as well as a
> dedicated film
> >scanner for scanning medium format, it is getting
> very good reviews
> >and lots of people are very happy with the results
> that they get
> >using it. It's reported to do an outstanding job
> for the money.
> >For example:
> >
> >http://www.virtualtraveller.org/epson2450.htm
> >
> >I think the suitability will depend a on a persons
> needs and how
> >much money they have to toss at it.
> >
> >Later,
> >Johnny
>
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