On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:59:17 -0800 (PST), AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> So this leads to a conceptual question:
>
> Should I invest in a nice used 4000dpi (or greater) scanner
> (with Digital ICE) and continue to shoot Velvia for a while? As
> much as I want to go digital the results from film still are
> worthy of my attention. I know my scanner is leaving tons of
> details still on the slides. (especially in dynamic range).
>
> At $1500+ for a digital body, I can buy a decent used scanner
> and a ton of film/processing yet and even maybe another OM body.
> And I've still got the equivelent (at least) to an 8MP camera.
> Christmas bonus this year goes to pay bills, except I might be
> able to squirrel away enough to pick up a scanner.
>
> Hmmm.
scanner. i think the 20D right now is very very good, (sure it will get
better, but marginally so), and 1500 will buy you a nice scanner AND a lot
of film + dev for another year or two.
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/S
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