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Subject: [OM] Re: MF film scanners and home printers
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:19:08 -0700
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> .....
>
> After my own experience with a medium format/35mm film scanner I would go for 
> one of the good combination flatbed scanners.  If you look at the review at 
> the above site the differences with images from a Nikon film scanner are 
> negligible. The real test is 35mm and medium format is easier. Film scanners 
> are slow, hard to keep clean and a pain in the rear to use. I would not buy 
> one again now that the choices are better.
>   
I can't say I've had any of those troubles with the Canon FS4000 film 
scanner. It has just worked whenever called on and does an excellent 
job. I had some driver trouble with the move from 98 to XP, but ASPI 
took care of that. And now it's happily working under Vista with the 
generic driver VueScan provides.

That said; if I didn't have it, I would almost certainly buy a flatbed 
today. Well, would have bought one by now. At the time I bought the 
FS4000, some folks and promotional materials were claiming that flatbeds 
were up to the task. Real reviews/tests said it wasn't so. Now it is.

Moose

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