G'day John,
I brought home my new 2450 scanner yesterday and would agree fully with what
you say regarding 35mm although I've only produced one A4 sized print from a
Velvia positive. Strangely, the shot was one from our Sydney Harbour Bridge
of the CBD and quay taken with an OM-2 and Vivitar 70-150/f3.8 zoom. I would
have thought that the lens was anything but sharp yet the print has yielded
a pretty sharp image. Of course it has a nice bluish cast but that's me
being inexperienced (I hope). However two A4 scans of 6X4 prints are very
pleasing. These are Stylus Epic photos of our five year old twin
granchildren and have lessened the jaundiced view of new "camera stuff" by
the Leader of the Opposition considerably.
If I still (sob) had my Rolleiflex (6X6 75mm/f3.5 Tessar circa 1953) I could
check out your MF report. One of these days I'll get another one...
Incidently, a recent post by Wayne Harridge revealed that he has this
scanner. A suggestion to check
http://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/Epson_flatbeds.html#Description_2450
is certainly worth doing.
John.
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Subject: Re: [OM] Scanner Questions ....
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:25:03 +1100, "John Wheeler"
<wheelej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>G'day Jon,
>
>I'm in the process of buying an Epson Perfection 2450 Photo scanner here in
>Sydney. My not-necessarily-expert research says it's probably as good if
not
>better as any other flatbed and yes, the film and slide attachments are
>supposedly very good.
I have one of these and, although not a dedicated film scanner, it
does a very passable job with 35mm film but, to me, a remarkable job
with medium format (645).
Generally, an A4 print from a 35mm negative does not look as good
(less crisp) as a direct print from a first generation digital image
(Olympus E-10), but a print from a scanned 645 format negative is
definitely superior to that from the E-10. Considering that the E-10
produces remarkably good images itself, that's praise indeed!
John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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