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Re: [OM] New scanners--opinion?

Subject: Re: [OM] New scanners--opinion?
From: Mike Gordon via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 12:45:58 -0400
Thanks Chuck,
Very astute observation about the Pacific Image scanners which seem to be their US equivalent. That one looks identical but the 10M is said to be only out for a week or so. Those scanners are a tad slow and seem to require constant baby sitting for neg strips if not using their own software. Can't really deal with that combination. sigh. Perhaps the 10M is better (assuming it is different) but no way to know.

Mike



The Reflecta seems to be the same as this Paciific Image scanner from
B&H
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1007388-REG/pacific_image_primefil
m_xa_prime_film_xa_scanner.html/prm/alsVwDtl>

Is there any 35mm film that can justify use of 10,000 dpi???

Also, from the Reflecta ad is this:
"With a resolution of 10.000 dpi, a dynamic range of 4.2 Dmax and an
extreme fast scanning time of 7 Min. for a color scan with 10.000 dpi
and 24 Bit color depth"
Umm... 7 minutes for a single 35mm image is not what I'd call fast.

The Epson review was interesting to me because of the new film holders.
"Epson says that it has redesigned its plastic holders for all sizes of
film, and that all holders now include an anti-Newton ring plate to help
prevent film sagging in the mount. This should help users achieve
sharper images as the film will be held flat."
From the images posted at DPR the film holders look to be the same form
as used in the V700. Perhaps those new holders will also fit the V700.

Chuck Norcutt


On 10/2/2014 8:22 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
It is nice to see new scanners appearing as mine crumped quite awhile
ago. (ages actually) I vaguely recall a Reflecta film scanner that was
available when the Nykon still sold new was a bit inferior, but know
very little about their products. This guy was released just this
week:
(camera bodies may be female but scanners are male)



https://reflecta.de/uploads/files/20140925092201_65910_Datenblatt-RPS-10M-englisch.pdf


Specs look good but with scanners they seem to correlate only very
roughly with reality.
New Epson flat beds too after over 8 year hiatus.


http://www.dpreview.com/articles/5201214752/epson-launches-perfection-v850-and-v800-multi-format-film-scanners


Moose is going to rescan a few negs so a few can be printed nicely. So
those will be top notch scans.

Just finished up a roll in my OM gear last weekend and pondering the
mediocre commercial scans to follow, Mike







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