Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Despite what others have said about resolution, Lluis, I agree with you completely. To my eyes, there is a very much better range of tones in the Imacon image than the Epson. I suspect that the detail you showed us did not do full justice to the Imacon scan, but the difference is easily seen even in the thumbnails side-by-side. Your results are precisely the same as mine - I scanned a 6x9 image on an Epson 4990, and had the same scanned on an Imacon Precision II. The resolution of the Imacon was slightly better (5760 dpi vs 4800), but more obvious was the increased shadow detail. That is confirmed by each manufacturer's claimed DMax for each scanner: Epson 3170 3.4, Epson 4990 4.0, Imacon P II 4.1, Imacon 848 4.8. And the scanning speed of the Imacon was vastly better than the Epson! Naturally, others may feel that the lack of ICE and/or batch scanning is a significant disadvantage of the Imacon - but as with cropped sensors, to my mind it is a balancing act. Thanks for your posting! Piers -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lluis Ripoll Sent: 22 February 2011 01:40 To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] Compare: Imacon vs Epson Scanner Just a test after our conversations about scanners, I suppose will be interesting for all I've gave to my professional Lab a 6x6 negative to be scanned on their Imacon Flextight 848, later I have scanned the same negative with my Epson 3170, here you can compare: (PLEASE VIEW LARGE) With Epson http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/2011020101wEP.jpg.html With Imacon http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/2011020101wIM.jpg.html A detail with Epson http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/2011020101crwEP.jpg.ht ml A detail with Imacon http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/2011020101crwIM.jpg.ht ml Pictures with Rolleiflex TLR, Zeiss Planar 2.8/80mm, Tri X 320 ISO A big difference!, in price too!. I can't afford an Imacon, but I can gave them my best negatives to scann. Saludos cordiales Lluis http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/ http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll Blog: http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information