Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is for the last 2 of you that are still shooting film. I use a Nikon LS-9000 to scan anything up to 6x9 and 35x66 (XPan). For 6x17 and 4x5, I have an Epson V700. Someone is selling an Imacon 343 virtual drum scanner for a good price. As I would need to sell the LS-9000 if I want to purchase it, I sent him a couple 4x5 negs for some test scans. The results is pretty remarkable - the Imacon wins some in the highlight department - and I may be able to tweak my V700 scan to match, I do not know - but otherwise, one cannot see the Imaqcon winning in sharpness or shadow details. Sometimes the Epson scan in fact looks better, but lets be generous and call it a tie. I wasn't expecting that. I thought there would be small but noticeable difference in favor of the Imacon, but this is not the case at all. If I do not have 2 (actually 3) scanners and starting from scratch, the Imacon is a better buy overall (except that it cannot scan larger than 4x5 or paper), but since I know the LS-9000 and V700 really well, I will pass on this... -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto