RE: [Leica] Two non Leica photo equipment questions

["Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

epson 2450 can't be beat for the price (I think it does 5x9 max - may be
4x9. Check out the epson site. A really excellent scanner in that range.

tim

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> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> dante@umich.edu
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 8:14 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Two non Leica photo equipment questions
>
>
>
> 2.  HP ScanJet IICX/T is a SCSI-II, legal size, 400 DPI flatbed
> (and that is
> optical) that has a full-bed transparency adapter.
>
> You should be able to get one for about $100 on Ebay.  400dpi should be
> decent for 4x5; it gives you 2000x1600 for that size.  I use one
> of these to
> scan 6x9cm negs.  As for the quality of early 1990s HP scanners... let's
> just say that it makes everything since look like a toy.  Also works with
> Vuescan.
>
> > So please send any responses to me off-list -
> >
> > 1. I have a student who is desperate to find a Pentax MX motor
> DRIVE - not
> > winder. Does anyone have one they'd like to sell, or have any
> suggestion of
> > where, beyond the really obvious places like KEH, he might find one?
> >
> > 2. A friend who does large format work has asked me for a scanner
> > recommendation. Any thoughts on affordable, good quality
> flatbeds that can
> > at least do 5x5 negs?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > B. D.
>
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> Dante Stella
> http://www.dantestella.com
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