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Epson 4870
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albert4321
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Marc,
I am wondering why you use the epson flatbed to scan you MF films vs. a film scanner. Knowing you are not cheap on gear, there must be a good reason. I used to use my epson to scan 4x5 transperancies. It works really well, but for 645 film, it is so so. Although I have a older model.
You wedding layouts look very impressive. Do you bind them yourself, or those are for client's approval?
I am wondering why you use the epson flatbed to scan you MF films vs. a film scanner. Knowing you are not cheap on gear, there must be a good reason. I used to use my epson to scan 4x5 transperancies. It works really well, but for 645 film, it is so so. Although I have a older model.
You wedding layouts look very impressive. Do you bind them yourself, or those are for client's approval?
Albert, I also have 2 dedicated film scanners: a Minolta 5400 for scanning 35mm work, and I am struggling right this minute with a Minolta Scan Multi PRO, a 4800 dpi, 4.8 D-Max MF scanner ... which I am going to return because the driver only operates in OS-9 and uses PS 6 ... which no one told me ... I had assumed it would be up to speed with current operating and editing systems. If this remains true, and updated drivers are not available, I'll return it for a Nikon 9000.
The 4870 has an advantage in that you can easily scan a "contact sheet". The Scan Multi forces one at a time scans of MF films. With the 4870 I can scan a strip of three at high res. and crop each photo out of that master. Quality is good enough for most 12"X12" wedding applications. This flat bed scanner is much better than the previous model, which I also have. The newer one is probably a tab better yet.
The wedding project illustrated above is a s&le album I am trying to get Forbeyon to print to my level of expectations ... so I printed one myself as a guide. Forbeyon makes coffee table type books.
The 4870 has an advantage in that you can easily scan a "contact sheet". The Scan Multi forces one at a time scans of MF films. With the 4870 I can scan a strip of three at high res. and crop each photo out of that master. Quality is good enough for most 12"X12" wedding applications. This flat bed scanner is much better than the previous model, which I also have. The newer one is probably a tab better yet.
The wedding project illustrated above is a s&le album I am trying to get Forbeyon to print to my level of expectations ... so I printed one myself as a guide. Forbeyon makes coffee table type books.
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antonyb
marc, do let us know when/if your book gets published...
Correction. The Scan Multi is 4.2 "effective" D-Max.
You misunderstand Antony, the "coffee table book" is how the Client gets their album. It's not a mass printed thing. I always did my own albums, but it is a huge amount of work. So, I am trying to get a album company to do them for me. So far the experience has been a bad one. But I'm working with them to try and get it right.
You misunderstand Antony, the "coffee table book" is how the Client gets their album. It's not a mass printed thing. I always did my own albums, but it is a huge amount of work. So, I am trying to get a album company to do them for me. So far the experience has been a bad one. But I'm working with them to try and get it right.
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antonyb
ahh i see... sorry about that... just out of interest, have you ever produced a book of your work? antony
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antonyb
well after seeing many of your photos (contax, leica, canon, hassy, etc) - i'd certainly buy it! oh, and if you need some one to design it... 
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djg
Marc,
Go to this page and do what comes naturally. You'll find OS 10.2 and 10.3 software:
http://www.minoltaeurope.com/magic_frameEoI.shtml?/pe/head_pe.htm?cgi-bin/db4web_c/db/minoeu/custsupp/support_stage.d4w? language=english
Cheers,
DJ
Go to this page and do what comes naturally. You'll find OS 10.2 and 10.3 software:
http://www.minoltaeurope.com/magic_frameEoI.shtml?/pe/head_pe.htm?cgi-bin/db4web_c/db/minoeu/custsupp/support_stage.d4w? language=english
Cheers,
DJ