Good scanner for relatively cheap? (35mm and MF too maybe)

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<p>For 35mm I use a Pakon F235 mini-lab scanner</p>

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<p>Interesting. It does only up to 16 base (6MP) right?</p>

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<p>Interesting. It does only up to 16 base (6MP) right?</p>

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<p>Yes. It's 2000 dpi, so for a 35mm negative it's just under 2000x3000 (6mp). The best advantage is if you have hundreds of films to scan.<br>

You can read a great review here: http://www.dantestella.com/technical/f235plus.html</p>

 

<p>Awww... That's too bad. I was hoping that the Pakon was used in Kodak PhotoCD production. These scans were once available up to 64 base, or 25MP.</p>

<p>I wanted to snag an alternative to my Nikon 5000. Gotta prepare for the day (knock on wood) when it decides to give up the ghost.</p>

 

<p>The Pakon F235, and F135 and F335 (current models) are used in Kodak Photo CD production.</p>

<p>16 base refers to the color bit depth, not resolution. 16 bits per color then becomes 48 bit. Is there a 64 bit <strong>per color</strong> consumer scanner?</p>

 

<p>The "base" terminology for PhotoCD refers to resolution. 1 base is 512x768 pixels. 64 base is 8 times the linear resolution in both axis, and thus 64 times "base" in number of pixels in the scan. A 64 base PhotoCD scan yields 3096x6144 pixels.</p>

<p>Ah, that's something I misunderstood. Thanks.</p>