kevphoto Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I'm looking for a good company to scan my 4x5 transparencies at a high quality.I live in New England, but local isn't necessary. Any good suggestions? Thanks, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_galuszka Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Do it yourself. The Epson 3200 Photo scanner will do up to 3200DPI I have used this for my 6X18cm negatives with very good results. I usually print to 3 feet wide at 300 pixels/inch. Newer scanners have even higher resolution. Samples can be found at my site. John www.XttremeDigitalPhotography.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_vallee Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 If you're looking for high quality Tango drum scans, contact Danny Burk in South Bend, Indiana. More importantly, he also scans color neg film which can be tricky on a flatbed scanner www.dannyburk.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg_adams Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 what size files do you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonard_evens Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 If you are interested in making only modest enlargements, a scanner like the Epson V700 or V750 should be adequate for your needs. But you can't get an effective resolution better than about 35 lp/mm with such a scanner, which should in principle allow perhaps a 5 X enlargement, but in practice in might not do as well. (I've produced such enlargements which I found satisfactory using an Epson 3200.) So if you expect to make very large prints and have people view them close up, you would be better off using ahigh quality scanning service. You would also be better off having a good lab make such prints rather than using an RGB inkjet printer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_shiu Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hi, you might want to check with Ted Harris (editor of View Camera magazine), I believe he is in NH and does high-end scanning. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_ilomaki Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hi there I have just bought and tried a Microtek M-1, glassless scanner on 8 x 10 negs and it seems to be very good. I used 1200 resolution and on the screen it looks like I can get up to 5x (that 40 x 50 in) prints. I will try a 13 x 19 print on my Epson R2400 in a few days. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_camper Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 A discussion on quality potential from 4x5 using consumer flatbeds has been discussed here. http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=33997 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole_paquette Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 what would a scanner cost to buy instead of sending photos to a company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted_norris Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I'll second the vote for Danny Burk - great drum scans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkz Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 http://www.calypsoinc.com/calypso/bulkscan.php They have a Test Scan where you can send in some slides and try them out for a low cost... Highly recommended. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_camper Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Anyone know which drum scanner model does Danny Burk uses? It isn't even mentioned at his website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy_cote Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Danny Burk uses a Howtek 4500 drum scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_russell2 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 There seem to be a lot more drum scanner brands than i thought. I thought imacon was the only real player. Are there any good resources online to compare the specs/cost/chronology of all of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_camper Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 http://www.largeformatphotography.info/scan-comparison/scanner-comparison.html http://www.terrapinphoto.com/jmdavis/ The above are 2 good sites for comparison of scanners, the cost and specs are easy to google. Better then Imacon are the Creo IQ2 or IQ3 flatbeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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