michael_myers5

<p>Great story! After my father died, my mother sent me up to the attic of their old house to see what was up there. I found a little wooden crate with a bunch of 4x5 glass plate negs, and some plastic ones as well. I also found his two cameras – a Century 4x5 which still works, and a Kodak 1a junior, which produced the plastic negs. Most of the pictures are from WW1, when he was stationed in Switzerland. I want to scan them, but my present scanner can't scan negs, plus I need higher resolution. Does anyone have experience with the new Epson V700? I've heard they are really good, but don't know for sure.</p>

<p>I've been a professional photographer for 38 years and along with my Hasselblad system, I used the OM system ever since it first came out. Despite one poster's comments on the durability of OM lenses, I never had any problems with them. I even took them on a 3-month trip around the world, on which I took 15,000 pictures. I took as many as 498 shots in one day on that trip. I still use the same cameras and lenses today – with never a problem or repair.<br>

As for sharpness, I never had any complaints. The only thing that made the Hassy lenses potentially sharper looking was the larger format, with which I could blow up prints to 60 X 80 inches for airport displays.</p>