Little Difference between Epson 4870 and Dedicated 35mm Scan Scanners

[rafe bustin]

Entirely True, but I think it has something to do with experience. Have the
Nikon users ever used any other Brand? I suspect not, simply because Nikon
were one of the first out of the box.

My LS-8000 is my fourth film scanner. I started
with a Microtek 35t+ in 1998. That was replaced
after a year or so by a Polaroid SprintScan 35+.

When I started shooting MF I bought an Epson
1640SU (this was about 1/2 year before the
LS-8000 became available.) In June 2001 I
bought the Nikon to replace the Epson.

When I started shooting LF I bought a Microtek
2500. And for a while I owned and used a
ScanMate 5000 drum scanner. Pity that Nikon
doesn't currently market an LF filmscanner.

I've also made a rather exhaustive study
(comparison) of film scanners, which you may
see here:

<http://www.terrapinphoto.com/jmdavis/>

And I've contributed to other film-scanner
comparisons, eg:

<http://largeformatphotography.info/scan-comparison/> and
<http://www.jamesphotography.ca/bakeoff2004/scanner_test_results.html>

There's an illustrated story about the ScanMate here:

<http://www.terrapinphoto.com/drumscansaga/>


rafe b.
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