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More info?)
"Witold" <not@here.com> wrote in message
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> "Skip" <sallison@ameritech.net> wrote in
> news:imPZd.10278$DW.2492@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com:
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> > What makes this scanner better? The 4180 is 4800 DPI and the Dual
> > Scan is 3200. The Dual scan looks like it will only do slides and
> > film. The 4180 will also do 8.5x11.
>
> The quality of the slide/film scans from the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan
> Dual IV at 3200dpi will likely be better than those from 4180 at 4800
> dpi. The shadow detail is likely to be better, and the scans will
> probably be characterised by lower noise and higher sharpness levels. In
> any case, 4800 dpi scans of 35mm slide/film will create very large files.
>
> The following web site gives some comparisons of what to expect from
> dedicated film scanners versus flatbed scanners.
>
>
http://www.jamesphotography.ca/bakeoff2004/scanner_test_results.html
>
> It's up to you to decide which set of tradeoffs that you wish to make
> when selecting a scanner.
>
> Of course, as you pointed out, the 4180 can also scan items that are
> 8.5x11 inch in size, so if that is an important criterion you certainly
> won't be able to choose a dedicated film scanner.
>
> --
> Witold.
For those that need to scan both 35mm film and the occasional 120 film and
flat documents.
Buy both a dedicated film scanner for 35mm and a flatbed with transparency
adapter for 120 film and flat documents
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