Digital BW, The Print

Mark is right. "More or less"? More or less Imacon, possibly, more or
less PMT, not.What in the world is that about. I pray that you will
make us eat our words but that isn't likely.

Epson sent out a workshop teacher instructor to APA,(I won't mention
his name because I am more polite than that) about four years ago.
People paid over $100.00 to do that seminar. One of the first things
he said was - if you put together a magnetic film holder avalable from
parts at Home Depot on this regular Epson flatbed it will give you
"just as good of quality as any drum scanner". A bunch of us looked at
each other and busted out laughing, then the whole auditorium groaned,
we had just paid $100.00 and we knew it was downhill from there. 

Forgive us if we are skeptical of claims like that. This is about the
4th version of it that I personally have head about. I just saw one of
those scans today from a scanner that was sold to my ad photo client
with similar hyperbole. You have really good photo studios that go out
and buy these things and think they can do high end work with them.
Then they end up really pissed and having to farm it out everytime.
Now they are simply going to the 5D.

Like I said. I pray this time they are telling the truth, but we're
not going to throw away our PMT scanners anytime soon and their track
record is not good.

John



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Peter Marshall
<petermarshall@...> wrote:
>
> Mark,
> 
> I've not seen Epson's hype. I have looked at the only detailed hands-on 
> review of the V700 that I'm aware of, by Vincent Oliver, which he 
> finished a day or so ago. There are a few minor issues, one of which 
> should be resolved by the V750 which will cut out some minor light 
> scatter. The results he shows are pretty good, and his conclusion isn't 
> a great deal different from mine.
> 
> (Note that I did say "more or less the same quality", not that they 
> would beat the best, though it will not surprise me if they equal or 
> beat some that cost a considerable amount more - it shouldn't surprise 
> anyone given how technology improves. The camera I'm using at the
moment 
> trounces those that cost 20 times a much a few years back after all.)
> 
> But doubtless your remarks are based on extensive field testing :-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter
> 
> Peter Marshall
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> Mark Savoia wrote:
> > Peter,
> > A $799 scanner that will beat or match scanners costing many  
> > thousands of dollars? Not buying Epson's hype, are you?
> > Mark
> >
> > On Mar 24, 2006, at 4:44 PM, Peter Marshall wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> giving more or less the same
> >> quality as more expensive drum or virtual drum scanners,
> >>     
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