Digital BW, The Print

Greg wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
> <deanwork2003@...> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
> 
> Wouldn't it be nice if this were (finally) true? However, I'm not to 
> terribly impressed with the 6400 ppi scans that Vincent did. The 4800 
> ppi scans looked pretty good after he found the height adjusters, so 
> maybe with the wet mount adapter we can get good 4800 ppi scans. That 
> said I don't hold too much hope for the claimed 6400 ppi resolution. 
> But I guess we will find out when someone gets one (hopefully 
> Vincent) as the reviews at photo-i are fairly level, and at least 
> provide enough data and images to make up my own mind, not the always 
> crumby all glowing and shiny lights type reviews that are so common.

Up to half the review Vincent was on the wrong path in my 
opinion. Either he started to understand our comments that the 
height adjustment was important or Epson told him to address 
that in the days that followed. After that there wasn't much 
time left for further testing. The V750-M test with wet mount 
carriers should say much more if Vincent really tries. It is 
true that he isn't just voicing Epson press bulletins. I 
prefer the German tests though but I hope they make an effort 
of finding the right focus, otherwise the resolution test 
doesn't tell enough.

There's no 6400 PPI or 4800 PPI true resolution in that 
scanner. But something between 3000 and 4000 PPI might be 
possible. the Nikon 8000/9000 doesn't make more than 3600 PPI 
true resolution so that isn't bad.

Ernst

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