Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?
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jasonst
Hello,
I also want to buy Epson but still confuse about the printer. I also want to print large image with super clearity but drum scanning is not so clear as epson. I personally feel that epson is good against drum scanner.....
I have been using the Epson V800 for months now and I have been very pleased with the results. I scan at 16bit grayscale at 2400DPI. This gets me a working file of about 52x62 at 360 DPI which is the native resolution of my 44" Epson 9880. Hope this helps. Thanks!
Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?
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Originally Posted by
jasonst
Hello,
I also want to buy Epson but still confuse about the printer. I also want to print large image with super clearity but drum scanning is not so clear as epson. I personally feel that epson is good against drum scanner.....
I am sorry, I personally think you need to show how you came to that conclusion. There is no way in the world the epson is remotely close to the drum scan. When I was scanning 8x10s on the 750, the MOST I would go is 16x20. The drum scan will easily go to 60" inches without breaking a sweat. I am scanning really really good 2 1/4s to 60"x60" and there is no way you could make a decent 16"x16" print from an Epson flat bed scan of these. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't seen a good drum scan. If you'd like me to prove it contact me privately and maybe i'll have you send me a negative.
Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?
came to thread late but Really like the membership 55/scan idea some of the prices are ridiculous.
Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?
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Originally Posted by
jasonst
Hello,
I also want to buy Epson but still confuse about the printer. I also want to print large image with super clearity but drum scanning is not so clear as epson. I personally feel that epson is good against drum scanner.....
I’d have to second what Richard has said. There’s absolutely no way an Epson scanner can match a good drum scan... not only in resolution but in shadow detail as well.
Ethan
Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?
I've not used them, but you might check out Agx Imaging in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. (http://www.agximaging.com/).
Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?
Does anyone know if Lenny Eiger is still doing drum scans?
Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?
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Originally Posted by
MultiFormat Shooter
Does anyone know if Lenny Eiger is still doing drum scans?
Here’s a link to his website, the about page states the he's currently doing scanning, but not printing. Looks like he’s moved to Santa Cruz.
http://eigerstudios.com/
Roger
Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?
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Originally Posted by
MultiFormat Shooter
Does anyone know if Lenny Eiger is still doing drum scans?
i am still doing scans... And yes I moved to Santa Cruz a couple of years ago.... thanks Roger, for pointing that out. I put the address below:
I'm pretty busy these days, doing all kinds of non-Photograph things to make a living. Yet the scanner is still here, is working smoothly and I'm about to do some scans this afternoon....
Wishing you all well,
Lenny Eiger
EigerStudios
565 Western Drive Apt A
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
www.eigerstudios.com
707-235-6899
eiger@eigerstudios.com
Re: Best Drum Scanning Service?
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Lenny Eiger
i am still doing scans....
Great to hear! Hopefully, I will have items, in the next few months, if I can finally get good weather, and get out of the house.
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Shit, our cheap little Howtek's are way better than even those behemoth Crossfield's that used to populate service bureaus and certain labs. I was shocked when L.A. Natural History Museum had a Crossfield scan made of a 6x8 cm Velvia at 8000 that they didn't like. Told 'em that I didn't know if the Howtek would be better, but it turned out that it was so much better in ever regard that I actually got paid for that one. Even though I've done thousands of scans for others over the years, these days it's only my own stuff - I'm still finding images - and good ones that I've somehow missed over the last 22 years of drum scanning.