Originally Posted by
Frank Petronio
I'd use an Epson for everything and, after proofing, you can always have your best work scanned with a friend's or service provider's higher end scanner.
At portfolio sizes, the Epson does fine. Even for the occasional large print, so long as you don't do a side by side comparison then the 8x10 film will still make it look better than anything other than a high-end scan.
I wouldn't want to tie up a lot of money into a high-end scanner that is no longer manufactured -- it would soon evolve to the point where I had to dedicate an older computer to run the software and buy a second scanner for parts and back-up, etc.
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