Quote Originally Posted by The Deer Gunter View Post
Well, alomst 5 years later ... can I still throw in a couple of questions? I will begin to try and master an iQsmart3 and its oXYgen scan software somewhere in the next couple of weeks, and stumbled upon this page while Googling. It's my first post on LFP by the way :-)
I already have some experience with the iQsmart, but it is only now I will be able to study it properly. An example:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thedeergunter/6250812458/

1) Does the geometrical distortion affect image quality in any other way? I'm particularly concerned about loss of sharpness.
2) Is it inevitably inherent to each and every belt driven scanner, even when you're talking about a brand new out of the box device?
3) Does recalibration have an influence on the degree of distortion?

Thanks for your time! Cheers.
What scanner is not belt driven?