I keep hearing about the head clogging with the 4000. I'm very close to making the decision to buy one. Couldn't you just print a simple color document or a 'head check' test pattern weekly to keep...
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I keep hearing about the head clogging with the 4000. I'm very close to making the decision to buy one. Couldn't you just print a simple color document or a 'head check' test pattern weekly to keep...
I have a Toyo CX and I have successfully used my Rodenstock 65mm mounted in 12mm recessed board on my CX. There is just enough movement available to take advantage of the lens's limited coverage on...
Steve,
Your images are breath taking and beautifully composed. However, the larger clickable photos just don't do justice to your nice images. They look like they were scanned and then sized down...
Consider Fuji Astia F ISO 100. It has lower contrast than just about any other transparency material. It sounds to me like you will have rather contrasty lighting. Astia also has very neutral color...
Kreig:
Do you actually KNOW what type of film camera is being used in the magazines you that you think have sharper pictures than digital? Some folks may actually still be using medium format...
If you are interested the 4X5 – 6X9cm vs digital camera check out my comparison images between 4X5 and 6X9cm Velvia scanned on an Epson 2450 and my new Canon 1Ds Mk II 16.7 mp DSLR.
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Carl,
Email me, I live in San Diego County and am probably about your age. I currently have a large format outfit. See my web site at
http://www.sphoto.com
The flange focal length for the 450 C is about 425mm. So, measure from your film plane to about 3/4" ahead of the lens board. If you have at least 425mm of distance in that measurement, the 450 C...
I second the Toyo AX or AII. I looked at the Canham DLC but the back seemed quite mushy when locked up. I don't think it even comes close to your requirement for 'smoothness and rigidity'... My AII...
I owned a ScanMaker 4, which is built on the same or very similar chassis. It should be relatively easy to remove the top of the chassis to clean the glass. I did this one time with my ScanMaker 4 in...
I also scan 6X9, which makes the 1800f minimal in resolution for larger prints. The 1800f made much cleaner scans than my 2450 (better Dmax). In any case, whatever the claimed resolution between the...
Sandra,
Thanks for the comments and link to your review. You seem quite satisfied with your i900. So, was wondering why you think I'd be happier with the 1800f. My demo of the 1800f at Microtek...
I'm not sure if I got a bad 4870 or if I had problems with curved film. The medium format film holder in the 4870 is designed for a strip while the holder in my 2450 is exactly 6X9. My 6X9 stuff is...
It was the newest Epson 4800 dpi scanner, 4870, sorry I get the model number wrong....;^)
Has anybody tried the new Microtek i900 for scanning 4X5 chromes yet? I've demo'd the Microtek 1800f and 2500f. The 1800f made very clean scans but didn't resolve as much detail as my Epson 2450. The...
In my opinion you need to have considerable marketing skills to sell photography as fine art. Selling photography on the web as fine art is even harder. I wish I could give you some suggestions based...
This seems to be an issue with the Microtek 2500f and 4X5 from Quickloads only. Seems they are about 1/8 shorter than actual cut sheet film. I got this report from another 2500f user.
I had a demo of the Microtek 2500 and 1800f last week. The opening in the 4X5 holder for the 2500f was so large that Velvia from Quickloads would fall through it. The 1800 they brought out to demo...