I've been offered an Imacon Precision II for a superb price ($1500). After reading all the webpages I found and the previous posts in this forum, it seems that the only Imacon that is really good is the newest 949. I briefly tried out the Precision II 3 years ago with very unsatisfactory results, but I believe it was my fault (I didn’t know I had to adjust USM to -60, and wasn’t very good at reading histograms and adjusting curves) and I now feel more confident about my scanning capabilities. I shoot 6x9, 4x5 and recently 5x7, but I also have a collection of b/w 6x6 that I’d like to scan. I’m interested in outputting 4x5 at a max. of 5-6x, which the Imacon should be able to resolve, scanning the format at 1800 optical. Has anyone used it extensively? Does anyone know at what optical resolution does it scan 5x7? Is it worth it, or would I’d be better off with an Epson 4990 and a used Nikon 8000 or Minolta Multi pro for around the same total?
Thanks in advance,
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