I'm thinking of upgrading my scanner from the five year old 35 mm toy I now have and almost never use to the Heidelberg Linoscan 1450. The main reason I've been thinking of it rather than something less expensive like the Epson 1680 or 2450 is that it seems to be one of the few flat bed scanners that has an adapter for 8x10 negatives. I have a couple questions though. First, does anyone have any e xperience with this scanner that they'd care to share or know of any reviews of it anywhere? Second, am I right in thinking that it's important to be able to sc an an 8x10 negative as opposed to an 8x10 contact print (I asume that even scann ers like the Epson 1680 or 2450 that will scan negatives only up to 4x5 will sti ll allows scans of larger prints)? In other words, is there likely to be a signi ficant increase in quality from scanning the 8x10 negative rather than the 8x10 contact print? Third, the 1450 doesn't have SilverFast software. Instead it has something called "Newcolor 5000." Several people have told me that I should cons ider only a scanner with the Silverfast software. Is the lack of Silverfast soft ware something with which I should be concerned? Finally, does anyone have any t houghts or suggestions for alternatives to the 1450 costing up to $1,000 or so? With anything I get I'd be scanning 6x7 and 4x5 negatives as well as the 8x10 ne gatives I've already mentioned. I know almost nothing about scanners so don't wo rry about being too basic with any responses, you almost certainly won't be. Tha nks.
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