Epson 2450 first impressions

[Dave Stubbs <dave@image-maker.demon.co.uk>]

Took delivery of a 2450 this morning.
Initial impressions are very positive. I have a super coolscan for my
35mm work but needed something for medium format and 5x4. I can't afford
an 8000 (it doesn't do 5x4 anyway).
6x4.5 negs at 2400dpi are scanning in about 8 minutes (PC PII 300 -
256mgb ram - usb ).
Using the 48bit setting and scanning into photoshop6 with vuescan is
producing very smooth histograms. The Epson software is as clunky as
ever.
The scans don't appear as sharp as the nikon LS1000 but then they aren't
as noisy either. So they respond to USM in Photoshop and produce lovely
smooth crisp files for the Epson 1270.
I'm happy so far. 
-- 
Dave Stubbs
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