On 17 Jan 2002 at 15:14, David Chien wrote: > Been out in Japan for months and months... > http://www.i-love-epson.co.jp/products/scanner/gt9700f/9700f1.htm > > Great scanner, one of the fastest most Japanese computer magazines have > tested. > Excellent replacement for a dedicated slide scanner for MF or larger film > sizes. > > But, if you're going head's up against the latest Nikon slide scanners > with ICE, you may find > the Epson a touch softer than what you'd want (or can get), and all that > manual defect touching up you'll have to do a pain in the butt. It would great if someone would post a small snippet of a film scan from one of these. The important thing here is to specify the pixel height and width of the snippet (at the optical res of the scanner) and to not do any unsharp-masking. It's fair to resample the image (for posting on the web) but one should be able to state, "This image represents an area X inches wide by Y inches high on the original film." rafe b. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.