Re: Epson Expression 1680

[Bill Fernandez <bill_sub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marilyn--

Be cautious; everybody claims a Dmax of 3+ (and indeed I did find a 
brochure for the ScanMaker 8700 that claims 3.4) but it appears that 
nobody delivers more than about 2 or so in the price range we're 
discussing, so don't let the specs rule your decision-making.

Of course the rub is that if you can't trust the specs you have to 
test every  scanner yourself, which is of course impossible.  I made 
my best guess and, except for Dmax got a very good scanner.

Phil Lippincot says he's putting together a new website that will 
report on the (apparently extensive) scanner testing he's done, which 
should be a boon to the  online community.

Good luck...

--Bill


At 9:11 AM -0500 1-3-02, Marilyn  Motsch wrote:
>Thanks for your input, Bill. I have been troubled by the fact that Microtek
>fails to advertise the dynamic range of the Scanmaker  in the specs - now I
>know why.
>
>Marilyn
>
>
>>  From: Bill Fernandez <bill_sub@billfernandez.com>
>>  Subject: Re: Epson Expression 1680
>>
>>  Marilyn--
>>
>>  I bought a ScanMaker 8700 with the Designer software bundle for about
>>  $1,000 a few months ago.  I've done a number of technical tests on it
>>  and it has done wellin all areas EXCEPT in dynamic range, where the
>>  effective DMAX seems to be around 2, which is enough for reflective
>>  are but not for slides.  I understand that an effective DMAX of about
>>  2.3 is excellent performance for made-in-Taiwan scanners such as most
>>  vendors sell.
>
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