Re: Nikon IV or Cannon FS4000

[Neal Vickers <vickersn@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have not sent anything out since getting the 2720.
It does produce large enough files for larger prints,
but my Epson 750 is not archival, and Ilfachrome
prints are much nicer than anything I could print.

--- Jerry Olson <jerryolson@rrv.net> wrote:
> Out of curiosity Neal, why do you send your 8x10
> prints out? You can get
> damn fine prints 11x16 or so from the canon 2710FS
> filmscanner. I do it
> all the time. But I DO want a sharper model, with a
> higher density
> range. the polaroid just wasn't it.
> 
> jerry
> 
> Neal Vickers wrote:
> > 
> > Before you say 4000 dpi compared to 2900 dpi, I
> use my
> > current scanner Canon FS2720, for scanning slides
> and
> > making 4x6 prints and web or emailing.
> Occasionally
> > maybe an 8x10, but really if I want a decent 8x10,
> I
> > usually send it off to The Slideprinter in Denver.
> > That said, I'm looking for which one of these will
> do
> > the best with slides. I don't think they are even
> > difficult slides, but my present scanner the Canon
> > FS2720, just can't do an accurate job with a few
> of
> > them. Will the Canon FS4000 significantly out
> perform
> > the FS2720 or just produce more dpi. The Nikon has
> a
> > different light source, will it produce
> significantly
> > better results than the FS2720. Most comparisons
> I've
> > seen deal mostly with cropping, and dpi, and ICE,
> but
> > I'm really not interested in that as much as
> getting
> > an accurate, sharp, scan from a slide.
> > 
> > I've also tried multipass in Vuescan with little
> > improvement. I think I'm getting alot out of the
> > FS2720, it just isn't quite enough.
> > 
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