On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:05:24 +0100, "Set Square"
wrote:


Whilst not having the resolution of a dedicated film scanner, a flatbed such
as the Epson 1670 has an optical resolution of 1600 x 3200 dpi. Not *quite*
sure what that means - but even at 1600 dpi, it would give an image of about
2250 x 1500 pixels from a 36mm x 24mm slide - putting it in the same
ballpark as a 3 - 4 MegaPixel digital camera.

Problem with scanners is that they are designed for sheets of paper
and the slide scanning is almost without exception mediocre. I've
tried the 1670 and would suggest it's performance on slides is very
significantly inferior to the results obtained by a 1M pixel camera
with a good lens.

If you want decent results you really need a slide scanner and, if
the slides are old one, with integral Digital ICE

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/