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Up to dpi Resolution A resolution of dpi is more than you need in most cases, and although you can find scanners with a higher optical resolution, you will not find better clarity and detail rendition when scanning photographic film in any other scanner. Heat reduction solutions are another example of features not found on lower range scanners. The 3F File and Workflow and 3F Auto Scan Button If you mount a film strip and press the 3F auto scan button the scanner will automatically detect and crop each image and save it with different names. This is exactly the same process as drum scanners such as Howtek, Tango etc. I was able to scan all formats supported by the Imacon, and scanned a collection of films including black and white silver-based and chromogenic negatives, color negatives on portrait and higher contrast commercial films, as well as a wide range of transparency films from the most current Ektachrome VS through a variety including a set of year-old Agfachrome CT images. Although the resulting negative was close to normal in its density range it was a challenge to print because the tone differences were so close together. Yes, the scanner software works with MacOS

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That process and that time and that film needs - deserves - a fitting denouement. I had crash problems as well as flextigbt being dropped unpredictably and learned to keep backups of my Flexcolor user settings.

It has been an entirely enjoyable and satisfying experience scanning every imaginable kind of film image with the Imacon Photo. See any errors on this page?

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What Are the flextlght Best Lenses for Boudoir Ease of use, incomparable quality, unique, batch scanning facilities all packed in a classical and characteristic design. The automated adjustment can also be used initially and then modified to accommodate differences in image subjects and photographic conditions, or to match the light balance over a selection of images that need to be matched in output.

Dust spotting afterwards is about as much fun as going to the dentist. Although the resulting negative was close to normal in its density range it was a challenge to print because the tone differences were so close together.

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To summarize, I am highly wary of flatbeds. That's when you need the Flextight. Your name or email address: Gives you the best scans you will ever get unless you go to a bureau for a drum scan and even that is hard to tell apart.

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Things We Love: Imacon Flextight 646 Film Scanner

Enter new zip code to refresh estimated delivery time. Share This Page Tweet. The combination of the electronic image handling of the sensor, the device's mechanical precision, the quality of the sensor filters, and the resolving power of the Rodenstock lens are what set it apart.

As someone who only scans film, I've had lousy experience even with the best flatbeds. Almost all the scans were strips of six so I mostly used a 6-frame strip iamcon.

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Caribou - Denali, Alaska. This is exactly the same process as drum scanners such as Howtek, Tango etc.

What could Hasselblad, nee Imacon, possibly be thinking? This Year in Film. I have no regrets at all about this purchase! This value, in many ways, has alone been worth the price of admission.

The CCD sensor at the opposite side top of the light source is a trilinear array with 24, pixel elements. Place your order by 5pm Mon Dec 31 and your order will ship the same day. The Flextight scanners are not only a piece of art seen from the outside the entire machinery is saturated with excellent solutions.

If you are taking the time to shoot medium or large format, then to get truly fine prints, the whole chain must be right. Not Specified by Manufacturer.

My project was somewhat unusual in that the majority of the scans were used to create panoramas ranging from as few as 2 to as many as 20 frames, with the average being 6 to 9 frames.

Rated 3 out of 5 by Steven from Superb hardware. The production benefits of the Imacons, and the superb quality results, are hard to argue against. I'm flxetight there's a person or two on Photo.