Epson 2400

[scanner]

Does anyone use this scanner before?
How its perofrmance?
Hear that this model is replacing the 2450 series.

In addition, any recommendation for a good flatbed scanner around which cost around $500.

Thanks in advance.

[Adam Goi]

If you are scanning mainly negatives and positives and with your budget you can start looking at film scanners ... probably the Minolta ones ...

[giddygoat]

just got it. it's not bad but get it only if you can't afford a dedicated film scanner cos the quality is, of course, not on par. since you have a budget of 500 go for a film scanner instead.
scanned some pics on the 2400 and compared them with the scans i got from a photo lab. the colour saturation is not as good especially for green (the leaves are much less vibrant) but the blue looks okay. but some of my night shots came out with a blue cast. need to do a bit of manual correction before some pics can look okay. basically you need to spend some time correcting the pics to get them to look their best.
the pics come out a bit soft even with the unsharp masking.
but having said all that, i'm quite happy with it. good enough for everyday use as long as you are not to sticky but if you want high quality prints go for a dedicated scanner. oso, it can scan 6 frames of 35mm at a time so it helps speed things up a little.
note: cannot scan medium format out of the box. i think there's an adaptor but not sure.
hope this helps.

[scanner]

Thanks all.

[jasphotography]

Quote: Originally posted by scanner Does anyone use this scanner before? How its perofrmance? Hear that this model is replacing the 2450 series.

From what I know, 2400 is catered more for consumer level, just like Epson 830 printer is in comparison to its bigger brother Epson 900 series printers aiming at more serious users.

Apparently, Epson 3200 is the successor for my beloved Epson 2450. But I read the scan quality differs by a hair margin, heng!