The Epson Perfection 3200 scanner

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Film scanning ...5 Larger formats

Large format film scanners are expensive items but have become an essential item for the professional photographer who needs to manipulate pictures. Investing large sums money in a dedicated film scanner is on par with spending out on new darkroom equipment, they both have a short shelf life. Although the 3200 is not classified as professional equipment, (it is a top of the range consumer product), I have not seen any shortcommings in this scanner during my 10 days of reviews. If its not pro gear, then is it up to pro standard?

Film formats and scan times:

Below are the film formats that the 3200 can handle together with the file size, time taken to scan and the actual print size after converting the 3200 dpi file to 300 dpi (not resampling). All the samples are scans made with the 3200 at full resolution, they have been scaled down to 3.4% of their size with the exception of the 5 x 4 shot which has been reduced to fit the layout.

	6 x 4.5 cm 113.55 mb 2 minutes 27 seconds 24 x 18 inch print at 300dpi
	6 x 6 cm 148.55 mb 2 minutes 33 seconds 24 x 24 inch print at 300dpi
	6 x 7 cm 186.67 mb 3 minutes 50 seconds 24 x 29 inch print at 300dpi
	6 x 9 cm 222 mb 5 minutes 05 seconds 24 x 36 inch print at 300dpi
	5 x 4 inch 530 mb 7 minutes 30 seconds 40 x 50 inch print at 300dpi

So the Epson can scan 6 formats but are the roll and sheet scans up to professional standard? Have a look on the next page.

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