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Hi list,
I am planning to buy a new but not too expensive scanner. I am checking sane's homepage to see what scanners work
A pretty important spec is the Dmax or dynamic range of the scanner. Consumer units often do not even say what this is, but low-level professional scanners will usually report this. 2.8 will probably do, while 3.0 or so would be desired and 3.4 or so is pretty high. Basically, with a higher Dmax, you get much better detail in the shadows and less propensity to blow out the whites. A crappy scanner with a low Dmax will result in dark shadows with a lot of dark grey pushed to black and the highlights will blow out. Depends on what you're using it for. ===== Daniel Woodard __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com