Re: HP 4890 Scanner, Focus problems

false_dmitrii@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 4890 is usually described as having a fixed, wide DOF lens. There's no
> software focus control, at any rate. Search this group for earlier

<snip more misleading info>

> Either way, it doesn't sound to me like the scanner is faulty.
> Nobody's posted any claims that their fresh Epson flatbed scan is as
> razor-sharp as one from a dedicated film scanner.

My sincere apologies. I can't believe I wrote all that. I just now
realized that when I saw "4890" I made the mental jump to the Epson
4870. Maybe some of my comments will point you in the right direction,
but if any of them are accurate regarding the 4890, it's blind luck.
It *is* a general rule that unsharpened consumer flatbed scans can come
out up to twice as soft as their same-resolution film scanner
equivalents.

false_dmitrii

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