Differences.
The Imacon is very sharp. Maybe sharper. (i used an unsharp mask) The problem is the blooming. At edges, white to dark transitions there is a certain halo effect. All edges seem sharper with the drumscan. The leaves of the trees are much more defined. Although the Imacon scan is very sharp, because of the halo effects everywhere the Drum scan seems twice as sharp when you compare the prints. Of course there is also a better definition in the dark areas. You can see this clearly in the dark paint of the boat.
When you see the print of the imacon it is surely a nice sharp print. Until.... until you see the Drumscan print. It is as if you draw away a fog-filter. Comparing the transparancy with the drumscan is almost a 1:1 match.
This drumscan would have been better with 3000 dpi. This was not done because of the higher cost of it. The price of this drumscan was 38 euro ($ 45)
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