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My good old film Scan uys-90

  I have owned this film scanner for more than 20 years. It is a fast film scanner with a spatial resolution of 2048x3072 pixels and 12-bit colour depth. It belongs to the first generation of fast film scanners for the commercial photofinishing business. It is quick and can scan a 36-frame roll of 35mm film in under 8 minutes at full resolution. Konica RX1 scanner is the twain sister of UYR90 which is used in Konica Minilab system.   It might look like the scan resolution is not very appealing, but for making a 4R or even 8R print, it is good enough—especially when using real photographic paper with laser, LED, or CRT printing technology. You can also look at old PhotoCDs (the true original Kodak PhotoCD, not 'Photo CD'), which have a similar resolution and color bit depth.  It is not the only film scanner I own. The main purpose of having it is to digitize all my old films that won't be used to make big prints, so speed is very important. If I need a high-res scan, ...

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