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Re: [OM] A Zukiholic with a new film scanner

Subject: Re: [OM] A Zukiholic with a new film scanner
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 15:50:56 -0400
The ES-10 is available in a SCSI version for Windows and MAC.

John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Steinman <jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 1999 2:23 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] A Zukiholic with a new film scanner


> >From: Jay Maynard <jmaynard@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> >The Minolta has competition at its price point - the Olympus ES-10S...
>
> Not really. The Olympus is a toy by comparison: 6 less bits (24 vs 30),
> half the resolution, and parallel (slow) vs SCSI. I'll take even a SCSI
> limited to work with certain controllers to a parallel port any day!
>
> I do agree there is competition at the bottom end, such as the HP
> PhotoSmart, but it ain't the Olympus, no matter what we might feel about
> their cameras!
>
> Jay, I still think you're being unfair. You haven't confirmed that every
> Minolta scanner has SCSI problems, nor do you have anything but anecdotal,
> third-hand evidence that the Scan Dual has problems with any but *your*
> card, yet you make blanket statements like "don't buy Minolta." One could
> just as easily say, "don't buy Olympus, because their brain-dead battery
> implementation for the OM-1n is wrong."
>
> It's no big thing that you hate Minolta -- I won't shop at Wards because
of
> a bad experience I had once. But I don't go around saying all the
> merchandise sold at Wards is defective, which seems to be the equivalent
of
> what you wrote.
>
> : Jan Steinman <mailto:jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> : 19280 Rydman Court, West Linn, OR 97068-1331 USA
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