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

Subject: Re: [OM] A Zukiholic with a new film scanner
From: Emil Pozar <epozar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 22:44:36 +0200
Hi,

I just jumped in this thread.. I have an ES-10/parallel scanner and
wonder which software version others are using?

Emil


John Hermanson wrote:
> 
> 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
> > : +1.503.635.3229
> >
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Emil Pozar
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