Tom,
Your posting was very opportune as a co-worker ( a N*k*n user,
but nice enough)
and I have been discussing the purchase of a film scanner for a while now.
This scanner was new to me but a little bit of searching reveals that it is
available in
Australia for $699AUS RRP
The importers site is http://www.servex.com.au/ for any Aus members that are
interested
We would be very interested to hear your impressions.
Stephen (OM) & Robyn (N*k*n)
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Scales <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 9:03 PM
Subject: [OM] Bought a new film scanner - marginally off-topic (OT)
> I did something rare today and bought a new film scanner. I buy almost
> everything used.... Bought it online, so I don't have it yet. I have a
> Minolta QS-35, which is fine, but requires you to load each negative
> separately. With the volume of shots I'm taking, particularly of my kids
> soccer games, it was driving me nuts. So, I went on a search looking for
a
> scanner that could batch load an entire strip. I narrowed it down to the
> lower-end, 2700 dpi scanners, represented by the Acer Scanwit and the
Nikon
> LS-30 and the 4000 dpi scanners, represented by the Polaroid and Microtek
> models.
>
> I knew I wanted a scanner that Ed Hamrick's vuescan supported, and all
four
> were supported. I spent tons of time on the web researching and
> corresponding with others about them and finally decided I'd go for bang
for
> the buck. With a coupon, the Acer (which is getting rave reviews) was
only
> $385, shipped. The Nikon was around $600 and the other two well over
$1000.
> I figure I should be able to get a decent price for the Minolta,
especially
> since it's a fine scanner, and I'd wait for the next generation before
> jumping to an expensive one.
>
> Hope it works out well. I'll post some scans as soon as I get it.
>
> Just thought I'd share.
>
> Tom
>
> P.S. Guess I burned some of the money I made on ebay today.
>
>
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