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Re: Olympus E-10 Scanner (WAS: Re: [OM] Nikon Super Coolscan 4000 ED Rev

Subject: Re: Olympus E-10 Scanner (WAS: Re: [OM] Nikon Super Coolscan 4000 ED Review)
From: "Bruce Kolber" <bkolber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 09:57:51 -0400
how about we double up on Ritas (make mine blue) and skip the scanning
part....

Bruce Kolber
St. Petersburg, FL  33715
USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Bulger" <david_bulger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 9:23 AM
Subject: RE: Olympus E-10 Scanner (WAS: Re: [OM] Nikon Super Coolscan 4000
ED Review)


> Chris,
>
> I've got the SCSI version of the beast.
>
> Not a bad little scanner overall, though I would think the parallel
version
> would be slower.  1700 dpi, decent scanning speed, good quality.  The
> software is horrible, however.  Awkward, poor/inaccurate film selection,
> runs on '95/'98 only.  The reply from Olympus when asked when/if they were
> going to come out with an NT/2000 driver stated that the ES-10 was "old
> technology" and that they had no intention of developing updated drivers.
> This is despite the fact that they, B&H, etc. still carry & sell the
> scanner.  3rd party developers (Vuescan) don't see enough of a market for
it
> to develop the drivers necessary either.
>
> For the price, it ain't bad.  If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't buy
> it.  But I'm not so dissatisfied with it that I've replaced it yet,
either.
> The scan quality is good.
>
> Come to Texas.  We'll drink margaritas, shoot bluebonnets & scan trannies.
> The margaritas invariably make the scans look better. <g>
>
> Dave
>
> >
> >Anybody own an Olympus E-10 parallel scanner?  Comments (pros and
> >cons), anyone?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Chris
> >
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