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Re: [OM] Planned Obsolescence

Subject: Re: [OM] Planned Obsolescence
From: "Bill Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:42:31 -0500
>From all I've read, you need an antique mac to run any drum scanner

Bill Pearce

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Herndon [mailto:nherndon@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:00 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Planned Obsolescence

Do I need an Apple II to run it? ;)

Seriously though, a desktop drum scanner sounds awesome and extremely
impractical.  How long does it take you to scan a roll of film?

>I have an Optronics ColorGetter Falcon you can have for $500 plus shipping.
:-)

>There's one catch: it comes with a parts machine, and you have to pay
shipping for that, too. :-)

>It will do 5,400 samples per inch over a 10"x12" area, although I think 
>the
maximum file size it will write is 2GB, limiting it to about 667
>megapixels. A 4"x5" frame yields just short of 200 megapixels at full
resolution.

>----------------

>:::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
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