The scanner landscape is different that when I got mine. My options are
currently very very cheap and ultra expensive. My best option is to buy a Nikon
D850 with the magic holder, oh wait, that does me nothing for my Xpan and 6x6
stuff. Oh well...
There are no currrnet options that can provide a level of quality that I got
out of the minoltas. No, they wern't perfect, actually a damn long way from it,
but still, what's out there isn't much.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:39:36 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] USB to SCSI scanner connection
On 12/12/2018 10:34 AM, Bill Pearce wrote:
> I don't know a thing about this business, nor do I care to, but I do see a
> bit of the ugly underbelly of the tech explosion. I am only interested in how
> this could affect me if I were able to find a qualified Minolta film scanner
> repairman. I have two s\of thesse little devils and all service went away
> with the Sony purchase of konica minolta, reinforcing my opinion of sony ass
> a fine producer of innovative products without readily available service. If
> I could get them repaired, I could use one but the other is in question.
No company service for my older Canon scanners, either. I bought a spare FS4000
on the 'Bay.
> What I see here is something we all need to carefully consider. We are seeing
> the fate of our most treasured images.
This confuses me. Just because your old scanners don't work doesn't mean your
film can no longer be scanned. Scanners
are still being made, and "scanning" by photograph with digicam works.
> What you seem to want to do is like if I were placed in China and tried to
> communicate in English by screaming loudly. I know, it's how americans do
> things, but will it ever work? Can a scsi connection be adapted directly to
> usb with out intervening elecronic stuff to translate?
Certainly electronics are involved. I believe the question has been whether
they work properly for a particular device.
Pixelated Moose
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