Hi David, Maybe I got lucky, I purchased the SS 4000 on 9/25/01 from Micro Tech. Some one on this list posted a URL location for the software upgrade at a special price. I went to the location and after registering the machine etc I got an E-mail from a nice woman in Fla who asked if I wanted the upgrade for both. I am very busy this time of year and I haven't had time to use the new scanner. I didn't even know what HDR was at that time. She said the upgrade for both was $20.00. I told her that for only another $10.00 I would take it and figure out what it was later. She wanted me to e-mail my credit card number and since I did not want to do that , I e-mailed her back and left my phone number and she called right away. Downloaded it, installed it and I will start using it after Christmas. Total credit card charge was $20.00 for both.
John in OKC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hemingway, David J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:34 AM Subject: RE: filmscanners: Polaroid Insight vs. Silverfast AI vs. Vuescan | For any Sprintscan 4000 purchased after 9/01/2001 the upgrade for Silverfast | AI is $10 US. For Sprintscan 120 and Sprintscan Ultra the upgrade is free. | The upgrade price for Silverfast HDR is $45 US | | David | | -----Original Message----- | From: Skip Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:36 AM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: filmscanners: Polaroid Insight vs. Silverfast AI vs. | Vuescan | | After an inital bout with Silverfast's peculiar interface, I've gotten over | its issues. I use it for most of my scanning. It's professional software, | with a power-users interface. And its German, which brings its own way of | thinking. | | Here's my advise on how to get Silverfast to work FOR YOU: | | - Go through the IT8 calibration process. | - Read Ian's tutorials. | - Don't try to learn it with a deadline staring you in the face | - Devote a few hours to the program, and it will reward you | | As for griping about updates, a $45 udpate that includes the functionality | updates such as NegFix isn't out of line by any stretch of my imagination. | Many of us, including me, have been spoiled by Ed Hamrick's steadfast and | generous low pricing and no-charge updates. But most of the commercial | world still has to pay their bills. Updating software that is customized | for an OEM product isn't free. The dot.com model of VC$$+advertisting | revenue = profits doesn't work. If you want to stay with what's supplied in | | the box, fine. Or use Vuescan for $40. Otherwise, pay the measley $45 for | the update. I can't believe that anyone is THAT CHEAP! | | Skip | | | >From: Ian Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Subject: Re: filmscanners: Polaroid Insight vs. Silverfast AI vs. Vuescan | >Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 10:12:09 +0000 | > | >Roger, | > | > | > | > > SilverFast is very hard | > >> to learn (there's no adequate instruction manual for it, but one has | >been | > >> promised), is expensive to maintain as you have to pay for upgrades, | >and has | > >> other disadvantages. | > | > | >The new manual was posted to their PDF pages about 6 weeks back. It is 270 | >pages and includes Negafix, HDR, PhotoCd Job Manager and some other info | >not | >previously available. As for upgrades being charged for, yes 5.5 was a | >charge on existing V5 users but that is VERY rare. The dot releases are | >usually free. Version upgrades are charged for as most other software | >companies charge - new user and upgrade are charged at different rates. | > | > | > | > | >Ian Lyons | > | >http://www.computer-darkroom.com | > | > | | | _________________________________________________________________ | Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp |