>> I haven't heard of many people returning the Polaroids for the LS-8000 Nikons, but maybe you can provide that for us. I know that several have made the opposite choice, however. Maybe they are all just stupid. I'm pleased for you that you have chosen to put up with a product that has known design defects which haven't been corrected, by a company that denied the problem even existed, at first. <<
I had a chance to try out several scanners before making my purchase. I was aware of the potential for banding issues with the Nikon, but in actual use they haven't been a problem for me. My sole guide to choosing a product was the quality of the resulting scan. If this means using superfine mode once in a while, or using a glass carrier for the occasional warped film, then yes, I can put up with the "known defects", as long as I'm getting good results. I recently spoke to my dealer about the Minolta Pro. It wasn't available at the time I made my purchase, but I was curious about it. If it proved to be better than the 8000, I'd have no problems selling it and getting the Minolta. The main problem with the Minolta, as it turns out, is excessive grain from neg scans, and this for me killed the deal. The Polaroid wasn't as sharp as the Nikon, and the carriers cropped too much of the frame, as well as giving weird edge reflections, requiring even further cropping. Even if the Polaroid was as good as the Nikon, I wouldn't choose it unless it also included ICE. There are reasons why an individual would choose one scanner over the other. I still suggest that people try each scanner out themselves, if they can, and base their purchase decisions on their results, rather than listening to the opinions of armchair experts who haven't even used the products in question. You have a definite bias against Nikon, which is fine by me. At least you're open about it. However, you should be more forthcoming about the fact that Polaroid has been providing you with a scanner, and that this may bias your opinion towards their products. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body