Good printers, at least the Epson 6-ink ones (they use the same print engine as the R2/300's). The scanners in them are really only suitable for documents and prints, I wouldn't even bother trying to get decent neg/slide scans out of them.
-Adam Glen Tortorella wrote: > Thank you, Adam. How do you feel about the all-in-one printers? The > Canon PIXMA MP810 and Epson RX680 look pretty nice, but I am no expert. > > Glen > > On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> For printer's you can't do better than the Epson R2x0 series. The >> higher-priced R3x0's are the same printers with more features >> (LCD's, DVD trays) but identical print quality. I've got the R320 >> myself and the print quality is superb on good paper (I use Epson >> Premium Luster). Ink is always expensive until you get into the pro >> models (Where the tanks are expensive, but hold 10-100x as much ink). >> >> For scanners, I'd look at the Epson 4490 with a pair of >> Betterscanning.com 35mm ANR inserts, or a used Minolta Scan Dual >> III or IV and a copy of Vuescan (The minolta software doesn't work >> on 10.4, it will work on 10.3) >> >> -Adam >> >> >> Glen Tortorella wrote: >>> Thank you, Adam. I have a relatively recent iMac (running 10 point >>> something), but the printer I own was given to me, and it is an older >>> one (an inkjet) with mediocre poor print quality and expensive >>> cartridges ($30 at Wal-Mart). Thus, if I take your advice and go the >>> scanner route, I would have to buy a scanner and printer. What would >>> about $200 or so (for each) buy? I gather the new inkjets are a good >>> deal better than those made five or ten years ago? The older inkjets >>> I have seen make digital photos look like a study in Seuratian >>> pointilism and blue-is-green-black-is-purple color variance. >>> >>> Glen >>> >>> On Sep 25, 2007, at 9:59 PM, Adam Maas wrote: >>> >>>> Get a scanner, and you can do the same with your film stuff. All my >>>> film >>>> work (and I'm only shooting film now) is scanned and printed with an >>>> inkjet. It works pretty well for me. >>>> >>>> -Adam >>>> >>>> >>>> Glen Tortorella wrote: >>>>> Good commentary, Godfrey. Have you read Rebekah's remarks? I tend >>>>> to think that this is just another financial black hole. On the >>>>> surface, I think: great! I can just get a good deal on a DSLR, >>>>> buy a >>>>> rreasonably-priced printer, hook it up to my IMac, and make as many >>>>> prints as I wish, but then there are those "hidden" costs...ink, >>>>> paper, software, and who knows what else... >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps this is why I have tried to remain ignorant of the DSLR >>>>> world. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Glen >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 25, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Glen Tortorella wrote: >>>>>>> While I have been resistant to digital for quite some time, I >>>>>>> find >>>>>>> this article interesting. The idea of getting a good "budget" >>>>>>> DSLR >>>>>>> has crossed my mind, but I know so little about working within >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> DSLR format that I cannot get motivated to buy one. I tend to >>>>>>> like >>>>>>> prints. Thus, I ask the supremely elementary question: how does >>>>>>> one >>>>>>> turn the zeros and ones stored in the DSLR's memory into prints? >>>>>>> Would a computer and/or scanner be necessary (I do not have a >>>>>>> scanner, but I do have an iMac), or can a camera shop or photo >>>>>>> lab >>>>>>> supply the means to do this if one does not have a scanner? >>>>>> You're asking these questions as if you knew nothing at all, >>>>>> which I >>>>>> suspect isn't quite true. >>>>>> >>>>>> - No scanner is used when you're using a digital camera. Scanners >>>>>> are >>>>>> used to capture film and print images into digital images. A >>>>>> digital >>>>>> camera produces digital images. >>>>>> >>>>>> - You print a digital camera's photos the same way you print >>>>>> anything >>>>>> else: to a printer connected to either camera or computer, to an >>>>>> online print service having moved the image files from camera to >>>>>> computer, or by using a printer kiosk at a local store. >>>>>> >>>>>> - If you have an iMac, you connect the camera to the computer with >>>>>> its supplied cable. By default, iPhoto (supplied on every Apple >>>>>> system by default) will start up and download all the >>>>>> photographs so >>>>>> you can sort, show, and print them, to either a connected printer >>>>>> via >>>>>> a print service on the internet. >>>>>> >>>>>>> And, finally, how does the K100D compare to the Nikon...the >>>>>>> D40 or >>>>>>> D50, I gather? >>>>>> A matter of opinion. They all work well at the level of questions >>>>>> you >>>>>> are posing. If you already have Pentax lenses, it makes sense >>>>>> to buy >>>>>> a Pentax DSLR: it will save you money. If you don't have Pentax >>>>>> lenses, pick whichever one feels best in your hands and enjoy >>>>>> it ... >>>>>> they all work better than the majority of owners can exploit. >>>>>> >>>>>> Godfrey >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> and follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
