[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner-Plustek OpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread gary
BTW, list is Gary. I got off my arse and hopefully changed the username field. My gut feeling is scanning or even film developing is the low profit part of the business since many companies can provide scanning services. [Custom Labs in Berkeley being the only one to bite the dust as far as I kn

[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner - PlustekOpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread Sam McCandless
Thanks to "Lists" for this reference to an East Bay shop which offers scanning services. Someone from here in the further reaches of the North Bay could get there and back, and be on Cantoo's Imacon for three hours in between the rush hours, for about $155 ($50 auto expense plus CanToo's 3 x $35 =

[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner - Plustek OpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread Sam McCandless
Yikes! Maybe instead I'll sell photo tours of Utah's canyon country with the first stop at B&H in New York. 8) -- Sam At 9:23 PM + 3/18/06, Paul Roberts wrote: > >> Did you mean to say 5000 dollars, instead of >> pounds, Chris, or is that just here in the >> States? I haven't looked hard

[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner -Plustek OpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread Sam McCandless
>Sam, > >1) where do you live? In Northern California, Brad, north of San Francisco - in "the North Bay" - whereas "Lists" and CanToo.com are in "the East Bay". I'm guessing there's a quite small film-scanner market much more local to me. >And how much would you charge per 6X7 transparency or n

[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner-PlustekOpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread lists
I can't imagine there being something in Berkeley that you can't find in NYC. Well, Cal Berkeley being the exception. I think your best bet would be to call companies that offer scanning services and see if they have machines for rent on premises. My recollection is Cantoo would give you hands on

[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner- PlustekOpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread
Anyone know any similar arrangement in NYC? j lists wrote: > http://www.cantoo.com/PriceGuide0905.pdf > I don't see it on their pricelist, but you can use Imacons here at $35 > or so an hour. Unsubscribe by

[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner - Plustek OpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread Paul Roberts
> Did you mean to say 5000 dollars, instead of > pounds, Chris, or is that just here in the > States? I haven't looked hard, but I think I saw > the least of the Imacon's at B&H for $5000, new. > Maybe I could finance one by bringing them back > over for re-sale? 8) at calumet UK the Flextight 34

[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner -Plustek OpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread BRAD DAVIS
Sam, 1) where do you live? And how much would you charge per 6X7 transparency or neg? It sounds like an interesting idea. Brad On 18/3/06 8:34, "Sam McCandless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone tried financing an Imacon by using it > to scan others' film, presumably mostly > medium

[filmscanners] Re: financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner - PlustekOpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread lists
http://www.cantoo.com/PriceGuide0905.pdf I don't see it on their pricelist, but you can use Imacons here at $35 or so an hour. Sam McCandless wrote: > Has anyone tried financing an Imacon by using it > to scan others' film, presumably mostly > medium-format? Where I live, I don't think I'd > get m

[filmscanners] financing an Imacon (was RE: slide scanner - Plustek OpticFilm 7200i)

2006-03-18 Thread Sam McCandless
Has anyone tried financing an Imacon by using it to scan others' film, presumably mostly medium-format? Where I live, I don't think I'd get much business, but it wouldn't take much to encourage me to try. >Yes, right the Plustek OpticFilm 7200 series has 7200dpi true optical >resolution at <£2

[filmscanners] RE: slide scanner - Plustek OpticFilm 7200i

2006-03-18 Thread Chris Street
A third model, Plustek OpticFilm 7200iSE has juat been launched which has the iSRD (Infrared Smart Removal of Defects) but only has SilverFast SE. http://tinyurl.com/4fqu7 Chris Street Www.DataMind.co.uk Plustek UK Distributor > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMA

[filmscanners] RE: slide scanner - Plustek OpticFilm 7200i

2006-03-18 Thread Chris Street
Some UK reviews, mainly in the photo magazines had more detail than the short PCMag review. Check out what AP, PP, Digital Photo, F3 had to say: http://www.datamind.co.uk/Merchant/plustek_opticfilm_uk_press.htm Chris Street www.datamind.co.uk > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTEC

[filmscanners] RE: slide scanner - Plustek OpticFilm 7200i

2006-03-18 Thread Chris Street
Yes, right the Plustek OpticFilm 7200 series has 7200dpi true optical resolution at <£250. I forgot about the Imacon range which start at £5,000.. Chris Street > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 January 2