RE: filmscanners: A Good Epson Customer Service Story

2001-05-08 Thread Charles Platt
The fact is, Epson ink-jet printers are an incredible bargain, even allowing for the high ink and paper prices. Ten years ago I would have found it inconceivable that I could get photo-quality reproduction from a printer costing under $300. If you get good service in addition to an incredible bar

Re: filmscanners: Polaroid 4000 dpi

2001-04-24 Thread Charles Platt
> Not sure what you're doing that's "extreme", but with my Sprintscan 35/ES > (same as "plain" 35 I think), using Ed's Vuescan with the scan count set > to eight passes, noise in the shadows is reduced quite a lot, and the time > it takes isn't too horrible so long as I'm only doing a few slides.

Re: filmscanners: Canoscan 4000

2001-04-23 Thread Charles Platt
> Charles, are you Mac or PC? > > Just thought I'd ask as I'm contemplating a Mac one for myself. I use a Mac for graphics work. If you go for the Canon, I hope you'd give us a report. If I go for the Canon, I'll do likewise. --CP

Re: filmscanners: Canoscan 4000

2001-04-23 Thread Charles Platt
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Michael Moore wrote: > Where's this thing for sale at? I found it at www.yourphotos.com. The URL that takes you direct to the Canon FS 4000 (assuming the site allows deep linking) is: http://yourphotos.ssdonline.com/category.cfm?CategoryID=5&cfid=453757&cftoken=255739 Note

filmscanners: Canoscan 4000

2001-04-23 Thread Charles Platt
dust, and it costs less than any other 4000 dpi scanner, it's a tempting product. Anyone else own one? Or shall I be the first to jump in and enjoy all the usual problems associated with buying a new product that still has bugs in it?! --Charles Platt

filmscanners: Polaroid 4000 dpi

2001-04-22 Thread Charles Platt
Having only joined this list recently, I don't know if there's been discussion on Polaroid vs. Nikon 4000 dpi scanners. Is the list archived anywhere? If not, can someone tell me if a definitive conclusion was reached regarding these two scanners? Incidentally as I understand it the Polaroid is r