> You seem to be overlooking the option of buying the LS-30 and saving
> about 1/2 the price of the LS-2000. Are you aware it's basically the
> same scanner and software?
No it's not.
The LS30 has only a 10 bit A/D converter chip, and is a generation behind the LS2000.
Minolta have now pensio
In a message dated 10/11/2000 10:33:05 PM EST,
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> The LS30 has only a 10 bit A/D converter chip, and is a generation behind
> the LS2000.
I've gotten e-mail from someone who took their LS-30 apart, and
it has exactly the same 12-bit A/D converter chip that the LS-2000
Wei Hua wrote:
>
> I used to shoot negatives mainly because my old PhotoSmart scanner cannot
> handle slides well. That's why I have many negatives and only a little
> slides in home. If I have a good scanner, I will certainly shoot more slides
> in the future. :-)
>
> BTW, for those who want
> I've gotten e-mail from someone who took their LS-30 apart, and
> it has exactly the same 12-bit A/D converter chip that the LS-2000
> has.
>
> It's _exactly_ the same hardware as the LS-2000. The only
> difference is the firmware, which only allows transferring 10-bits
> of the 12-bit data f
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 10/11/2000 10:33:05 PM EST,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > The LS30 has only a 10 bit A/D converter chip, and is a generation behind
> > the LS2000.
>
> I've gotten e-mail from someone who took their LS-30 apart, and
> it has exactly the sam
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich
> Subject: Re: Negative film scanning - Polaroid SS4000+SilverFast vs.
> NikonLS-2000
> It's like software... How much less does it cost in manufacturing for
> Adobe to make the LE version of Photoshop versus the ful
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: Negative film scanning - Polaroid SS4000+SilverFast vs.
NikonLS-2000
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > I&#
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Subject: RE: Negative film scanning - Polaroid SS4000+SilverFast vs.
NikonLS-2000
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich
> Subject: Re: Negative film scanning - Polaroid SS4000+SilverFast vs.
> NikonLS-2000
> It's like software... How much less does it cos
In a message dated 10/15/2000 7:07:42 PM EST,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Crazy!
> It must cost Nikon money to cripple it!
No, this is a very sensible thing for Nikon to do. This way
they can have a single hardware design that they sell to
multiple market segments. The manufacturing cost of
Photoscientia wrote:
>Do you know if the firmware's flashable?
Yes, it is. The upgrade to the latest version of Nikonscan requires flashing
the scanner BIOS - one reason I haven't yet risked it. The other reason
is that I generally use Vuescan. It occurs to me to wonder whether one
could flash
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