RE: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma

2001-09-24 Thread Gordon Potter
Peter - I believe the polaroid scanners are made by microtek - so the financial aspect of your decision (if you are concerned with polaroid going belly up) could be removed by changing the name plate. __ Gordon Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nashville, TN 37215 USA >

Re: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma

2001-09-24 Thread RogerMillerPhoto
Buy the SS120.  I have one and I like it.  The Nikon is probably a fine scanner if you could find one, but is reported to have problems keeping medium format film in focus at the edges due to the type of light source it uses, which also evidently accentuates dust which means you need to use ICE wit

Re: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma

2001-09-26 Thread Arthur Entlich
I'm not sure what this means exactly. Are you suggesting the person but a Microtek version of the SS4000, or that if Polaroid should disappear, a person could "change name plates" and attempt to get a warranty repair through Microtek? The SS4000 and Microtek version have different bodies, so it

RE: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma

2001-09-26 Thread John Hayward @ Hopco
ECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 5:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma I'm not sure what this means exactly. Are you suggesting the person but a Microtek version of the SS4000, or that if Polar

RE: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma

2001-09-26 Thread Gregory Georges
rom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Hayward @ > Hopco > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma > > > IF Polaroid should file for chapter 11, and the scanner divis

Re: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma

2001-09-26 Thread Peter
From: "Gregory Georges" (snipped) To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma > But, at the price of the 4000, you just can't go wrong. > It is a great scanner and there are lots of helpful users around to answer > questions. By th

Re: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma

2001-09-26 Thread Peter
Oops, ..."negatives and scans" should be "negatives and slides". Sorry about that. Peter

Re: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma

2001-09-27 Thread Arthur Entlich
ven't. Art Peter wrote: > > From: "Gregory Georges" (snipped) > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: filmscanners: Scanner Buying Dilemma > > But, at the price of the 4000, you just can't go wrong. > > It is a great scanner and there are lots