On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 01:58:43AM -0500, Butch Black wrote: > There are a couple of low cost options. HP makes the Photosmart s20xi and > Pacific Images has the 1800afl and the prime film 3600. The HP has 2400PPI > scans and costs $199. The P.I. 1800AFL scans at 1800 PPI and costs $299. The > P.I. Prime Film 3600 scans at 3600 PPI and costs $469. All prices are US$ > B&H Photo. None, I believe, got rave reviews, but depending on what you want > to use the scans for, may be very adequate for your needs.
As a note to that, I've had an 1800 - replaced it under warranty once, that one made it til 13 months from original purchase and failed as well. Really poor Dynamic range - way less than 3.0, 2.2 iirc. Mainly the durability is what p***ed me off... My $0.02 ... Mike Y -- myehle at wanadoo dot fr
