Thanks for that information. I read some reviews on www.pcphotoreview.com where some reviewers had some complaints about their units. I guess that was for the older HP S20? Still, for $100 if it worked for a year that would be great I think...
-Chris ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 17:06:55 -0400 >From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: First Film Scanner >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Chris; > >I have the SCSI version of the scanner in question. It works great, but >care is needed to avoid dust, etc. > >I scan B&W after developing the negs myself and use the color film setting >on the scanner for greater resolution and then suck the color out before >final scan. Other than that, I never do any adjustments for B&W and the >8x10s I print on my Epson 880 (as color prints for better detail and tone) >are good enough for me to frame and hang on the wall. > >Lately I've become much better at scanning slides (I scan them un-mounted >because I feel the scans are sharper that way as they are a bit flatter in >the scanner) by tweaking the contrast and color before final scan. The >histogram has helped a lot in this regard. > >I'm not sure what you mean by "questionable build quality. My HP seems >pretty well built and I am more than happy with it. > >Christian Skofteland >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Christopher Comer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Hey everyone, >> This is a little off topic but I can't read another post >> about dslrs. Anywho, I'm thinking about buying an HP S20xi >> film scanner. It lacks ICE and has questionable build >> quality but it's easy to find new for around $100. So, for >> anyone who has owned this scanner, comments would be >> appreciated. I do have a question though. For B&W, I was >> thinking I could develop the b&w film at home and then scan >> the negatives into the computer. Anyone tried any b&w neg. >> scanning? Ideally, I would just like a way to show others >> some of my slides and perhaps make a quick 5x7 print on the >> inkjet and leave quality enlargements to the fuji frontier. >> Thanks for any comments or suggestions. >> >> -Chris >> >
