Well, I picked up a HP S20xi film scanner from www.globalcomputers.com for $69 ($80 with shipping). Even after paying import duty on $69 that ought to be cheap enough. Not a pro type film scanner, but certainly good enough for the web and 8x10s.
A photo taken with my Ebay purchased MX and scanned on it is at: http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto/_images/St%20Luke's%20Chapel.jpg The MX I would rate at about a 7 and needs a thorough going through, the winder that came with it is near mint. Since KEH wants more than I paid for it for an ex+ winder, I guess I did OK. I know I did OK on the scanner. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:59 AM Subject: Re: OT: Having to buy a scanner > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:51:02 +0200 > Sylwester Pietrzyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If you want top results, and don't want to spend hours hand-cleaning > >every > >scan of dust and scratches, you'd better buy specialized film scanner > >for > >similar to 3200 price - like Nikon Coolscan IV or Minolta Dimage Scan > >Elite > >II. > > That's exactly the point. I don't want "top" results since I am quite > far from being able to earn money from my photography. However the > results I've been seeing and ocassionally getting from my friend's > Epson 2450 are definitely acceptable. > > I am going to verify prices on Nikon Coolscan LS-40. It sounds like a > good alternative to Epson flatbeds... > > Boris >
