Mark, Shel, Tom C - Thanks for the replies. One of the drawing cards for the Pacific Imaging was batch scanning - I wanted to be able to start the scan on a roll of uncut negs and come back later to find them done. The Pacific Imaging 3650 was the only scanner I could find within my budget that had that feature. I'll have to re-think if that is really something I have to have. If not, it seems the Dual Scan IV might be the way to go.
Have you found that you'd like to be able to scan full un-cut rolls or is working with strips of six negs sufficient? Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 12:35 PM Subject: Re: Film Scanner > I had a Pacific Image film scanner several years back that I used when on > the road because of it's portability. It semed to do a reasonably good job > for the price. > > I have a Minolta Dimage Dual Scan and a Dual Scan IV. I would believe the > Dual Scan IV is hard to beat for the money. > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > >From: Mark Dalal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Film Scanner > >Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 06:57:56 -0700 (PDT) > > > >--- Paul Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Not happy with lo-res scans on CDs and the labs want > > > an outrageous price for > > > hi-res scans. Thinking about getting a Pacific > > > Imaging 3650 Pro - Anyone > > > have any experience or insights into this? > > > >From what I've read, the Pacific Image and SmartDisk > >scanners are to be avoided. You can read up on them at > >the Digital Darkroom forum at photo.net > > > >http://www.photo.net/bboard/forum?topic_id=1701 > > > >You'd be much better off with a Minolta Dual Scan IV > >($285), Canoscan FS-4000 (which can be difficult to > >find new), Microtek Artixscan 4000T ($470), or Nikon > >Coolscan V ($600). > > > >Mark > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. > >http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > > > > >
