Hmm...that was my concern: decent neg/slide scans. I guess it is better to go with separate units, a printer and dedicated scanner.
Thanks, Glen On Sep 26, 2007, at 12:32 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > Good printers, at least the Epson 6-ink ones (they use the same > print engine as the R2/300's). The scanners in them are really only > suitable for documents and prints, I wouldn't even bother trying to > get decent neg/slide scans out of them. > > -Adam > > > Glen Tortorella wrote: >> Thank you, Adam. How do you feel about the all-in-one printers? The >> Canon PIXMA MP810 and Epson RX680 look pretty nice, but I am no >> expert. >> >> Glen >> >> On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> For printer's you can't do better than the Epson R2x0 series. The >>> higher-priced R3x0's are the same printers with more features >>> (LCD's, DVD trays) but identical print quality. I've got the R320 >>> myself and the print quality is superb on good paper (I use Epson >>> Premium Luster). Ink is always expensive until you get into the pro >>> models (Where the tanks are expensive, but hold 10-100x as much >>> ink). >>> >>> For scanners, I'd look at the Epson 4490 with a pair of >>> Betterscanning.com 35mm ANR inserts, or a used Minolta Scan Dual >>> III or IV and a copy of Vuescan (The minolta software doesn't work >>> on 10.4, it will work on 10.3) >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> >>> Glen Tortorella wrote: >>>> Thank you, Adam. I have a relatively recent iMac (running 10 point >>>> something), but the printer I own was given to me, and it is an >>>> older >>>> one (an inkjet) with mediocre poor print quality and expensive >>>> cartridges ($30 at Wal-Mart). Thus, if I take your advice and >>>> go the >>>> scanner route, I would have to buy a scanner and printer. What >>>> would >>>> about $200 or so (for each) buy? I gather the new inkjets are a >>>> good >>>> deal better than those made five or ten years ago? The older >>>> inkjets >>>> I have seen make digital photos look like a study in Seuratian >>>> pointilism and blue-is-green-black-is-purple color variance. >>>> >>>> Glen >>>> >>>> On Sep 25, 2007, at 9:59 PM, Adam Maas wrote: >>>> >>>>> Get a scanner, and you can do the same with your film stuff. >>>>> All my >>>>> film >>>>> work (and I'm only shooting film now) is scanned and printed >>>>> with an >>>>> inkjet. It works pretty well for me. >>>>> >>>>> -Adam >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Glen Tortorella wrote: >>>>>> Good commentary, Godfrey. Have you read Rebekah's remarks? I >>>>>> tend >>>>>> to think that this is just another financial black hole. On the >>>>>> surface, I think: great! I can just get a good deal on a DSLR, >>>>>> buy a >>>>>> rreasonably-priced printer, hook it up to my IMac, and make as >>>>>> many >>>>>> prints as I wish, but then there are those "hidden" costs...ink, >>>>>> paper, software, and who knows what else... >>>>>> >>>>>> Perhaps this is why I have tried to remain ignorant of the DSLR >>>>>> world. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Glen >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 25, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Glen Tortorella wrote: >>>>>>>> While I have been resistant to digital for quite some time, I >>>>>>>> find >>>>>>>> this article interesting. The idea of getting a good "budget" >>>>>>>> DSLR >>>>>>>> has crossed my mind, but I know so little about working within >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> DSLR format that I cannot get motivated to buy one. I tend to >>>>>>>> like >>>>>>>> prints. Thus, I ask the supremely elementary question: how >>>>>>>> does >>>>>>>> one >>>>>>>> turn the zeros and ones stored in the DSLR's memory into >>>>>>>> prints? >>>>>>>> Would a computer and/or scanner be necessary (I do not have a >>>>>>>> scanner, but I do have an iMac), or can a camera shop or photo >>>>>>>> lab >>>>>>>> supply the means to do this if one does not have a scanner? >>>>>>> You're asking these questions as if you knew nothing at all, >>>>>>> which I >>>>>>> suspect isn't quite true. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - No scanner is used when you're using a digital camera. >>>>>>> Scanners >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> used to capture film and print images into digital images. A >>>>>>> digital >>>>>>> camera produces digital images. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - You print a digital camera's photos the same way you print >>>>>>> anything >>>>>>> else: to a printer connected to either camera or computer, to an >>>>>>> online print service having moved the image files from camera to >>>>>>> computer, or by using a printer kiosk at a local store. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - If you have an iMac, you connect the camera to the computer >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> its supplied cable. By default, iPhoto (supplied on every Apple >>>>>>> system by default) will start up and download all the >>>>>>> photographs so >>>>>>> you can sort, show, and print them, to either a connected >>>>>>> printer >>>>>>> via >>>>>>> a print service on the internet. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And, finally, how does the K100D compare to the Nikon...the >>>>>>>> D40 or >>>>>>>> D50, I gather? >>>>>>> A matter of opinion. They all work well at the level of >>>>>>> questions >>>>>>> you >>>>>>> are posing. If you already have Pentax lenses, it makes sense >>>>>>> to buy >>>>>>> a Pentax DSLR: it will save you money. If you don't have Pentax >>>>>>> lenses, pick whichever one feels best in your hands and enjoy >>>>>>> it ... >>>>>>> they all work better than the majority of owners can exploit. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Godfrey >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>>> and follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and follow the directions. >> >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
