I do think the later SDIII/SDIV might be cheaper built than the SDII. -Adam
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had the SDII since 2000 and have probably put 600 to 800 rolls of film > through it. They are a bit delicate, certainly compared to the Nikon, but > with careful handling they do all right. > > VueScan drives the SDII MUCH more effectively than the Minolta software ever > did, particularly on focusing. > > The Nikon Coolscan IV ED is a brick: one of the best film scanners ever made > in the opinion of Ed Hamrick (author of VueScan). > > Godfrey > > On Feb 17, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> I concur, with one caveat. The Minolta's aren't up to serious use. I >> killed my Scan Dual III after ~300 rolls in ~2 years. But for >> lower-rate use they're great. > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
