On the other hand, the 35mm & 120 film scanner model Pacific Image Prime Film 120 Multiple Format Scanner after rebates is just $1500, free shipping, USA.
I also found that the previously mentioned Pacific Image Powerslide 4000 CCD Scanner is also sold under the Braun banner at B&H with less resolution, for $200 more, or $1699.00 with no rebates. On the good side is they have a refurbished unit for $899.00. I wonder about the B&H writers who compose these catalog listings. Here they are selling a $1300 scanner (the 5000) and the big print is supposed to put one in rapture because the listing tells you that the $18.95 Universal Slide Tray is included FREE!!. On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:43 , Joseph McAllister wrote: > Though not in actuality, but in spirit, we are a Pentax Camera Club. As such, > I propose that as many of us that have copious slides to scan pool our funds, > buy the thing, pay the $179 for a three year warranty, pool our Universal > Slide Trays, and pass it around. > > We could draw straws of a digital kind to see what order the machine should > be used, or go by need, or second letter of the last name, or the like. I > can't afford $1500 right now, but I can afford $300 - $400. > > If one of those who would be interested has never used "Bill Me Later" and > has a good credit rating, the costs could be defrayed over a six month period > with no fees, no interest. It has to be paid by six months or all accrued > interest will be added at a high interest rate. So no fooling around, and no > jumping in if you can't swim. > > There are two concurrent rebates available for this machine, which reduce the > price another $300, to $999.99, plus the $178 warranty price for 3 yrs, > $359.98 for 5 years. The machine must be purchased by 12/31/2011, and the > rebate forms mailed by January 14th, 2012. > > If the need is there, and you have the time to spend a week or a month or two > scanning all your 35mm slides for the historical record, and if you have a > large enough hard drive to hold the results, get in touch. > > > > On Dec 23, 2011, at 08:29 , John Sessoms wrote: > >> If they allowed you to use the machine 24x7 you could get it done in a week. >> >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi >> >>> Now that would a handy thing to have somewhere nearby. I've got about >>> 10,000 slides to scan ... >>> >>> G >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Stan Halpin >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> As an adjunct faculty member with a large midwestern state university I >>>> receive 10-12 emails a day with everything from tornado alerts to notices >>>> of pending water shutoffs for drinking fountain repair. One of today's >>>> notes was a bit different: ?"The Media Development Center in 213 Hale >>>> Library has recently added an automated 35mm slide scanner. The Pacific >>>> Image PowerSlide 3650 is designed to convert large numbers of 35mm mounted >>>> slides into digital files that can be searched, processed, printed, or >>>> delivered electronically. Scanning 50 mounted slides takes approximately >>>> 50 minutes, or 1 side per minute. The impresssive optical resolution of >>>> 5000 dpi produces digital files that remain true to the original images. >>>> Equipment in the Media Development Center is available for use by all >>>> faculty/staff and students." >>>> >>>> Unfortunately campus is 1100 miles away. >>>> >>>> stan >> >> -- >> 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. > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > > THE SENILITY PRAYER : > Grant me the senility to forget the people > I never liked anyway, > The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and > The eyesight to tell the difference. > > > -- > 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. Joseph McAllister [email protected] The Big Bang was silent, and invisible in it's beginning moments. Photons were one of the earliest particles to develop, but I don't think any were able to escape for a little bit more. Once they could, there would have been a flash during expansion. No one would notice, of course, for another 4.2 billion years. Now we are trying to catch up by looking out, and back in time to that infinitesimally small fraction of a millisecond in an attempt to see what caused that singularity to become the Big Bang. This attempt will fail in any visual way, as the furthest galaxies and elements are now moving faster than light by recent theory, making the information sought beyond a theoretical event horizon. — update to the Pentaxian's thoughts on particle physics, so far. -- 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.
