On Dec 23, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:39 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >> Seems like all the reviews on B&H, whether good or bad, start out the same >> way ... "I bought this to scan xx thousand slides ..." >> >> Got me to wondering what happened to the used scanners once they'd finished >> scanning their slides, so I looked on eBay. Weren't as many as I expected, >> but there's at least one. Not a bad price, but it's a "Buy It Now" with "no >> returns accepted". >> >> Bargain if it's actually working, sort of a rip-off if it's not, although >> it's covered by "eBay Buyer Protection." > > I found a bargain: someone on another photo forum posted a note > saying, "I've scanned all the film I'm ever going to scan. My Nikon > Coolscan V has done its job. It's four months old, who wants it? $700" > > I bought it, and sold my Coolscan IV for $300, a bit more than I paid > for it. $400 for a Coolscan V ED is a serious bargain for one of the > best scanners in the business. But it's not a volume scanner without > an expensive attachment or two. > > -- > Godfrey
Keep me in mind when you are finished with it. 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.
