From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
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.
I have a CoolScan IV ED that I bought in 2003. I paid somewhere between
$400 and $600 for it. Don't really remember how much it was now.
I was going to use it to scan slides as I took them instead of trying to
attack any big backlog. But, before I really got any use out of it, I
got mobilized, bought the *ist-D and got sent to Iraq. I'd have never
got any use out of it over there, because I had no way to get film
processed other than to mail it home to the USA.
I still use it occasionally though when I get the rare urge to shoot
35mm film. I'm thinking about a flatbed for MF, LF & old photos.
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