It's a good machine, can be improved a bit though, I added black flock and matt paint internally on surfaces prone to reflection and upped the contrast a little.
On 12 December 2017 at 08:57, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Zos Xavius wrote: > >>Damn. Lucky SOB. None of the sub 2k scanners compare. You got a steal. > > I can't tell you how long I let my cursor hover over the "Buy It Now" > button while I an internal debate — "Is it for real or is it a scam?" > — raged in my head. But the buyer checked out and I went for it. And > now I'm scanning! > > According to eBay there were two other people "watching" that auction. > I guess they were greedy and hoped to buy it for *less* than the $1200 > BIN price. Never look a gift horse in the mouth, I say. > >>On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 9:55 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> ...really is true. >>> >>> Like a Nikon CoolScan LS-8000 medium format film scanner (4000dpi) for >>> $1200. >>> >>> I've seen them going for far more than that. In fact, I've seen the >>> film carriers alone listed for $800! (No scanner included.) Yeah, >>> that's a bit unrealistic, but 1200 bucks for the scanner in excellent >>> condition with carriers for 35mm negs, 35mm slides and 120 is a great >>> deal. >>> >>> But I checked out the seller and found he's been on eBay for a long >>> time, sold just a few items and all of them a photography-related. He >>> answered questions and clearly knew what he was talking about. >>> >>> So I went for it. It arrived today and I'm impressed so far. Here's my >>> first scan (somewhat reduced in size — the original is almost 11,000 x >>> 9000, ~97 megapixels, 536 megabytes as a TIFF in 16-bit color). >>> >>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/2017-12-08-0002.jpg > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
