I don't know if this will help the guy whose budget does not strech to the imacon. I have one sitting around. It has done no more than 100 scans. I bought it thinking i'd digitise all my pictures and never got round to even sorting out the best way to do it. Someone (third party) might suggest a fair price. While we are at it, I'm also selling a pictrography 4000 and a lightphase kit with a couple of mamiya 645pro bodies, lenses etc. You can mail me off list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] about any of the above with offers or suggestions of prices. Many thanks
Stef On 15/9/03 16:29, "Derek Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > One thing to consider is the cost of time. The Nikon may be cheaper, but as > Gordon has reported, it isn't the best at picking up the contrast offered by > some films. It's also much slower, and many have reported film-bending > problems. > > The Imacon may be more capital, but will make up for itself in no time given > the savings you'll make in scanning time cause you won't have to constantly > tweak / fight with the Nikon. I demoed a Nikon LS 4000 for a few months, and > although I thought it was a nice unit, I wouldn't rely on it for any higher > end work. The Imacon is just a different product that is truly head and > shoulders above the 8000 you're contemplating. > > I would concur with Gordon - take some of your film to a local retailer and > A-B a Nikon and an Imacon so you can see for yourself. > > Good luck! > > Cheers, > > Derek Cooper > www.derekcooper.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gordon C Harrison > Sent: September 15, 2003 10:21 AM > > Overall I would say buy it if your budget simply cannot stretch to say an > Imacon, or even better, a drum scanner. Before buying get the retailer to > scan a film for you on both an Imacon and Nikon or Minolta scanner, the > results will help you decide what to do, and retailers will be happy to do > this for you. > > > =============================================================== > GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE > =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
