That is a tough one. I find USB a cluster f*** of driver hassles. I find firewire to be less of a software hassle. I would trust a firewire to SCSI converter more that USB based device.
If they were still selling the Dimage 5 400 II, I would say get a new scanner. Mine cost a bit ov er $500, and it totally blows away my Artixscan, which is similar to your Sprintscan. However, Minolta sold the bu siness to Sony, which killed the film scanner. I guess with Minolta gone, a new scanner would be a Nikon. Price y. ------Original Message------ From: sn...@cox.net Sender: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk To: li...@la zygranch.com ReplyTo: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk Subje ct: [filmscanners] SprintScan 4000 on Mac with USB->SCSI adapter Sent: Jan 18, 2009 10:59 AM I asked this ques tion a while back, I think. Now that I have a late mod el Mac Pro and an old SprintScan 4000, I am tiring of dra gging out my old Dell computer with its SCSI card to do m y slide scanning. Have any of you used the USB --> SCS I adapters, such as the one made by Ratoc? http://fire wireshop.stores.yahoo.net/newustoulscs1.html Is this a good expenditure of $100 or am I better off looking for a non-SCSI USB film scanner? Stan ----------------- --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halfton e.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message tit le or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
