I asked this question a while back, I think.
Now that I have a late model Mac Pro and an old SprintScan 4000, I am tiring of
dragging out my old Dell computer with its SCSI card to do my slide scanning.
Have any of you used the USB -- SCSI adapters, such as the one made by Ratoc?
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,
Since I have hundreds of 6x6 negs and color to digitize and am frustated by
the slowness of film scanners in general I have recently begun copying negs
with my new Canon 5D-II (22 meg).
After some comparitive tests with 4000dpi scans on the Nikon 8000 I can say
the follwing:
1. BW 300dpi prints
I'm just impressed you could get the Mark II. It is alway
s backordered when I check the usual suspects (BH, etc.)
That is the body that will get me to give up film. That,
and I can't get quick turn E-6 anymore.
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From: Norm Carver
Sender: filmscanners_o
It is hard to say if you are delusional or not since you have failed to give
us enough data to say if the two are comparable or if they are apples and
oranges. You say you were comparing 400o dpi scans on a Nikon 8000 film
scanner of 6x6 negatives (were the ones used for the comparison color or
My dear Solomon,
I appreciate your response, but, me thinks you do get a bit carried away
I was merely throwing out an idea, not writng a scientific treatise.
Of course, if one is doing a comparison, one uses the same negative for
both--otherwise what is the point!
And keeps all other
It was not I who posed the question, So am I delusional according
died-in-the-wool scanners? in my post or who made a point of noting that
they grounded their question in the comparative findings based on an
empirical test situation. I was merely suggesting the sorts of
clarifications and
