Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-30 Thread Rob Studdert
On 30 Oct 2003 at 0:25, Andrew Robinson wrote: > That's about what I thought. I suspect USB2 will be available on more > computers than Firewire. Going to USB2 will enable the scanner to work > on more computers. The Nikon scanners with Firewire interfaces ship with a universal PCI Firewire ca

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-30 Thread Herb Chong
- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:46 AM Subject: Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners > Not many more. Nowadays many of the chipsets used on motherboards offer > native FireWire support as well as US

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-30 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 30.10.03 7:25, Andrew Robinson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That's about what I thought. I suspect USB2 will be available on more > computers than Firewire. Going to USB2 will enable the scanner to work > on more computers. Nah. Firewire cards are just 18$, so that seems no problem to add it t

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-30 Thread John Francis
> > That's about what I thought. I suspect USB2 will be available on more > computers than Firewire. Going to USB2 will enable the scanner to work > on more computers. Not many more. Nowadays many of the chipsets used on motherboards offer native FireWire support as well as USB 2. I'd expect

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-29 Thread Andrew Robinson
hard drive backups, it is noticeable. Herb - Original Message - From: "Andrew Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners The USB2 interface gives it transfer speeds

RE: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-29 Thread David Madsen
PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com -Original Message- From: Andrew Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 8:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners The USB2 interface gives it transfer speeds near firewire but allows it to

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-29 Thread Butch Black
I thought that the 5000 not the V was faster and 16 bit. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-29 Thread Andrew Robinson
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:08 PM Subject: Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners Is it me or does it seem that the new Coolscan V is nothing more then the current Coolscan 4000 minus the ability to batch scan via optional adapters

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-29 Thread Herb Chong
it's rated about twice as fast and 16-bit color versus 14-bit. Herb - Original Message - From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:08 PM Subject: Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners > Is it m

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-28 Thread William Robb
> >>Film is not yet dead... > >> Nope, think "future niche product" though. William Robb

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-28 Thread Butch Black
Is it me or does it seem that the new Coolscan V is nothing more then the current Coolscan 4000 minus the ability to batch scan via optional adapters? It does appear that it will price lower then the current discounted Coolscan 4000. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-28 Thread Andrew Robinson
I was thinking the same thing... Andrew Robinson John Francis wrote: Film is not yet dead... http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1067358499.html Aha. 4000dpi, 14-bit scanning in the low-end model. Maybe it's time to replace the CoolScan III.

Re: OT- Nikon announces new scanners

2003-10-28 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
Anyone want a deal on a Canon FS4000? From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aha. 4000dpi, 14-bit scanning in the low-end model. Maybe it's time to replace the CoolScan III.