Thanks for that Paul, Photo on your Blog looks great, Now I'm really thinking about what I would like for Christmas, ( note to myself....must make sure my " Better Half " sees this !!! )
Bill On 16/12/2009, at 6:30 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > It comes with a disk of software for direct connection to a Windoze machine, > but this is of little relevance to me. The unit is stand-alone and creates > .jpg images onto the HD card as if it was a camera, which I suppose it is > really. I prefer to use it not directly connected to the computer anyway. > I'll be putting a sample image on my blog later this morning, about 9am. By > the way, the slide and negative holders are the best and most robust that > I've come across. > > Cheers, Paul. > > Dr Paul R. Weaver > > http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Cole" <[email protected]> > To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 15 December, 2009 7:28:09 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / > Hong Kong / Urumqi > Subject: Re: Qpix FS170 handheld scanners > > > Hi Paul, the way I read the " Features " below, it appears only to support > Windows 2000, XP, Vista 32/64.... I hope I am wrong as a friend and I was > discussing this very scanner this afternoon. ( we don't have Vista etc ) > < snip > > • Includes Arcsoft Photo Impression 6 software. > • OS support: Windows 2000, XP, Vista 32/64. > > Bill > > > > On 15/12/2009, at 4:21 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: > >> >> Seeing as no one else seems to know about these very compact Qpix FS-170 >> film and slide scanners I went back to OfficeWorks Freo this morning and >> discovered they gone on sale at $129. I bought one and quickly have found >> it to be a terrific 35mm slide copier. Maybe less than half a second to scan >> a colour slide. >> >> There's a strong slide holder which comes with the scanner. It can be lined >> up easily on the colour preview screen. There is also a holder for 35mm >> negatives. The images are stored on a user-supplied SD card. I simply >> borrowed a card from my camera. Later I uploaded the scanned images via the >> camera to iPhoto. The test images so far are excellent. The scanner can run >> on four user-supplied AAA batteries which they reckon provide about 90 >> minutes use. Alternatively they supply a USB cable which can draw power >> from a computer or the AC power supply, which is also provided. There is >> also a special brush/wiper for cleaning the optics inside the device. >> >> The scanner is one of the niftiest gadgets I've seen for a long time. A >> sophisticated, precision bit of stand-alone gear. I suggest if anyone has >> slides to copy then this is going to be the ant's pants. At least I think >> so. At $129 I think they'll go out the door pretty quickly once the word >> gets around. Be warned, the instruction book takes a little study to figure >> all the options out. I'm still working on it. >> >> Cheers, Paul. :) >> >> Dr Paul R. Weaver >> >> >> http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
