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Re: Scans

on 10/19/00 1:32 AM, Judy Seigel at jseigel@panix.com wrote:

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> 
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Jack Fulton wrote:
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>> 
>> Nelson:
>> You can now purchase scanners in the $600 range which will do a credible job
>> of scanning your large negative.
>> In particular is the Powerlook III by UMAX which is on sale @ their web site
>> and though the cost is somewhat near the $600 it does require an additional
>> transparency outfit for about another couple hundred.
>> This is a very good scanner
> 
> 
> Jack, don't you know you tempt fate when you say that? (Or maybe scanners
> are nicer to you.)  However the Powerlook is the one I'm finding fine --
> 2100XL, large bed with transparency adapter. Replaces the Mirage 2SE, the
> scanner from hell.

I can also vouch for the 2100XL, which I've been using for the past couple
months or so. Forget large negatives...we've gotten decent results scanning
8mm film stills.