Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/6/04 9:03 PM, "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> typed: > I have a G5 with 2.5 GB of RAM and it is a very sweet machine. I use a > Nikon > Super Coolscan 4000 with it, and it works beautifully. (I use Nikon Scan; > don't like VueScan very much). I haven't yet found a thing about it that I > don't like. > > I'm toying with selling my Baby Speed Graphic gear and using the money to > buy > more RAM for the thing. 2.5GB runs out pretty fast when you're racing to > meet > a publication deadline and have Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and > Fireworks all open at once. The G5 will take up to 8GB, and I don't think > that's excessive for the kind of work I do with it. > DON'T DO IT Brian the Baby Speed Graphic Digital is due out any minute!!! My setup is the opposite of yours: You've got the G5 with the Coolscan 4000. I've got the G4 with the Coolscan 5000. I'd like to think it all balances out in the end but the smart money I think is on that not being the case! :) :( Here's mine from a scanned Polaroid http://rabinergroup.com/ImagePages/SpeedGraphicMini.html 6x9 sheetfilm rules!!!! You can tap dance on it wipe it off and flatbed it! Flip them into hat like on "Groundhog day". Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/