RE: [Leica] scanner

["Ken Lai" <ken@compose.com.hk>]

John,

I know it would run on a Mac, but not sure whether I can hook up the scanner
thru a USB to SCSI converter. Most USB to SCSI converters say they work with
SCSI scanners but Polaroid says that some converters do not work or are very
very slow and so is not recommended. Also on the Nikon site, they do not say
whether we can use the LS2000 via the converters. The Kodak seems to be the
only one that says that it supports USB connection.

As my Mac does not have a SCSI port, and does not support PCI card, the only
solution for me is to hook up the scanner thru the converters.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John
> Brownlow
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 1:34 AM
> To: LUG
> Subject: Re: [Leica] scanner
>
>
> on 20/9/00 12:56 pm, Pascal at cyberdog@attglobal.net wrote:
>
> > Yes, the Polaroid SprintScan 4000 can be run on a Mac. But
> I believe that
> > the problem is that the software which is supplied with the
> Polaroid is of
> > lesser quality for Mac than for Windows (or so I read
> somewhere in MacUser
> > UK).
> >
> > Pascal
>
> The sprintscan is now bundled with Silverfast and Silverfast
> HDR, which are
> both top-quality high end scanning apps and run identically
> under Mac and
> Windoze, so the software issue is now really a non-issue.
>
> I run the Sprintscan 4000 user's group mailing list, which
> you can check out
> at:
>
    http://www.topica.com/lists/ss4000/read

I'm very happy indeed with this machine. The extra dpi over the LS 2000
makes a lot of difference IMO and again IMO your leica lenses deserve it!
If you're interested in making prints bigger than 11x14 I don't think it
really has competition at the moment, though the Nikon LS3000 (4000 dpi) may
well change that when it finally arrives.
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