Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]6x9 sheetfilm is so darn hard to find, and I gave up on trying to cut down 4x5. Never got many that didn't have scratches, fingerprints, or dust on them when I did that. Love the format though. Mike D Mark Rabiner wrote: > 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/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >