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Subject: [Leica] Microtek vs. Nikon scanners?
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Wed Jan 25 22:33:17 2006
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Good SCSI cards are darned cheap compared to what they cost
10 years ago. Growing up with expensive SCSI, I'm amazed. I still
have a sturdy "industrial" SCSI tape drive in my Linux machine, and
was pleased to find that an Adaptec card cost relatively very little.

Scott

Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> My old Nikon LS-2000 also has a SCSI interface, which my computer 
> doesn't, but no problem--a SCSI-to-USB adapter does not cost very much 
> and does the job.
>
> Nathan
>
> Douglas Herr wrote:
>
>> Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Does anyone here have experience with both the Nikon 4000/5000 and 
>>>> Microtek 400tf? Paricularly re: film handling and density range.
>>>
>>>
>>> The 4000t, though cheaper, in the above link is a non-starter as 
>>> investing in SCSI peripherals at this point isn't advisable for most 
>>> people.
>>
>>
>>
>> I agree w.r.t. the SCSI interface, and this probably will be the 
>> first thing that will make using my Polaroid SS4000 problematic on a 
>> future computer.  The Polaroid is a clone of the Microtek, and 
>> regarding film handling it's more tolerant of film that isn't 
>> perfectly flat than the Nikon scanners are.  The problem is in the 
>> scanner's depth of field; you'd see the problem at the edges of the 
>> picture where the scan is out of focus when the center is properly 
>> focussed.
>>
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
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