Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/21

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Subject: [Leica] OT Epson P5000
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Tue Aug 21 20:28:57 2007
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A Long Beach importing company.
I stopped in once to see what they had in their showroom.
I was told I had to go to a dealer, and promptly wisked out the door.
Considering I use a Leica, I feel quite at home with Epson's service  
and customer care.

Slobodan Dimitrov







On Aug 21, 2007, at 7:44 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> There was a firmware update in the March-April timeframe.
>
> I wrote to Epson about the lack of Leica DNG support but got no
> response. Epson is REALLY low in my book right now. The next wide
> format printer I buy will most likely be HP. The concept of customer
> service seems to elude the Japanese these days.
>
> Adam
>
> On 8/21/07, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 21, 2007, at 2:45 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:
>>
>>> I have a P5000. It's very good EXCEPT that the bright boys at Epson
>>> can't seem to deal with DNG files from Leica. Or maybe anyone  
>>> else. It
>>> does my 1Ds MKII just fine, and it stores the Leica files just  
>>> fine -
>>> just doesn't allow you to preview them.
>>
>>
>> is this still an issue? no fw upgrades etc...?
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>> But as a vault and fail-safe
>>> storage location it works great. Transfer from the P5000 to my Mac
>>> over USB2 is very quick. Reading memory cards is a bit less quick  
>>> but
>>> still Just Works.
>>>
>>> Give that the P5000 doesn't do one of my cameras I'm have 2nd  
>>> thoughts
>>> about replacing it. But  in the field it's a lot less to cart around
>>> than a laptop. Plus, after transfer to a laptop, I then have a  
>>> backup
>>> until I move the files to my main desktop system. So then I have  
>>> three
>>> copies and I feel good about that.
>>>
>>> Tina might have one that she used in Honduras? You might check the
>>> archives.
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> On 8/21/07, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> Is anyone using the Epson P5000 for image storage and review...?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Your opinion and comments about it would be appreciated...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
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Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] OT Epson P5000)
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