I'd have to second the comments on the Acer. It also does batch scans. I
don't think the Canon does (I could be wrong) and, as a person who sold his
Minolta just because it wouldn't do batches, I highly recommend the feature.
The Acer can also be bought for less than $400.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Volkhart Baumgaertner" <kyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Canon slide / negative scanners
> Yo,
>
> on Thu, 06 Jul 2000 15:01:50 -0400, Michael Dodson wrote:
>
> >I too have been thinking about the 2710. One review I saw on the 2700
said
> >it stinks but the reviewer thought the 2710 was a VAST improvement, so
watch
> >out for opinions based on the earlier machine.
> >
> >I want to scan slides to essentially have a dry darkroom. Image quality
is
> >important to me. So is my bank account!
>
> I had a look at and tested several slide scanners before I bought one not
> too long ago (about 3 months). IMHO the best of the affordable models is
the
> Nikon Coolscan LS III, with the Canon 2710 very closely behind it. As the
> two also aren't very far apart as far as price is concerned I had more or
> less made up my mind to go for the Nikon when my wholesaler received the
> first new Acer ScanWit 2720S which, of course, I also tested. As I found
it
> to be technically at least on par with the Canon (may be even slightly
> better), at not much more than half the price, the ScanWit is what I have
> now, and so far I have not regretted my decision.
> If you would like to see a few scans made with it you might want to have a
> look at
> http://www.translators.de/gallery
>
> Of course, scans made for www-presentation do justice neither to the
scanner
> nor to the original film material, but they might at least give you a
> superficial impression of whether you like what the scanner does or not.
> Also, there aren't too many shots in the gallery yet, but I'll try to add
> some as soon as I have some time to spare.
>
>
> MtFbwy,
> Volkhart
>
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