Thanx for the input Tom.
Reason for my interest is that I have a Powermac G4 with Firewire and
USB connectivity options. I really like Firewire - no ID's , no
terminators, hot plug and play, virtually unlimited devices (well
60-something anyway). Much less cantankerous than SCSI. I could get
a SCSI card put in the G4 but that seems like a backward step. Hoped
that I'd seen the tail end of SCSI when I sold my old Mac. I use
Firewire for my CD-burner, DV camera and a couple of large capacity
external drives. It's pretty neat.
I just thought someone might have heard a whisper about Firewire film
scanners at Photokina or the big Las Vegas imaging trade shows. If
someone would make something like a Coolscan or a Sprintscan with
Firewire it sounds like that would be the ticket.....
Where does the Sprintscan stand price-wise compared to the Coolscans?
What do other list members use?
I'd like to be able to scan for the web, to make desktop backgrounds
for my computer at work, and also to print nice inkjet type glossy
prints. Say 8 x 10 max. They wouldn't have to be archival, they would
be just for my enjoyment and the family's.
peter
I'd contend that SCSI isn't fading away, but being complimented. Firewire
hasn't caught on all that well yet (although I do use it for my mini-DV
video camera).
Right now, for 35mm, the best scanner is probably (had to add the probably
so as to not start a flame war), the Polaroid Sprintscan 4000, as it has the
highest resolution, 4000dpi. It produces, roughly, 5500x3500 pixel images
(18mp) and the results are stunning.
Tom
I've been toying with the idea of getting a 35mm film scanner. I
shoot transparencies and don't really have a way to get them onto
CD-ROM (I have a CD burner).
Anyone know if Nikon et al are likely to bring out a Firewire
Coolscan model anytime soon? Any other company? The Olympus ES-10
wasn't even Mac compatible so i don't hold out much hope there !!!!
Seems to me that with SCSI fading away and USB not quite up to the
bandwidth requirements of shuffling Mb of data rapidly, this is the
next logical step.
TIA
peter
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