Thanks, Piers! Your information is invaluable. How could you tell the guy
had sold the scanner before? He included some scans that he had done that
looked pretty good to me. It does sound like I might need Doug's generous
offer of the cord. I'll contact you off-list, Doug!
I will definitely go to the Yahoo group and see what I can learn. The
scanner has already been sent by UPS.
Tina
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Piers Hemy <piers.hemy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tina, I helped a friend acquire and set up a Precision II a couple of years
> ago, and from the evidence of my own eyes can confirm that the dynamic
> range
> (never mind the resolution) it will extract will easily exceed most other
> scanners in the price range. I have a Nikon 4000 as well as an Epson 4990,
> and am confident that the PII will leave them both standing in terms of
> image quality - but I think you are quite right to plan on using the Nikon
> batch feeder for most of the work, because that is where the Nikon leaves
> the PII standing (almost literally). You didn't mention which film holders
> the scanner includes - beware, they can be pretty expensive if you don't
> have the holders you need!
>
> From the replies so far, I can see that you have had some good advice, and
> some really generous offers. The one that stands out is Doug Herr's, as
> that
> is the "missing link" between the PII and more modern PCs (even though
> Firewire is no longer "modern") and if I read the auction listing
> correctly,
> the seller has not ever used it with the USB adaptor cable he has sold to
> you (and did you notice that, if your seller is in Tempe AZ, he already
> sold the same scanner two weeks ago?). In those circumstances I would
> strongly suggest going the SCSI-Firewire adaptor route, which is a proven
> solution (and the fact that adaptors are getting very hard to come by
> suggests that they are being used, not disposed of).
>
> Be aware also that you do *not* want to download the latest version of the
> Flexcolor software provided for use with the Imacon/Hasselblad scanners.
> From memory version 4.0.4 is the latest version which will run with
> SCSI-interface scanners. But Flexcolor almost certainly is the best tool to
> get the best from the PII, even if you transfer the scan files to Photoshop
> for further work.
>
> Also be aware that they can be somewhat temperamental to get set up, but
> there is an active, though not busy, Yahoo group "Imaconusers" with a few
> very helpful and knowledgeable members, one or two of whom offer consulting
> and tutoring services. Gerry Yaeger comes to mind - see
> www.TheDigitalCoach.com - although San Diego might not be the closest to
> you!
>
> Good luck, and keep us posted.
>
> Piers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of
> Tina Manley
> Sent: 21 July 2014 21:28
> To: MUGers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Leica Users Group; paw; seephoto; Olympus
> Camera
> Discussion
> Subject: [OM] Hasselblad Imacon Flextight Precision II Scanner
>
> PESO:
>
> I know I'll never be able to afford the Flextight 5, so when this one came
> up on EBay, I bid on it, after reading reviews and doing lots of research
> about whether it would still work on today's computers. Today, I won the
> bid and should have the scanner next week. The sample scans that the guy
> posted looked very good and he is including all of the cables and film
> holders that I should need.
>
> My plan is to still use the Nikon LS5000 for cataloging and editing the
> vast
> majority of my slides with the batch loader. The Hasselblad would be used
> for problem slides like the Velvia and some Kodachromes that I have posted
> lately.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Tina
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