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We're all light!
I've already talked about the Scitex Eversmart Jazz I may (or may not) buy and kill myself dragging home. At the other extreme of the scanner spectrum, I recently inherited a working Nikon Coolscan III, including both slide/filmholder and filmstrip-loading modules. When I noticed the filmstrip unit, I almost yelled "Yay! I can scan an entire roll! If it does nothing else it'll be worth it for that!" Of course, I forgot that this unit only scans up to six-frame lengths of film at a time, unlike later Coolscan models. At least I can feed the film straight in.
But it may still have some utility: somehow, I managed to get this SCSI-interface-only scanner to work with my late-model PowerBook G4, by way of an Adaptec SCSI-to-USB cable I had laying around, and VueScan, although it took a handful of tries to get everybody shaking hands. Lashed to the laptop, I can knock off some fast-but-still-decent scans for evaluation and quick editing. This could help quite a bit with my scanning backlog (about 20 rolls of recently-shot film in the queue so far, and I shot a few more rolls just today). Of course, unlike the Scitex, I don't have to think hard about where I'll park this thing.
What I do have to think about is that the previous owner was obviously a smoker: besides the usual stale scent and patina on the outer surface of the unit, I'm concerned about any potential haze on the sensor (never mind the dust I cleaned out...I was truly happy about the flap-door Minolta put on the 5400 for this very reason). The preliminary scans look okay, but I'm thinking I'll want to give the sensor a close look anyway.
If I do end up hauling home the Scitex (assuming Galfriend doesn't veto the idea...not because of money, but size), Tiny Ateliér may also become known as Barrett's Home for Wayward Scanners. The sick part is that they'll all be hooked up to something at the same time...
- Barrett
But it may still have some utility: somehow, I managed to get this SCSI-interface-only scanner to work with my late-model PowerBook G4, by way of an Adaptec SCSI-to-USB cable I had laying around, and VueScan, although it took a handful of tries to get everybody shaking hands. Lashed to the laptop, I can knock off some fast-but-still-decent scans for evaluation and quick editing. This could help quite a bit with my scanning backlog (about 20 rolls of recently-shot film in the queue so far, and I shot a few more rolls just today). Of course, unlike the Scitex, I don't have to think hard about where I'll park this thing.
What I do have to think about is that the previous owner was obviously a smoker: besides the usual stale scent and patina on the outer surface of the unit, I'm concerned about any potential haze on the sensor (never mind the dust I cleaned out...I was truly happy about the flap-door Minolta put on the 5400 for this very reason). The preliminary scans look okay, but I'm thinking I'll want to give the sensor a close look anyway.
If I do end up hauling home the Scitex (assuming Galfriend doesn't veto the idea...not because of money, but size), Tiny Ateliér may also become known as Barrett's Home for Wayward Scanners. The sick part is that they'll all be hooked up to something at the same time...
- Barrett