At 18:19 02-02-01 -0600, you wrote:
>Stuart,
>
>Ezio is right. I got one of those little slide adapters with my HP 6300.
>It's a real joke. I can't believe HP ever made it. I had the same
>experience as Ezio, except I didn't have to get on my knees and make peanut
>butter, because I gave up after two or three tries. (Ezio, I guess you have
>greater perseverance than I do.)
>
>Anyway Stuart, if you value your time at all, take the advice you're given
>and get a real filmscanner.
>
>Bob Kehl
>
Hi Bob-I'll send you my address-USD will be fine :-))
I'm not so sure we are comparing like for like here -this Black Widow TA
got pretty good reviews here form several sources and its a good price -i
think I'll try it anyway and let you know
cheers
Stuart
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ezio <ezio@iname.com>
>To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:35 PM
>Subject: Re: filmscanners: x Stuart !! was .. Black Widow or Slidescan
>Transp'y Adaptor ???
>
>
>Sturat this Black Widow stuff it is exactely the rip-off I had from HP.
>Then ... if you want to try it ... I can send it to you for free !
>It costed to me ... 3 years ago ... 1 month of pure and siny Italian cursing
>.
>This is quite enough for me ... I had to get on the knees on some peanuts
>for 1 week to pay my sins !!
>.. and to buy a REAL film scanner to be able to scan my slides ...
>more over ... it is impossible to scan films with this ... the orange
>casting of the dye is not removable at all .
>
>I am not kidding ... when I say I will make you trying ... then eventually
>either you send it back to me in Italy either you send few bucks to pay it
>whenever you will decide to keep it .
>
>..
>
>Ezio.
>
>
>______________________________
>Well it doesn't require power, it has no moving parts and simply sits on top
>of your scanner its dimensions are H x 100mm, L x 170mm & W x 90mm. With a
>specifiction like this all that's left is for some impressive reviews from
>magazines and users to let you see what they thought.
>
>
>FilmSCAN 35 produced for Black Widow by SlideScan®
>
>
>'The Results: Quite simply brilliant.'
>'All scans I made were superb.'
>Scanned Image quality 27/30
>Ease of use 28/30
>Build quality 16/20
>Value for money 19/20
>'A neat gadget at a fraction of the cost of a dedicated accessory slide
>scanning adaptor'... its a simple and very neat bit of kit - and very cost
>effective to boot.'
>Doug Harman, Deputy Technical Editor, Amateur Photographer Magazine, 29th
>January 2000.
>
>
>Sincerely.
>
>Ezio
>
>www.lucenti.com e-photography site
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stuart" <stuart@shaws2000.fsnet.co.uk>
>To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:12 PM
>Subject: Re: filmscanners: x Stuart !! was .. Black Widow or Slidescan
>Transp'y Adaptor ???
>
>
> > Hi-here is the url for this device
> > Stuart
> >
> >
>
>=frameset.htm&ORDER_ID=!ORDERID!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 09:22 01-02-01 +0100, you wrote:
> > >Stuart,
> > >It might be that ''Black Widow'' or ''Slidescan'' adapters are using a
> > >different set of tricks to cheat the flat bed scanner and to succeed to
>scan
> > >slides on a flat-bed , but I wasn't able to find any description of this
> > >devices on the Web.
> > >By the way ... when scanning slides ... this devices are they really
>letting
> > >the scanner to focus on the film surface ? In facts the reflection of the
> > >light coming from the lamp is not the only point when scaning slides.
> > >To exactely focus the film surface is one of them ... the 1 or 2 mm
>distance
> > >from the glass given by the slide frame is important enough pushing the
> > >optical resolution toward the edge.
> > >Not to mention all the other factors to be considered.
> > >
> > >I am firmily convinced that flat-bed scanners cannot succeed in having
>even
> > >a lousy chance to scan slides.
> > >
> > >Sincerely.
> > >
> > >Ezio
> > >
> > >www.lucenti.com e-photography site
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Stuart" <stuart@shaws2000.fsnet.co.uk>
> > >To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> > >Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:46 AM
> > >Subject: Re: filmscanners: x Stuart !! was .. Black Widow or Slidescan
> > >Transp'y Adaptor ???
> > >
> > >
> > > > The point u r missing as far as I can see is that the Black Widow and
> > > > Slidescan slide adaptors are totally different from the transparency
>hoods
> > > > you are talking about -these are a prism device that siits on top of a
> > > > flatbed and is not made by the scanner manfrs like the HP device-test
> > > > reports from magazines are good
> > > > stuart
> > > >
> > > > At 02:14 01-02-01 +0100, you wrote:
> > > > >Rob is a real gentleman !
> > > > >
> > > > >The definition he gives about the pure sh@# sold by HP as Slides
>Adaptor
> > >is
> > > > >opening my old wound !
> > > > >
> > > > >The results are not poor ... simply are not there .
> > > > >After 3 months of absolute pain and real cursing in Italian (the
>worst
> > > > >possible and the most siny ... don't we have the Pope ..... ? ) I
>have
> > >given
> > > > >up (it was 3 years ago with a very expensive 6200c ... totally
>useless
> > >...)
> > > > >and I have bought a Nikon LS-30.
> > > > >
> > > > >Sincerely.
> > > > >
> > > > >Ezio
> > > > >
> > > > >www.lucenti.com e-photography site
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > > >From: "Rob Geraghty" <harper@wordweb.com>
> > > > >To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> > > > >Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:29 AM
> > > > >Subject: RE: filmscanners: Black Widow or Slidescan Transp'y Adaptor
>???
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Stuart wrote:
> > > > > > > I am considering buying one of these transparency
> > > > > > > adaptors -it is a prism that sits on top of a
> > > > > > > flatbed and the neg or slide fits underneath. has
> > > > > > > anyone bought one and if so can you offer an
> > > > > > > opinion on the merits of it?.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've used a similar device made by HP for their
> > > > > > flatbeds. It works, but the results were very
> > > > > > poor on the scanners I tested. OK for web use
> > > > > > only, useless for printing or more than 80x600
> > > > > > resolution.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Rob
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Rob Geraghty harper@wordweb.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
