Isn't ICE (and GEM and ROC?) already bundled with the only scanners that
have the IR channel necessary for their use?
Maris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Moore" <miguelmas@qwest.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??
| I don't know where these guys get the idea that everyone that uses a
pro-sumer
| (Minolta Elite, Nikon LS2000, etc.) is an amateur... I see a lot of pros
buying
| these to scan work to give clients... I've tried PhotoCD Master and Pro..
| that's why I am scanning my own 35mm... To say that we don't need or can't
use
| ICE and any other time saver we can get is flat wrong.... I never did a
get a
| straight answer from Jack at ASF on why we can't buy GEM and ROC and
upgrade
| ICE... There is a BIG market out there for a good quality, reasonably
priced
| scanner that will meet pro needs.. I can't afford to buy an Imacon, or
Scitex
| or anything else that sets me back multiple thousands...
|
| Mike Moore
|
| Frank Paris wrote:
|
| > > output levels and therefore anything that slows down output is
avoided.
| > > The amateur, on the other hand, has rarely such a need and usually
likes
| > > their equipment to embrace as many functions as possible in a single
| > > product.
| > > This is seen as good value for money, which I would suggest is the
case.
| > > He is not likely to be selling his scans for profit and therefore
| > > has little
| > > need for high output of digitised images and is also not likely
| > > to have any
| > > time deadlines to meet.
| > >
| > > Richard Corbett
| > >
| >
| > I think this is the wrong message to send to a representative of a
| > filmscanner manufacturer. Amateurs most definitely want a system that
saves
| > time, the moreso the more they have lives outside filmscanning.
| >
| > Frank Paris
| > marshalt@spiritone.com
| >
|
|
|
