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Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??
In a message dated 2/20/2001 10:07:53 PM EST, HEMINGD@POLAROID.COM writes:
> Several hundred thousand dollar fees might have something to do with it
ASF has two revenue streams from their ICE product - custom
engineering support to help develop the product and royalties of
2% to 7% of the manufacturers price (this is from their SEC filing).
I can see why a manufacturer of a low-volume product like a
film scanner would be leery of spending more than 100K for
the up-front engineering and about $25 per scanner for licensing fees.
This doesn't stop manufacturers from bypassing ASF entirely
like Canon did with their latest scanners. Canon added the infrared
channel themselves, and did their own dust-removal software (FARE).
The FS4000US looks like an interesting scanner (4000 dpi, motorized
film feeding, infrared dust removal, USB/SCSI, $1000, available 2Q 2001).
Regards,
Ed Hamrick
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