Re: filmscanners: The Nikon 4000 and Genuine Fractals

["Brian D. Plikaytis" <bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net>]

I am in the U.S. and I can state that Genuine Fractals did come bundled with
the scanner. The online documentation (on the CD) was not informative and in
some cases erroneous. I eventually had to go to their website to look at the
documentation there to understand how to work the software.

Brian
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respond to bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil" <phil@nonstock.com>
To: "Filmscanners" <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:32 PM
Subject: filmscanners: The Nikon 4000 and Genuine Fractals


> Hello List,
>
> I'm in the United States.  I ordered the Nikon CoolScan 4000 on the
> internet.
>
> The day after I ordered it, I got an e-mail from the retailer.  "Call us
as
> soon as possible about your Nikon 4000 order!"
>
> I called them.  They told me that the stock they have of Nikon 4000
scanners
> is "meant for the international market," (he meant outside the United
> States) but that the scanner and software bundle is identical.  I told the
> man that if it's the same scanner and software bundle, to please complete
> the order and send me the scanner.
>
> I received the scanner in the mail.  It DOES NOT HAVE GENUINE FRACTALS
> 2.0!!!
>
> So:
>
> If you are outside the United States, and you have purchased the Nikon
4000,
> can you please tell me if your scanner came bundled with Genuine Fractals?
>
> and
>
> If you are inside the United States, and you have purchased the Nikon
4000,
> can you please tell me if your scanner came bundled with Genuine Fractals?
>
> I would really appreciate your response.  After I receive word from the
> list, I'll take a deep breath and call up the retailer on the phone.  I'm
> afraid that maybe the software bundle for the "international market" is
> different from the software bundle for the US market.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Philippe
>
>
>