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From: "SKID Photography" <skid@bway.net>
> Paul Graham wrote:
>
> > the guys at FLAAR () dont have a single
nice
> > word to say about the Howtek. They recommend the ICG drum scanner which
has
> > a very clever vertical drum system and thus requires no mounting time/
mess/
> > tape etc.
>
> Isn't FLARR 'supported' by certain manufacturers? That was my impression,
and that they slammed certain
> systems simply because they were not supported by them..
>
If you read through their stuff, little is recent, and most is pretty
opinionated without substance. I have read a lot of their stuff trying to
resolve which scanner to buy, and the occasional spurt of information on
this list easily outdoes the entire website there. Kind of like reading
"Consumer Reports" in the U.S. ...
Jim Snyder
