Hi David,
Maybe I got lucky, I purchased the SS 4000 on 9/25/01 from Micro Tech.
Some one on this list posted a URL location for the software upgrade at a
special price. I went to the location and after registering the machine etc
I got an E-mail from a nice woman in Fla who asked if I wanted the upgrade
for both. I am very busy this time of year and I haven't had time to use the
new scanner. I didn't even know what HDR was at that time. She said the
upgrade for both was $20.00.
I told her that for only another $10.00 I would take it and figure out what
it was later.
She wanted me to e-mail my credit card number and since I did not want to
do that , I e-mailed her back and left my phone number and she called right
away. Downloaded it, installed it and I will start using it after Christmas.
Total credit card charge was $20.00 for both.
John in OKC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hemingway, David J" <HEMINGD@polaroid.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:34 AM
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Polaroid Insight vs. Silverfast AI vs. Vuescan
| For any Sprintscan 4000 purchased after 9/01/2001 the upgrade for
Silverfast
| AI is $10 US. For Sprintscan 120 and Sprintscan Ultra the upgrade is free.
| The upgrade price for Silverfast HDR is $45 US
|
| David
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Skip Williams [mailto:skipwilliamsscan@hotmail.com]
| Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:36 AM
| To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
| Subject: Re: filmscanners: Polaroid Insight vs. Silverfast AI vs.
| Vuescan
|
| After an inital bout with Silverfast's peculiar interface, I've gotten
over
| its issues. I use it for most of my scanning. It's professional
software,
| with a power-users interface. And its German, which brings its own way
of
| thinking.
|
| Here's my advise on how to get Silverfast to work FOR YOU:
|
| - Go through the IT8 calibration process.
| - Read Ian's tutorials.
| - Don't try to learn it with a deadline staring you in the face
| - Devote a few hours to the program, and it will reward you
|
| As for griping about updates, a $45 udpate that includes the functionality
| updates such as NegFix isn't out of line by any stretch of my imagination.
| Many of us, including me, have been spoiled by Ed Hamrick's steadfast and
| generous low pricing and no-charge updates. But most of the commercial
| world still has to pay their bills. Updating software that is customized
| for an OEM product isn't free. The dot.com model of VC$$+advertisting
| revenue = profits doesn't work. If you want to stay with what's supplied
in
|
| the box, fine. Or use Vuescan for $40. Otherwise, pay the measley $45
for
| the update. I can't believe that anyone is THAT CHEAP!
|
| Skip
|
|
| >From: Ian Lyons <ilyons@mac.com>
| >Reply-To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
| >To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
| >Subject: Re: filmscanners: Polaroid Insight vs. Silverfast AI vs. Vuescan
| >Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 10:12:09 +0000
| >
| >Roger,
| >
| >
| >
| > > SilverFast is very hard
| > >> to learn (there's no adequate instruction manual for it, but one has
| >been
| > >> promised), is expensive to maintain as you have to pay for upgrades,
| >and has
| > >> other disadvantages.
| >
| >
| >The new manual was posted to their PDF pages about 6 weeks back. It is
270
| >pages and includes Negafix, HDR, PhotoCd Job Manager and some other info
| >not
| >previously available. As for upgrades being charged for, yes 5.5 was a
| >charge on existing V5 users but that is VERY rare. The dot releases are
| >usually free. Version upgrades are charged for as most other software
| >companies charge - new user and upgrade are charged at different rates.
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >Ian Lyons
| >
| >
| >
| >
|
|
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