MegaPixels sells the Microtek Artixscan 4000TF (=Polaroid SS4000 plus)
in UK for £799 inc. vat/ £680 ex vat.
Chris Street
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> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Philip Elkin
> Sent: 22 April 2002 23:12
> To: chris@street56.fsbusiness.co.uk
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Microtek vs Polaroid (was SS4000 Plus not
> to Europe!)
>
> May I ask what price you have found for the 4000tf in the UK
>
> regards
>
> Philip
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> From: <al@greenspace.freeserve.co.uk>
> To: <philip.elkin@virgin.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 9:51 PM
> Subject: [filmscanners] Microtek vs Polaroid (was SS4000 Plus not to
> Europe!)
>
>
> Philip Elkin wrote (of the Polaroid Sprintscan SS4000 Plus)
>
> > I tried to get one here in England but with no joy.
>
> so Robert Michael suggested
>
> > Or go for the Microtek articscan 4000tf which will come to Europe
> and is
> > essentially the same thing
>
> >From the web page (and checking some UK dealers) the price for the
> Microtek
> looks quite good.
> But I know in the past Polaroid have always stressed that the SS4000
> was
> "tweaked" in some way
> (firmware? stricter QC?) to make it perform better than the Microtek
> 4000t.
> I assume they would
> claim the same for the SS4000Plus against the 4000tf. (Although the
> latter
> does come with its
> very own dust cover!)
>
> Has anyone had any direct experience of both the SS4000 and 4000t?
> Obviously, there will be
> some differences between Polacolor Insight and the Microtek software
> but is
> there a real
> difference between them when using, say, Vuescan or Silverfast?
>
> I notice that the Microtek 4000tf has multisampling. I wonder if
> this is
> simply to match the facilities
> offered with other scanners like the Nikon LS-4000 or whether it
> actually
> needs it?
>
> My interest in all of this is that my recently purchased SS4000 will
> have to
> go back: when I move it
> and reconnect it (it's too big to live permanently on my desk), it
> gives a
> CCD error message and
> stops at the calibration stage. At the next attempt, it previews but
> the
> preview image is solarised
> and streaked. Next go, just the streaks remain. Finally, at the
> fourth
> attempt, the preview looks
> fine. (The same preview corruption happens if I use Silverfast
> instead.) It
> then remains fine until
> the scanner is moved again and the same thing happens.
>
> In addition, I've had the scanner get stuck in the calibration cycle
> and
> make a noise like it's going
> to self-destruct so I've had to switch off. Also I've had it
> completely
> crash the PC a couple of times
> as well as treating the slide holder as a negative holder or just not
> recognising it properly!
>
> All in all, this particular unit doesn't inspire confidence -
> especially
> it's apparent need to bed in after
> being moved. As this was the last one available, I'll be getting a
> refund.
> So the hunt for a scanner
> continues.....
>
> I did like the SS4000, in particular the resolution and lack of
> noise, but
> it didn't really do very well
> with the shadow detail in some of my dense slides. The extra dynamic
> range
> of the of the 4000tf
> could certainly make it a candidate unless anyone has any horror
> stories
> about its predecessor.
>
>
>
>
> Al Bond
>
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