[filmscanners] Re: new Nikon scanners

["" <focus@adnc.com>]

Just curious, where did you get the repair quote from? My Sprintscan 120's dead 
I can't
even get Polaroid to answer my e-mails about where the nearest repair deopt is. 
(and, of
course, how much did they quote you?)

Jim Levitt wrote:

> My Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 has just died on me. The repair charges are not
> cost effective. I will need a replacement.
>
> Does anyone have hands-on experience with the new Nikon 5000 scanner? Does
> it output clearly superior scans to those produced by the Polaroid (or
> equivalent Microtek?). I realize the Nikon has infrared cleaning
> capabilities that are lacking in the Polaroid.
>
> Have the Nikon scanners been mechanically reliable, in general? My Polaroid
> always sounded like a coffee grinder, and died despite rather light use.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>

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