[filmscanners] Re: Revive this list?!

["James L. Sims" <jlsims@knology.net>]

WELCOME BACK, ART!!!  I thought you'd died!  At my age it's getting to
be a real worry.

Jim Sims

Arthur Entlich wrote:

>Since everyone knows that what really keeps a list active is a good bit of
>controversy,  I will take responsibility for the list having fallen to its
>depths by not posting for a long while ;-)
>
>However, fear not, I have seen the error of my ways, and I'm back to stir up
>a new ill wind ;-)
>
>I just received a Freestyle Photographic Supplies catalogue a few days ago,
>and although I'm not buying much in the way of darkroom supplies these days,
>I did see a quite interesting "peripheral" in the digital scanner section,
>which seems to vindicate my longstanding issues with Nikon film scanners.
>
>I am going to provide the text of the ad as it was written:
>
>NEW ITEM: ATTENTION! Nikon Coolscan 8000 and 9000 Scanner Owners...
>
>Significantly Improve Scan Sharpness!
>
>Image Mechanics Fluid Mount Tray
>
>Enables users of the Nikon Cool Scan 8000 and 9000 to dramatically improve
>the quality of your scans by increasing edge to center sharpness, removing
>scratches and dust, and easing grain.  The tray is simple and easy to use
>with no cleanup worries.  Save countless hours in spotting your scans
>without having to use DIGITAL ICE, which can reduce the sharpness of the
>scan.  Finally, you can now get your medium priced scanner to perform like
>the expensive high-end CCD scanners...... $499.99
>-------------------------
>
>Then to add to the expense, how about the "Starter Accessory Kit for Fluid
>Mount Tray" for only an additional $124.99
>
>Art's editorializing:
>
>Yeap, that's right folks, for the small price of only $625 US plus shipping,
>your scanner can have most of its major design flaws compensated for, only
>years after the scanner was released, and you won't have to pay Nikon the
>money to do it!
>
>Oh, I forgot, the Nikon 8000 doesn't HAVE any problems with grain and dust
>exaggeration, or edge to center sharpness...  the person who came up with
>this product must be just as delusional as I am! He just thinks he can
>charge $500++ for a totally unnecessary device.
>
>For any of you Nikon 8000/9000 owners who actually are equally delusional,
>the URL to find out more about this device is:
>
>www.freestylephoto.biz/imagemechanics.php
>
>But, no one will be going there, because, after all, the Nikon scanners
>don't have any of the problems the device is trying to correct.
>
>Still delusional, after all these years,
>
>Art
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