Re: nikon 8000 or polaroid 120

["Simon Lamb" <simon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The Imacon Photo is $4,995 dollars plus rebates.  In the UK it is £3,999
plus VAT.  I doubt you will get a used drum scanner at that price.

I will say that, looking like a tin box, it is more in keeping with a PC and
would look nice next to a pentium IV.  It would ruin the look of my Mac ;-)

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: "dickbo" <dickbo@btopenworld.com>
To: <scan@leben.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: nikon 8000 or polaroid 120


> I observe that at $10,000 the Imacon is something more than a hobby
device.
>
> At that price I wouold suggest that a second hand drum scanner would be a
> better buy.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <rafe.bustin@verizon.net>
> To: <scan@leben.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 1:13 PM
> Subject: Re: nikon 8000 or polaroid 120
>
>
> > On 24 Apr 2002 at 22:08, Stephen Greenfield wrote:
> >
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 4:25 AM
> > > > To: scan@leben.com
> > > > Subject: nikon 8000 or polaroid 120
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I am in need of purchasing a scanner for 120 film. which is best ?
> > > > thanks
> > > > John
> > >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > I would seriously look at the Imacon Photo before either the Nikon or
> > > Polaroid models.  Yes, it's more money, though with extra film holders
> and
> > > film rebates now it would be around 1500.00 more or less than the top
> > > Polaroid model.
> >
> >
> > No doubt the Imacon is a top-notch film scanner, one of the best
> > CCD scanners you can buy.  I've seen prints made from Imacon
> > scans, and they are dazzling.
> >
> > At the time the SS-120 and LS-8000 were introduced, it was still
> > several times more expensive than either of these newcomers.
> >
> > The two new models, as good as they were, created a downward
> > pressure on the Imacon's selling price, so that now the Imacon
> > is "only" $1.5 to $2K or so more expensive than the new models.
> >
> > One reviewer (Michael Reichman) has posted some direct A:B
> > comparisons between LS-8000 scans and those from an Imacon,
> > (along with his comments on that comparison) at:
> >
> > <http://luminous-landscape.com/nikon-8000.htm>
> >
> >
> > rafe b.
> >
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