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Re: Coolscan IV-ED or 4000 ED

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From: Paul
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:51
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I bought the 4000-ED with the 50 slide batch loader. It is absolutly awsome!
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paul
mailto:ptl@bigpond.net.au
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"Paul" <nothanks@spam.killer.com> wrote in message
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> I have sold my trusty HP-S20 one hour ago. (1 minute silence please)
> Now I can buy a new Coolscan!! Hurray.
>
> Question is which one? I have read all the specs and know the "on-paper"
> differences and also the price difference.
>
> The largest I want to print is A3 and using QImage Pro, a 3MPix digital
> camera image gave good results, so the biggest questions I have are:
>
> 1) If both scanners are to scan at 2900 dpi will the 4000ED by noticably
> quicker?
> 2) Can Ed Hamrick's VueScan do multi scans on the IV-ED?
> 3) Is the slightly greater contrast range of the 4000 noticable?
>
> For this comparison, I am NOT interested in the:
> a) max resolution difference
> b) the price (well, at least not much)
> c) the roll film option for the 4000
>
> Any other differences I hadn't touched on?
>
> BTW the scanner will be installed on Win2000 on a 700MHz Athlon.
>
> Thanks for your comments....
>
> ____________________
> For Australian readers:
> Are these prices good, or where could they be bettered:
> Coolscan IV-ED for Aus$1,165
> Coolscan 4000-ED for Aus$2,700
> both GST inc.
>
> ---
> paul
> mailto:ptl@bigpond.net.au
> ........................................
>
>
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