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Article #60Re: Coolscan IV-ED or 4000 ED
From: Paul
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:51
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! -- paul mailto:ptl@bigpond.net.au ........................................ "Paul" <nothanks@spam.killer.com> wrote in message news:KIpe7.119782$Xr6.639629@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > 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$2,700 > both GST inc. > > --- > paul > mailto:ptl@bigpond.net.au > ........................................ > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e07b,31e154e4a5839a43 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e07b,public X-Google-Thread: 109d17,31e154e4a5839a43 X-Google-Attributes: gid109d17,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-17 12:51:55 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: "Paul" <nothanks@spam.killer.com> Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.scanner,aus.photo References: <KIpe7.119782$Xr6.639629@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Subject: Re: Coolscan IV-ED or 4000 ED Lines: 47 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: <tBef7.126270$Xr6.691130@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:51:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.45.126.110 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 998077913 203.45.126.110 (Sat, 18 Aug 2001 05:51:53 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 05:51:53 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au)