Coolscan IV-ED or 4000 ED

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From: Paul
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:41

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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....

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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.

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paul
mailto:ptl@bigpond.net.au
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