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A supposed *friend* sent me a link earlier today, which showed the Canon
S9000 being run out for just AU$593 including shipping. (REAL friends
don't tempt you to spend money like this, do they? :-)

Given that the Epson 2100 (2200 for the US) is about AU$1700 and the
newer Canon i9100 is AU$1076.51, that price is pretty tempting. (A 2100
went secondhand for $1300 a month or so ago here in Perth.)

I simply cannot afford the 2100 (much as I'd like one, but I've spent
too much on glass and flashes and ... well, you get the idea) and I
can't see any benefit in the i9100 over the S9000. (Am I wrong?)

I don't care about the speed particularly, although it's a nice thing,
and I'm not chasing archival prints particularly. (A mate has the 2100,
(we've both got calibrated screens), so if I NEED it, I've got the
capability nearby, and I've got a Lexmark Optra R+ workgroup laser and a
Canon S600 for general printing here, although the new printer would
probably take over from the 600.)

I'm shooting with a Canon 10D (6MP) with some nice lenses, and I'm
printing for myself and friends - no clients to worry about.

I guess the thing I'm worried about is buying 'old' technology, although
I've read in a couple of places that the S900 and the i9100 share the
same printhead anyway, so that's that worry taken care of.

I have googled this to death (both web and newsgroups) and, not
surprisingly, found nothing definitive :-)

I did see a few people complaining that the S9000 was colour-shifting
after just 2-3 months no matter what they did to prevent it, which
didn't thrill me, although it didn't say what paper/ink combination was
used. While I'm not too worried about photos lasting 70 years (nobody
would care, I'm not AA) I'd like them to last a bit longer than 60 days.

A lot of other people, however, are saying lots of good things about the
S9000.

I'm also planning on using third-party inks, although a CIS is probably
going a bit far for my intended usage, so it'd just be a 'fill the
cartridges' thing.

Would be a lot easier if it was either completely brilliant or
completely crappy :-)

Your opinions please.
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cheers, Mic     (Reply address works...)

"Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform."
            -- Mark Twain