Re: Has anyone used the Canon FS2710 film scanner with a Solaris box?

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From: Craig Dewick
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 00:00

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In <Pine.GSO.4.05.9909100813520.25714-100000@dns.tsm.com.au> Sean Chan <sean@tsm.com.au> writes:

>Ed Hamrick writes the software for VueScan. It currently supports the older Canon
>CanoScan FS2700. *Very* recently he did manage to get his software to work on
>Linux. I don't know if he'll work on a Solaris version but once you get it one
>UNIX box, it's not that hard to port it to another flavour or UNIX.

True, true...

>I too was interested in the FS2710 but after talking to one of the
>Camera/Digital Pro shops in Perth, they weren't too impressed and
>recommended the LS-30 over the FS2710 despite it's "lower OD spec". Anyway,
>I shelled out and bought the Polaroid SprintScan 4000 instead.

The reason I want something like the FS2710 is that I don't really want a
flatbed scanner if I can avoid it since I'd rather concentrate on scanning
slides and 35mm negatives rather than prints, etc. Also, film scanners take
up far less desk space.

Regards,

Craig.
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From: cdewick@lios.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick)
Subject: Re: Has anyone used the Canon FS2710 film scanner with a Solaris box?
Date: 1999/09/23
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