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Sean Chan <sean@tsm.com.au> wrote:
>
> 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.

I could probably port VueScan to Solaris pretty easily, but VueScan
isn't (and will never be) open source, so I'd need a loaner of a
Solaris box to do this.  I can't justify buying one for the small
number of people who will use film scanners on it.

I already had an old PC sitting around, so Linux/86 wasn't hard
to do.  Buying a Mac will be expensive, but I've gotten feedback that
50% of all film scanner sold are used on Macs, so it's probably
worthwhile.

> 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".

I agree - the LS-30 is a much better scanner.

> Anyway, I shelled out and bought the Polaroid
> SprintScan 4000 instead.

Also a nice scanner.

Regards,
Ed Hamrick

http://www.hamrick.com/