Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 08:10:14 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Michael Bowen Subject: Re: Slide scanners Comments: cc: Les Eastman In-Reply-To: <001701c05fe8$c6416600$2672dfcf@greg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Greg: Thanks much for the information. Appreciate it. Sure - please send a slide you have scanned. Mike At 07:58 PM 12/6/00 -0500, you wrote: >I just went through the process of extensive research on this issue as I >usually do before making a hardware purchase. I am heavily into bird >photography and was looking for a slide scanner as well. After researching I >found that the best slide scanner is the Nikon Coolscan 2000 but carries a >hefty price tag at roughly $1,500. The next best one is the Nikon LS30 which >compromises a little on image quality but the quality is still very high. It >sells for about $725. This is the one I opted for. After spending over 10 >grand on camera equipment over the past year I had to try to save some >money! I am very happy with it so far and get stunning color prints better >than a photo lab on my Epson 870 Photo Printer and using the special Epson >paper. The main advantage to the Nikons are the ICE feature which virtually >cleans any minor dust, scratches and defects which otherwise need to be >cleaned up manually in PhotoShop or similar program. I almost bought the >Canon that Raymond has but thought that the ICE feature was well worth the >extra money in the long run. The LS30 also comes with a SCSI card and cable >so there is nothing else to buy. Hope this helps. I will send you an image >that I scanned with it if you want, just let me know. > >Greg Downing >Parkton, MD >gregdowning@mindspring.com > >-- D.H. Michael Bowen (Mike) 8609 Ewing Drive Bethesda MD 20817 (Montgomery County) Tel.: (301)530-5764 dhmbowen@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================