Re: filmscanners: Where to buy a LS-4000

["IronWorks" <ironworks@ameritech.net>]

Switch brands perhaps to the Minolta Elite?  Or get the Nikon LS-2000, which
should be cheaper, or a refurb LS-30 temporarily, then resell it when the
new ones come out and you've bought that one.

Maris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Stachowicz" <leo@nitric.dircon.co.uk>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Where to buy a LS-4000




>It never hurts to make your first choice the right one, and in all
>likelihood the Nikon LS4000 will be stellar.  However, I'd wait for a few
>reviews.  The specs on the Kodak 3600 were very encouraging, but some
>people were quite disappointed in the software.
>
>Phil Edmunston, the author of Lemonade, suggests never buying a newly
>designed car in the first year. I have come to similar conclusions with
>most things.

I agree Art.What you suggest is good advice in general.


>  Unless you have to have it now, or you feel you need to be on the
> leading edge, you will probably pay a premium for having it first both in
> terms of price and in some defects which will be corrected in several
> months to come.  Even the esteemed Polaroid SS4000 had a few trials in
> its early release.

Its a risk,but i desperately need a scanner....

2 weeks ago i paid £80 to have 19 slides scanned by a pro lab,and i have
many more which i need to scan soon,and I'm no longer willing to waste
money on something which i could do myself and at the same time what i
would spend on the service could be put towards a scanner of my own.Its
something I have been considering for quite a long time now,so i am by no
means rushing into it.

The other alternative is to buy a previous model,which i have also
considered,and its an attractive alternative,since the price of the LS
-3000 will fall(if it hasn't already)...but i don't see any point in
investing in a scanner which has already been superceded.

Basically I'm willing to risk a few defects(hopefully none too
serious),more so because its manufactured by Nikon,which is a name i have a
great deal of faith in.....They haven't let me down so far!

The extra premium i would pay for having the latest is probably the biggest
issue with me,as the reason i am buying a scanner is to save money in the
long term(as well as have more control over my photography) but i feel that
i would probably recoup what i would normally spend on having slides
scanned by the lab in the time it takes for the price of the scanner to
fall..so i may as well buy now.

Of course there is also the element of simply having the latest/greatest
...which might also play a small part in influencing me;)

Leo