Re: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

["Jules" <jules@popmonkey.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 1:40 AM
Subject: RE: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets


> > ouch, that's about 7x more than i want to pay :)
>
> Are you looking to pay $80?  They are coming down in price quite a bit
from
> what I can tell (used that is).

the one i saw a price for was $2400 without the transparency cover which was
another $400.  i guess that was new.

> > doesn't anyone make a cheap inaccurate transparency scanner?
> > letter is okay
> > for me, i just want to be able to fit 5 frames of 35mm at a time...
>
> 5 frames, as in frames 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, or 5 strips?  If you mean 5
frames,
> hell, get a 1640SU.

5 frames in one strip.  the 1640SU can't do that as the transparency unit is
only large enough to fit a 3 frame strip.

i'm keeping an eye out for tabloid scanners on ebay now.

thanks much.

~j