The point u r missing as far as I can see is that the Black Widow and
Slidescan slide adaptors are totally different from the transparency hoods
you are talking about -these are a prism device that siits on top of a
flatbed and is not made by the scanner manfrs like the HP device-test
reports from magazines are good
stuart
At 02:14 01-02-01 +0100, you wrote:
>Rob is a real gentleman !
>
>The definition he gives about the pure sh@# sold by HP as Slides Adaptor is
>opening my old wound !
>
>The results are not poor ... simply are not there .
>After 3 months of absolute pain and real cursing in Italian (the worst
>possible and the most siny ... don't we have the Pope ..... ? ) I have given
>up (it was 3 years ago with a very expensive 6200c ... totally useless ...)
>and I have bought a Nikon LS-30.
>
>Sincerely.
>
>Ezio
>
>www.lucenti.com e-photography site
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rob Geraghty" <harper@wordweb.com>
>To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:29 AM
>Subject: RE: filmscanners: Black Widow or Slidescan Transp'y Adaptor ???
>
>
> > Stuart wrote:
> > > I am considering buying one of these transparency
> > > adaptors -it is a prism that sits on top of a
> > > flatbed and the neg or slide fits underneath. has
> > > anyone bought one and if so can you offer an
> > > opinion on the merits of it?.
> >
> > I've used a similar device made by HP for their
> > flatbeds. It works, but the results were very
> > poor on the scanners I tested. OK for web use
> > only, useless for printing or more than 80x600
> > resolution.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> > Rob Geraghty harper@wordweb.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
