I'd go for it if it's close to $300.00 You can find new Canon and Minolta 2700 dpi film scanners for under $400.00 (of course they won't scan prints so there's a trade-off: they do have higher resolution and probably a little batter Dmax than the HP).
-- Original Message -- >Okay... so I've been paging through the PDML archives for about a week >now, and I think I've read just about every posting I deemed helpful >concerning which scanner to buy (and theres a LOT of them!... thanks for >you past contributions). For the capability and price range, I've >decided on the Photosmart S20... Atleast for now. > >From reading your opinions over time, the pros for this system and the >praise that it has received (even when you omit all of Pauls >advertisements... I mean... postings... concernings this unit) have >significantly outweighed any cons. > >And to top it off, I 've just been offered a deal I (almost) can't refuse >(under 350 for a hopefully used-but-mint unit)... > >Hence, this posting is somewhat of a "last call"... A plea for any >arguments, comments, opinions, that I should concider with respect to >purchasing this scanner. Perhaps some of you have had developments >_since_ all of the scanner posts that I've read which have changed your >opinions about this or related products. Any such input would be >appreciated. Lastly, going thru with this particular deal is not a "done >deal" at all. Hence, your comments may be very helpful for future >considerations as well. Thanks in advance, > .jerome. > > >ps... I'm primarily looking for a slide scanner... and the added >capability of scanning up to 5x7 prints is definitely a plus. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
