Could anyone tell me whether the Precision II is still a good purchase, and at what price? Specifically, I would like to know who services the scanners and at what price? Is it compatible with newer type computers such as mac laptops with macosx 10.7? How long do the scanners last (i.e. life time). What things should one look out for when buying one second hand? For scanning 4x5 film, how much of a step up is the precision ii compared to epsons v7xx?
Marko
Its a clear step up from the epsons-a step below a pro flatbed like a top of the line Creo and a step or two below the best drum scanners. They are pretty good is your film is well exposed and you are not enlarging say a 4x5 over about 24x30.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
Maybe some of you wealthy folks with bad-ass scanners should start offering to scan other members film at competitive prices. We'd all benefit.
believe me I've tried. I've sent PM's to people who have asked about drum scanning, people who have expressed that their Epson V750 isn't giving them good scans, etc... I thought my pricing @ $50/500mb 16bit scan(from any size film, 35mm--> 8x10) would be a tempting pricepoint. This is almost a break-even point for ME, I don't have much overhead, and it is basically money for the scanner repair kitty, so I can/could continue to scan my own work basically free of charge. I'm all about giving back, and helping people out with getting the best out of their film. Guess they're not interested in my help, even though I'm not as experienced as a drum scanner operator as most others here who own/operate them.Originally Posted by Old-N-Feeble
Maybe some of you wealthy folks with bad-ass scanners should start offering to scan other members film at competitive prices. We'd all benefit.
and I'm not "wealthy" money-wise, yet at least. I just saved for a good long while to get my drum scanner. Even worked a 2nd job to get it even sooner
-Dan
I can offer iQsmart3 scans in the UK at a very reasonable cost as long as you're not in a rush ( I'd rather take my time and do it right, don't need to make a living from this yet ).Maybe some of you wealthy folks with bad-ass scanners should start offering to scan other members film at competitive prices. We'd all benefit.
It's a pretty good scanner, as can be seen from this sites comparison thread:
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/scan-comparison/
PM me if you need something scanned, don't expect a next day service though.
I think that's the model I had for a while. Nice machine once I got the scsi thing figured out.
Daniel... PM coming.
Perhaps I should post this in another thread but I would really like some advice on purchasing the Precision ii second hand. I have a person trying to sell one and I am wondering what a fair price would be? Also what sort of questions should I ask him. I cannot go and test the scanner, he would have to ship it to me...
To be honest, I'd be wary about shipping one of these, especially one that's used. Not to knock the person who's selling, or their packing capabilities, but if I were in your shoes, I'd make sure that it would be coming fully insured/tracked, and with a 1-2week "inspection" time, say, no more than 30 scans, just so you can make sure everything arrived in good shape, and you're not under the gun time-wise to test the scanner.
I'd read up as much info as possible on this scanner. Know its in's and out's technically, well, as much as possible on your end. Yes there's a learning curve to any machine, but compared to a drum scanner, the Imacon's are dead-simple, IMO. The software is pretty intuitive(and free
-Dan
I could offer drum scans as well, but only for people located in Germany or at least Europe:-)
I'm not sure how the Imacons work with modern Macs, but I've added a small comparison with a Tango on my new blog:
http://drumscan.blogspot.com
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