[HUG ] SV: Re: Jim Brick... Scanner

Jim,

How large files do you scan from a 6x6 neg with this X1 monster?  

How is the result compared to an Nikon 8000/9000 ED?

Tom of Oslo

> From: Jim Brick [jim@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 2008-06-04 08:24:04 CEST
> To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [HUG ] Re: Jim Brick... Scanner
> 
> There are several differences between the X1 & X5. Speed is one, and  
> the X5 will do reflective scanning (A4 size). But the X1 will scan a  
> film up to 120mm wide while the X5 is limited to a 95mm width. I can  
> get a film holder for the X1 that will hold two 4x5 negs/ 
> transparencies. Won't work on the X5. The X5 is somewhere around  
> $8,000 more than the X1, which puts it out in the stratosphere!
> 
> And, should one want to, the X1 can be upgraded to an X5. But that's  
> not for me.
> 
> I have tons of stuff to do and I do it while the scanner is scanning.  
> Nice thing about an 8-core 3ghz Mac Pro is that it really humps along  
> and gives me all of the processing power I need to do Photoshop/ 
> InDesign/Dreamweaver/Lightroom/etc, while scanning is going on. I know  
> that we have no software that makes use of 8-cores, but they are there  
> just in case someone figures out how to use them...
> 
> :-)
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On Jun 3, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
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> > Jim, I have no idea of the cost of these beasts from our Danish  
> > friends...
> > or was that supposed to be Swedish and I forgot?... But the big  
> > difference
> > between the X1 and X5 seems to be the transfer rate/scanner rate.    
> > The X5
> > is 5 times faster than the X1.....
> >
> > Would not this be a big savings in time for you?  Is it worth the  
> > cost (
> > which I have no idea of and therefore am probably being silly...)????
> >
> > Frank Filippone
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