Digital BW, The Print

BTW, another offer is attractive at another place: Polaroid Sprintscan
120 Filmscanner euro/$ 1795,- excl. VAT. But beyond my budget...
FWIW,
Ton Guiking

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Ton Guiking [mailto:guiking@...] 
> Verzonden: woensdag 13 november 2002 10:04
> Aan: 'DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com'
> Onderwerp: RE: [Digital BW] CANON FS4000
> 
> 
> Usually photographic equipment is way cheaper in the US, 
> compared to Europe. For instance, digital still camera's are 
> about TWICE as expensive here. This Canon film scanner, 
> however, can I buy here for 639 euro (and the euro and dollar 
> are more or less equal at the moment), excluding sales tax. I 
> have to admit that this is in a shop only for pro's, but you 
> can easily register, without any proof etc. I bought with 
> them a Canon S900 the other week, also cheap. In their 
> consumer shop, right near their profi windows, it was 50% 
> more!! They are not this cheap on everything. Maybe Canon try 
> to get a stronger foothold in the pro market against Epson 
> (printers) and Nikon (scanners). Anyway, this scanner seems 
> to have a good price. Best, 
> Ton Guiking