Digital BW, The Print

I am convinced.  The best price I can find for the Graphire 2 (steel 
blue -- bronze is more) is $89.00 at cdw.  Has anyone seen a better 
price or can anyone suggest another supplier to check out.

Thanks,

Steve


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jack M Kucy 
<jmk@j...> wrote:
> I can only second my predecessors.  I got the Wacom Graphire 4x5 
and I 
> am happy with it.  The pen
> is amazing.  It's precise. Works intuitively.  The pressure 
settings are 
> recognized by PS and help a lot.
> The only thing I am not too happy about is the mouse.  It's 
cordless 
> (nice),  but my standard Microsoft
> optical mouse feels and works a bit better.  So I use it on the pen 
> tablet instead of the Wacom mouse.
> But again - pen is the solution to many problems.  And I do not 
think 
> that the bigger size than 4x5 is necessary
> for the editing.  I like keep my wrist steady and the bigger tablet 
> requires movement of the whole hand.
> If you draw with it YES, but for editing, when you can zoom in 
wherever 
> you need - 4x5 works for me.
> JMK
> 
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> 
> Edward Wiseman wrote:
> 
> > I've been using the original  Wacom GRAPHIRE 4x5 tablet for 3 
years for
> > photo editing, and for the $79.99 I paid on-line at the time,
> > retrospectively it's a "no-brainer"..I think the "II" verson is 
going for
> > about the same $'s today..I personally see no need for up-
grading, as it
> > fills my needs quite well..In fact, I don't know how I ever got 
along
> > without it!
> >
> > Eddie Wiseman
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Daniel Staver" <daniel@p...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 6:44 AM
> > Subject: RE: Tablets was: [Digital BW] levels and grain
> >
> >
> > > I think 6x8 equals A5 size, although I'm not used to thinking in
> > > inches... I have an Intous A5 myself and that's just the right 
size.
> > >
> > > My previous Wacom was A4 size, and that's just too big. You 
feel like
> > > you're always stretching your arm all over the place. I found 
myself
> > > mapping the tablet area to an A5 portion of the tablet anyway, 
so the
> > > extra space was wasted.
> > >
> > > I've tried the A6 Graphire that Peter recommends, and while I 
didn't
> > > feel it offered enough precision for professional work, it was 
still
> > > nice to use. Maybe it's just because I've been using the bigger 
tablets
> > > for so many years... It's certainly much cheaper than the 
Intous, and in
> > > any case way better than a mouse, so you could always start 
with the
> > > Graphire and buy an Intous later on if you really feel a need 
for it.
> > >
> > > --
> 
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