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Re: [Digital BW] re: B&W Printing . . . Polaroid SS4000

2003-08-15 by Peter Marquis-Kyle

Rick Schiller wrote:
> My experience with the original SS4000 was very disappointing.
[snip]
> The most glaring
> imperfection of the Polaroid is the lack of sharpness.  It was
> simply no sharper then the Canon 2720, which is/was a basic 3.0
> dmax/ 2700 dpi scanner.

Rick -- just to set the record straight -- could this lack of
sharpness
have been due to the 'focus bug' in the Polaroid Insight software?
(See Tony Sleep's review of this Polaroid ss4000 scanner here:
http://www.halftone.co.uk/tech/filmscan/pol4000/pol4000.htm )

Peter Marquis-Kyle
www.marquis-kyle.com.au

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