Digital BW, The Print

Rick,

> Austin, I can only say that the Polaroid was not as sharp to my eye as the
> Nikon is.   I found the Polaroid no sharper then the Canon 2720 I
> had for a
> year.

I have no doubt in what you are saying, but I'm not sure I know the cause in
your case.

> As to dmax, I found the 3.6 of the Nikon LS40 to be a big
> improvment
> over the 3.0 of the Canon 2720.

For scanning what?  Do you shoot a lot of slides?

BTW, those numbers sound like manufacturers claims, and NOT actual tested
numbers...and you should understand that most manufacturers simply state the
bit depth of the A/D converter as the dMax, and it is not.

> I suppose its possible the unit was defective; but, I did get the
> unit as a
> refurbed demo directly from Polaroid so I assume it was operating
> correctly.

I've heard of people returning refurb units (not Polaroid SS4ks though) many
times before getting a good one...so, though I agree with you %100 in
principle, in practice I think it's not always the case.

Regards,

Austin