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Subject: [OM] Re: Holy cow, Batman. $460 for a new e-1.
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 20:52:11 -0400
I was only able to point this out because you mentioned it before. 
You're right about the film scanning portion of the review needing to be 
  rewritten.  I read right over the top of this item the first time and 
it didn't register.

Chuck Norcutt

Moose wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 
>>It's rather hard to find in the review but if you read
>><http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Epson%20V700/page_13.htm>
>>you'll see that the scanner produced much better film scan results when 
>>the film height adjusters were set to other than the factory supplied 
>>position.
>>
>>So much better, in fact, that after the setting change the reviewer 
>>declares the V700 to produce better film scan results than the Nikon 
>>4000 dedicated film scanner.  This is exactly the opposite of his first 
>>opionion of the scanner.
>>
>>Someone testing the V750 who didn't know this little tidbit might 
>>declare much worse performance.
>>  
> 
> Thanks for pointing that out. I thought about saying something, but was 
> afraid of sounding like a shill for a scanner I've never seen, as I've 
> already posted about that test and page 13 several times.
> 
> I think Vincent does himself and the scanner a disservice by not 
> rewriting the original 35mm scan test page or posting a big warning on 
> it. The page where he makes this discovery is one a 35mm only reader 
> might easily skip. Even the page name is misleading in this regard.
> 
> Moose
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