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Subject: [OM] Re: Film Scanners going the way of the Dodo?
From: "Jeff Keller" <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:55:35 -0800
Sales of film scanners won't increase as film sales drop ... I suspect
flat bed scanners will continue to improve but the dedicated film
scanner will quickly become history.

I hope Bill's comment that Nikon may just have a production glitch is
what is happening.

-jeff


On 1/28/07, Jay Drew <dreaded@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I was perusing the digital and film newsgroups and a thread popped up about 
> film
> scanning.  It was noted that Nikon film scanners had disappeared from the
> shelves.  I popped onto B&H and Adorama, and sure enough, all Nikon scanners 
> are
> back ordered.  Now is this because Nikon is getting ready to introduce new
> lines, or as one part of the thread is touting, the market got saturated for
> film scanners and Nikon is ending a non-profitable line.
>
> I made the mistake of cheaping out for a Minolta Dual Scan IV.  It's an ok
> scanner but no ICE.  I was thinking some day of replacing it with a Coolscan.
>
> So is Nikon going to a new line, going flatbed or just leaving the building 
> ala
> Elvis?
>
> Jay
>
> Hand me my costume
> Please won't you pass me my mask
> I have appointments I must keep with my past.
>
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>
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