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Mary wrote:
"TJ" wrote in message .. . Mary wrote: I don't have a copier but have had a flatbed scanner for years. They are not very expensive compared to other computer parts. Many people now have all-in-one printers which include scanners and copiers. But if you need to make a special trip to make copies of what you need, then yes, its more trouble, and may not be worth it unless you think the rebate amount is worth it. I've had a flatbed scanner for years, too - at least five. Bought it online from Office Max for $20 - after rebate. Got free shipping, too. And I *did* get the rebate, without hassle or delay beyond that stated on the form. What make is the scanner? It must be ok if it still works. Mary As explained in another post, it's a Visioneer OneTouch 7600 USB scanner. The maximum native resolution is 600 dpi, better than many in its class of that time. No doubt it has been superseded by newer models, but it still does the job it was designed to do as well as it did when it was new. It doesn't owe me a dime. TJ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Nicolaas Hawkins wrote: On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:27:29 GMT, measekite wrote in . net: Measekite will no doubt consider it a piece of junk because it doesn't do slides or something. So what? That's not what I bought it for. How about your Brownie Hawkeye I'm sure his Brownie Hawkeye is pointed in your direction. |
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TJ wrote: measekite wrote: TJ wrote: Bill wrote: measekite wrote: TJ wrote: I've had a flatbed scanner for years, too - at least five. Bought it online from Office Max for $20 - after rebate. Got free shipping, too. And I *did* get the rebate, without hassle or delay beyond that stated on the form. TJ At that price it is probably a piece of trash Obviously not since it's still working after 5 years. You don't need a really high resolution scanner if all you're using it for is scanning documents. Bill I'm not concerned with Measekite's opinion. I've dealt with him before in the printer newsgroup, heard everything he has to say, ad nauseum. Google his name, if you wish to know more. IMHO, however, it wouldn't be worth the bandwidth. My scanner is a Visioneer OneTouch 7600 USB. It's a letter/A4 scanner, with a native resolution of 600 dpi. The software will interpolate Oh thats software magnification Thank you for clarifying that, but I believe that's what I said. to 1200 dpi using Windows 98. Oh thats so outdated it is a joke. Not even supported any more Ah, but it *was* still supported 5 years ago when I bought the scanner. Not particularly well, since Windows 98 was a joke the day it was released, but that's another subject. It does still work just fine, though I don't use it much any more. Mandriva Linux doesn't support it, O course not. Unfortunately, that is one of the problems with all Linux distributions. It does not support many things including Photoshop I beg to differ. Most scanners are supported by Linux. The A3 chipset scanners are an exception. And as for Photoshop, versions up to the latest can be run with a Linux program called WINE. I'm quite sure the latest version will be runnable with WINE soon. WINE is overhead. It cannot run it natively. Thats like OS2 running Windows programs. or any of the scanners that use the A3 chipset. That is the only reason I don't use it much anymore. I wish it *was* supported. Measekite will no doubt consider it a piece of junk because it doesn't do slides or something. So what? That's not what I bought it for. How about your Brownie Hawkeye If I could still get film for it, my mother's Brownie would work just fine, thank you. Good to know you can appreciate one of the historic cameras that brought photography to the masses. Correction: It did NOT bring photography to the masses. It just empowered a bunch of snapshooters. That is not photography. TJ |
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measekite wrote:
TJ wrote: measekite wrote: How about your Brownie Hawkeye If I could still get film for it, my mother's Brownie would work just fine, thank you. Good to know you can appreciate one of the historic cameras that brought photography to the masses. Correction: It did NOT bring photography to the masses. It just empowered a bunch of snapshooters. That is not photography. Well, you're entitled to your opinion, just as I'm entitled to mine. I suspect, though, that more people would agree with me than with you. And I suspect even more people would appreciate it if we both would just shut up. TJ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"TJ" wrote in message
.. . Mary wrote: "TJ" wrote in message .. . Mary wrote: I don't have a copier but have had a flatbed scanner for years. They are not very expensive compared to other computer parts. Many people now have all-in-one printers which include scanners and copiers. But if you need to make a special trip to make copies of what you need, then yes, its more trouble, and may not be worth it unless you think the rebate amount is worth it. I've had a flatbed scanner for years, too - at least five. Bought it online from Office Max for $20 - after rebate. Got free shipping, too. And I *did* get the rebate, without hassle or delay beyond that stated on the form. What make is the scanner? It must be ok if it still works. Mary As explained in another post, it's a Visioneer OneTouch 7600 USB scanner. The maximum native resolution is 600 dpi, better than many in its class of that time. No doubt it has been superseded by newer models, but it still does the job it was designed to do as well as it did when it was new. It doesn't owe me a dime. TJ Well, thats the main thing. Mary -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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TJ wrote:
measekite wrote: It just empowered a bunch of snapshooters. That is not photography. Ohhhh...that idiot thinks he's a photographer. Excuse me while I laugh so hard my ribs are hurting! Enough...hehehe...hehehe...please!!! I can't take it anymore. Frank |
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"measekite" wrote in message et... TJ wrote: If I could still get film for it, my mother's Brownie would work just fine, thank you. Good to know you can appreciate one of the historic cameras that brought photography to the masses. Correction: It did NOT bring photography to the masses. It just empowered a bunch of snapshooters. That is not photography. TJ Snapshooting is photography. Snapshooting is just lower quality The photographer determines the quality much more than the camera. More people having reasonable access to equipment allows more quality photographers to emerge. It was really about not having to develop your own image. Kind of like the difference of using an outhouse or a Crapper in January. |
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TJ wrote: measekite wrote: TJ wrote: measekite wrote: How about your Brownie Hawkeye If I could still get film for it, my mother's Brownie would work just fine, thank you. Good to know you can appreciate one of the historic cameras that brought photography to the masses. Correction: It did NOT bring photography to the masses. It just empowered a bunch of snapshooters. That is not photography. Well, you're entitled to your opinion, just as I'm entitled to mine. I suspect, though, that more people would agree with me No more snapshooters will agree with you and there are only 150,000 professional and amateur photographers in the U.S. than with you. And I suspect even more people would appreciate it if we both would just shut up. You can. TJ |
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
"Captain Midnight" said in misc.consumers: "measekite" wrote in message .net... Correction: It did NOT bring photography to the masses. It just empowered a bunch of snapshooters. That is not photography. What an ignorant and arrogant statement from our resident idiot/troll measher****head. He thinks if your have an SLR camera you're a photographer. Whereas if you have a PAS camera you're a snap shooter. In other words, the equipment makes the difference between a great picture and a really bad one. This clown is an excellent example of a bad example. Frank |
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I posted the following reply three days ago, but it hasn't yet appeared
in the printer newsgroup, where I'm reading this thread. I'm posting again, in hopes that this time it will get here. I apologize to any group where it appears twice. And for all those who have a spell over top-posting: Get over it. Sometimes it makes more sense to do it this way. TJ Captain Midnight wrote: "measekite" wrote in message et... TJ wrote: If I could still get film for it, my mother's Brownie would work just fine, thank you. Good to know you can appreciate one of the historic cameras that brought photography to the masses. Correction: It did NOT bring photography to the masses. It just empowered a bunch of snapshooters. That is not photography. TJ Snapshooting is photography. Snapshooting is just lower quality The photographer determines the quality much more than the camera. More people having reasonable access to equipment allows more quality photographers to emerge. It was really about not having to develop your own image. Kind of like the difference of using an outhouse or a Crapper in January. My father died in July, a victim of lung cancer from years of smoking cigarettes. My youngest brother died three years ago, also a victim of cancer - that one from unknown causes. Yesterday I came across a snapshot of the two of them, taken around 35 years ago. They're standing on the dock at a fishing camp, my then five-year-old brother proudly holding up the 8-inch fish he had just caught. My father, in the full vigor of his life, is standing slightly behind him, hands on hips, smiling at him. When I think of my father, the image that forms in my mind is much like the one I see in this photo, not the one of the sick, old man of his last year. I'm not sure who caught the shot, whether it was me, my mother, or one of my other brothers, but the moment was preserved by a simple, inexpensive snapshot camera. By professional standards, the quality is poor, and has deteriorated with age. Colors have faded, and they are no longer quite the correct hues. But this old print still has the power to invoke strong memories, the power to show even strangers something of the man my father once was, and the happiness he gave to his children. That image would never have existed but for the simple, inexpensive snapshot camera. There are thousands, millions of snapshots, taken by non-professionals, that accomplish the same thing, around the world. If that's not photography, I don't know what is. TJ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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