Anyone know about the Sharper Image film scanner?

Saw a TV commercial tonight for the "Sharper Image Converter", a film
scanner being offered for $100.[1] Does anyone have any knowledge of or
experience with this device?

They say it scans "up to" 3600 dpi at 10 bits per (color?) channel. I
wonder what the actual optical resolution is, as well as the image quality.

Web site at http://www.sharperimageconverter.com.


[1] OK, it's $99.95. I'll *give* them a goddamn extra nickel if they'll
only call it what is, 100 bucks.


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David Nebenzahl schrieb:

Saw a TV commercial tonight for the "Sharper Image Converter", a film
scanner being offered for $100.[1] Does anyone have any knowledge of or
experience with this device?

It´s a digital camera. And it is crap.

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On 2009-02-21 00:13:09 -0500, David Nebenzahl said:

Saw a TV commercial tonight for the "Sharper Image Converter", a film
scanner being offered for $100.[1] Does anyone have any knowledge of or
experience with this device?

They say it scans "up to" 3600 dpi at 10 bits per (color?) channel. I
wonder what the actual optical resolution is, as well as the image
quality.

Web site at http://www.sharperimageconverter.com.


[1] OK, it's $99.95. I'll *give* them a goddamn extra nickel if they'll
only call it what is, 100 bucks.

Rule 1: 3600 is not good enough to scan negatives and slides, and that
is probably an interpolated number
Rule 2: You get what you pay for and $100 does not buy a decent scanner
Rule 3: Why do you think Sharper Image is in bankruptcy? For selling
quality photo gear?
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On 2/21/2009 6:07 AM Roman J. Rohleder spake thus:

David Nebenzahl schrieb:

Saw a TV commercial tonight for the "Sharper Image Converter", a film
scanner being offered for $100.[1] Does anyone have any knowledge of or
experience with this device?

It´s a digital camera. And it is crap.

You mean it's the innards of a regular digicam, and it's not a scanner?

Could you be a little more specific? You seem to know something about
this thing.


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Personally, I like Vista, but I probably won't use it. I like it
because it generates considerable business for me in consulting and
upgrades. As long as there is hardware and software out there that
doesn't work, I stay in business. Incidentally, my company motto is
"If this stuff worked, you wouldn't need me".

- lifted from sci.electronics.repair