Comments on: Adapt and Overcome http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2009/09/13/adapt-and-overcome/ the adventures of an artificial texan Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:55:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: David Gerard http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2009/09/13/adapt-and-overcome/comment-page-1/#comment-30005 David Gerard Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:16:06 +0000 http://weblog.mrbill.net/?p=1336#comment-30005 s/Coolpix/Coolscan/ - Coolpix is of course Nikon's compact camera like! Coolscan are the good film scanners. s/Coolpix/Coolscan/ – Coolpix is of course Nikon’s compact camera like! Coolscan are the good film scanners.

]]> By: David Gerard http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2009/09/13/adapt-and-overcome/comment-page-1/#comment-30004 David Gerard Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:15:22 +0000 http://weblog.mrbill.net/?p=1336#comment-30004 Heh. I have two boxes of photos to scan. Rebecca Ore (who takes a shitload of film shots and is a severe camera nerd) advised me to do what everyone does: buy a Nikon Coolpix off eBay, use it for a year or two to do the lot, then sell it back on. There's ten-year-old Coolpix III out there still circulating, still holding their price ... you just need a PC with an ISA slot for the SCSI card ... Heh. I have two boxes of photos to scan.

Rebecca Ore (who takes a shitload of film shots and is a severe camera nerd) advised me to do what everyone does: buy a Nikon Coolpix off eBay, use it for a year or two to do the lot, then sell it back on. There’s ten-year-old Coolpix III out there still circulating, still holding their price … you just need a PC with an ISA slot for the SCSI card …

]]> By: John Mayson http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2009/09/13/adapt-and-overcome/comment-page-1/#comment-30003 John Mayson Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:30:07 +0000 http://weblog.mrbill.net/?p=1336#comment-30003 I did the math and decided it was considerably cheaper and less frustrating to take my slides to Costco and let them do it. Of course if you have a lot of slides then YMMV. I did the math and decided it was considerably cheaper and less frustrating to take my slides to Costco and let them do it. Of course if you have a lot of slides then YMMV.

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