Re: [Leica] Totally off topic.... Polaroid scanner

["animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>]

My Nikon coolscan ED worked great right out of the box and i,m no expert.
simon


> Guys and gals this is a sort of vent thing to the family.
>
> I have a Polaroid Sprint scan 4000, actually it's the third one I have had
> in two years, a brand new one, a replacement while they, Polaroid, tried
to
> figure out what was wrong with the first one. Then a third replacement,
> brand new, well OK they told me it was new..... and at this moment I'm as
> open to buying a Nikon Coolscan or other scanner pumping 4000 or higher
than
> I've ever been. Hell this wreck is going in the garbage with a big sign...
> "dangerous to your life it's a Polaroid Sprintscan 4000!"
>
> This Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 is one great big heap of scrap metal and
> glass, without question, an expensive piece of   JUNK! :-( Certainly a
piece
> of gear I'd not recommend anyone buying no matter how well it worked when
it
> was working! Why?
>
> Well it was unworking far more than it was working and when one is in the
> business of earning their keep with photography and the hardware that goes
> with it, cameras, scanners or whatever, it's totally un-acceptable to be
> trying to do your work that your life is dedicated to while attempting to
do
> that with constant failure of equipment. Expensive equipment!
>
> Surely I can't be the only human on the planet with the grief this company
> has caused me with their lousy equipment that works some times and most
> times not.
>
> Yep they were kind enough to replace the first and the second, but what's
> the point of having malfunctioning equipment replaced with just another
> piece of malfunctioning equipment ?  I'm wide open for suggestions as you
> may well figure. :-( Or would you really like to hear how I feel? ;-)
>
> ted
>
>
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