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Exemode Corp will release a low-price 35mm film scanner through its Yashica brand on March 21. FS-500 features 5.04 mega-pixel CMOS sensor and fixed lens. The maximum scanning resolution is 3,600dpi. The scanner can be powered through USB connection. For Windows XP/Vista only.

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of course Mac doesnt exist for them !

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The price is right, though I wonder about the resolution and extras like ICE. Perfectly idiotic that they did not make it Mac-compatible. I doubt very much that it will be as good as the higher-priced dedicated scanners. Anyway, glad to see that someone still takes film seriously.

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Only 10% of people use Macs, so Windows-only is understandable. Anyway, cheap PC laptops now have better graphics than expensive Macs, according to a recent Yahoo test, so more photographers and other graphic workers will be switching to PCs in the future.

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Film? What's that?

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For Mac/Linux, you can bet driver support will be provided by VueScan. Even if the manufacturer won't bother supporting non-windows users, VueScan usually does...

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Only 10% of people use Macs, so Windows-only is understandable.

10% is the market part of Mac of all the owners of PC...users of a scanner and owners of a Mac account to 48 % !

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