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Thread ID: 40414 2003-12-07 09:34:00 Sudden Scanner s/w Failure - Any ideas? Perry (4966) Press F1
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198130 2004-01-21 23:03:00 Freehand held camera, or do you use a tripod
or some other stabilising device?
Perry (4966)
198131 2004-01-22 04:31:00 > Eventually, it was decided that the CCD was kaput.
> Yes - you guessed it, the scanner was a few months
> out of warranty. "Please send us $135 and we'll send
> you a replacement."

No way would I have accepted that. The Sale of Goods Act specifies that goods should be fit for their purpose for a reasonable lifespan and a scanner would certainly be expected to have a "reasonable lifespan" of more than 15 months or so, if that is how old your scanner was.
Fire-and-Ice (3910)
198132 2004-01-22 06:09:00 Freehand-held camera (Fujifilm S304 - bought based on PCW article).

I guess a tripod would help a little with picture quality if you're a bit shaky, but otherwise it's all good.

Also depends on what the image is for. Blowing up and printing poster size will never work with a digicam, but most of my stuff is for web-type work.
antmannz (28)
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