BetterLight Super 6K scanning back arrives at the FLAAR evaluation center for testing by Nicholas Hellmuth.The FLAAR Photo Archive was selected as beta tester for the original BetterLight prototype several years ago. Following upon the success of these tests Calumet Digital and Better Light arranged for the newest Super 6K scanning back to be delivered to the St. Louis office of FLAAR.
We are currently testing this large format digital scanning back on location in Guatemala. The software has advanced considerably in the last four years. We also have the Dicomed FieldPro, originally manufactured by BetterLight and sold in the late 1990's by Dicomed. The BetterLight Super6K is improved in all respects, both hardware and software.
Some manufacturers and distributors send older demo models that are often defective before they even arrive.
Calumet realized that reviewers like to see what a brand new system looks like in its original packing. After all, this is the way the actual photographer will first see his or her brand new Better Light. Better Light certainly does a professional job on their custom packing. I believe even that the box was double-boxed (the best way to ship equipment, one box inside another outer box). A portability option has always been available. For early versions you just add any Macintosh PowerBook laptop computer. The "Wallstreet" G3 model is what we started with, or any Mac laptop such as the older 3400, since all of these still had SCSI built in. Newer Mac laptops require an Ultra SCSI card from Ratoc. This causes constant conflicts with the Mac OS but after struggling for several years we finally got it to work on a G4 Titanium laptop. The newer models of BetterLight use USB-2. They are significantly faster, smaller, and don’t weigh as much as the original models that we have. But it is worth pointing out that our Dicomed version of the BetterLight worked for years and the replacement, the BetterLight Super 6K has also worked for years, in a harsh tropical environment. So not only is the BetterLight portable, it holds up to using it out on expeditions.
Contact is Mike Collete at info@betterlight.com.
Most recently updated Jan. 19, 2006. This page first posted Feb. 21, 2000; updated Aug. 12, 2001 |
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