April 16, 2010

Stieg and Scanners

I finished reading "Girl with Dragon Ratio". In the book Stieg Larsson wrote the handsome jounalist brought a Microtek scanner with him when he came to the island, and he used an Agfa film scanner to scan films in his research. Back in 2001, compared to other gears he used such as an iBook, the two scanners were also a symbol of his taste and profession. I happened to be quite familiar with scanners, especially these two brands. Now Agfa is no longer selling scanners, and Microtek is almost not found anywhere. If Larsson is still alive, I wonder if he can still find someone to repair his scanners -- and it's just less then ten years ago when they were big names in the industry.

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