I used to have a Wacom A5 which I rarely used as I mostly do small scale pixeling. Now I feel like trying my hands with a tablet again and thus I am looking for something inexpensive that will do the job and not break down after a week. I'm looking for an A5 tablet, and I've been checking out some products from Trust. Has anyone here used a Trust tablet? Any other tablets I should consider?
I must admit that I'm very happy with the Medion A4 tablet which I got for something like 45 US$. Obviously it's not the quality of a Wacom, but it gets the job done - and frankly I'd felt rather foolish if I'd paid several times that for a tiny brand name tablet.
I don't know if they sell them outside Europe though.
I had one of these medion tablets too. It worked great for about 3 years. Still works, with some minor hiccups. I paid about 40 Euros for it, not bad at all! I'm using a Wacom A4 tablet now, but they're really expensive.
I found a cheap medion tablet on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39980&item=6787500234&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Alright! Thanks. I might be going for a Wacom Graphire after all. The A5 model is not that expensive.
Or you could try getting a used Vacom Volito. I have one in A5 and it takes a beating! I've dropped that pen a large number of times and it hasn't taken any damage.
What exactly is the cheapest Wacom series? Volito, Graphire, or...?
--Erwin
Graphire seems to be the cheapest set of Wacom tablets. I'm using an old, apparently no longer made version of the old Graphire, but it still works like a charm - small, perhaps, but still serviceable, and I've found a similar (possibly newer) model on e-bay for 15 dollars US (Here (http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3680&item=5790888225&rd=1), as of 7.23). If you're looking to buy one new, the Graphire 3 4x5 series (http://wacomdirect.wacom.com/wacomdirect/product.asp?dept%5Fid=32&sku=CTE430GR) sells for about $100 US, which isn't too bad, especially compared to the $750 of the Intuos 12x18 (http://wacomdirect.wacom.com/wacomdirect/product.asp?dept%5Fid=100&sku=XD1218USB), or the 3K Cintiq (http://www.wacom.com/lcdtablets/index.cfm) which seems to be the top of the current line.
This page (http://www.wacom.com/productinfo/differences.cfm) Has all the information you should need on Wacom's tablets.
i got one for free..
allthough i'm not spamming the link i could give you more info if you so request such from me....