Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Off-topic: Nikon slide scanner recommendation
From: Francesco Sanfilippo <fls@5senses.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 14:00:37 -0700

Go for the Polaroid Sprintscan 35 Plus....it beats the Nikon scanners.

At 09:15 PM 8/4/98 +0200, you wrote:
>I just read about the latest Nikon slide scanners: the Coolscan III 
>(LS-30) and the Super Coolscan 2000 (LS-2000) that are replacing the 
>Coolscan LS-20 and LS-1000 respectively. Their specs sheets look very 
>impressive, especially the new digital ICE technology for automatic 
>removal of surface defects such as dust, scratches and so on.
>
>Anybody has any experience with any of these and how do they compare to 
>the older Nikon slide scanners?
>What recommendations can one give to buying a slide scanner? I am a 
>beginner in the subject, but would like to capture the image quality of 
>my Leica glass electronically, so I guess one of the entry-level slide 
>scanners won't do justice to my Leica gear.
>
>Any info/recommendation will be appreciated.
>
>Pascal
>
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