Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Brian J. Given" wrote: > > Greetings from a new member and old Leica user! > > I have enjoyed lurking for the last week and want to wish you all a very > Happy Holiday > > I would also like to ask your opinions regarding the reliability of R-4S's > and the reproduction potential of the film scanners like the Nikon LS-2000 > > 1. I have not had very good luck with new Leicas. Years ago I bought two new > > 2. I am looking at film scanners. I've tried the Nikon LS-2000 with some Hi Brian, Here are my suggestions: Question 1: they (Leica) should completely replace the camera, not try to fix it. Period. If they no longer have the R4S they should replace it with a clean, used but serviced newer R series camera. You are the original owner and this should not be happening. Of course you will be less blunt when saying this than I am :-) . Maybe you are beyond the warranty period but it is obvious that something is wrong if it still breaks after being serviced the first time. Question 2: This really seems to depend on what you want out of the prints you are going to make. I would suggest looking at the Photo.Net website at http://photo.net/photo for suggestions and reviews. Some of the guys there (including the one who runs the site) are hard core computer geeks and they do a good job of explaining things in terms of the results you actually get. I think that there is a review of at least one film scanner there. Basically if you are not printing greater than 8x10 you can do well with digital scan + digital printing, but bigger sizes mean either you spend more for equipment, or that you still get non-digital prints made at these larger sizes. You may also want to check into PhotoCD if all you want to do is preserve some of your older chromes. Cordially ./patrick