Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rolf: You have a good argument. For the $2,00 or more that a NiKon LS2000 costs, you could get a lot of stuff put on Photo CDs. You must remember that the difference between the Pro-Scans and the normal Photo CD is the attention to detail. I initially tried consumer grade Photo CD, but they still had dust and took a long time to get done. For an example of why people want scanners, I just got a M4-P with 50mm Summicron to compliment my M6 and wanted to test it. I also needed to take some pictures of items I am going to list on Ebay. This afternoon I shot half the roll of the RSX-100 in the M4-P, rewound the roll and loaded it in the R8 to take the pictures of the items using a 60mm Macro. I have now developed that roll and when it dries I will scan the images for Ebay. This for a grand total of two hours including shooting, developing, and scanning plus about $3 for the film and $2 to develop it. Quicker than photo CD, serves the purpose and is probably cheaper than buying a digital camera since I have a film scanner. BTW, the M4-P works great. Now that I have both a Noctilux and a 50mm Summicron, my mint 50mm Elmar-M collapseable is available if anybody needs one. It is black and comes with the box and leather case. Make me an offer. Regards, Robert At 01:43 PM 12/30/98 -0500, you wrote: >I agree with the folks who are recommending the Nikon LS-2000. >Nikon has some fancy software (digital ICE) which can distinguish >dust on the slide from actual elements of the image. This would >save a bunch of post-scan retouching time. Currently >the LS-2000 seems to be the best consumer scanner available. > >HOWEVER, > >I strongly recommend against purchasing the LS-2000 or any other >consumer scanner until after you have had a photoCD made of your >work. Even if you go with an overpriced PhotoCD vendor charging >$2 a scan, you will save money, get better results, and most >importantly, not have to sit infront of a computer for 100 hours >scanning and retouching. > >-Rolf > > > >