Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: arggghhh... rant at Keeble & Shucat...
From: Ernest Nitka <enitka@twcny.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:43:03 -0400

JCB - depending on the scanner those stack loaders go for about 1/3 of 
the price of the scanner - I use the Nikon Coolscan 4000 and the stack 
loader is about $4-500.  A big purchase for some of us.

My horror story and OnT Leica is that years ago I had given my lab a 
roll of slides from my Leica RE - the camera worked flawlessly but the 
last slide was cut in half.  When I complained they said it was 
sprocket slippage from my camera!  What BS.  Basically they had used an 
automatic cutting machine and the machine got flaky.  I sent the two 
halves of the slide to the owner personally - he never responded but 
had one his lackeys in the lab come up with that excuse.  Not even an 
offer of a free roll of film.  I then switched to a "pro Lab" where 
they did most things by hand.  There has never been a problem since.

ernie
On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 11:17 AM, JCB wrote:

> I guess you don't have a stack loader for your scanner...  ???
>
> Lots of my friends load-up their stack loader with mounted slides and 
> walk away while the scanner happily scans.
>
> JB
>
>
> At 11:46 PM 7/29/2003 -0700, Richard F. Man wrote:
>> Well, the way I usually work is to scan the whole roll first, and 
>> then ask questions later :-) since it is "painless" to do so, except 
>> for storage space. Out of the 36, I'd expect may be 4 to 5 decent 
>> enough for 8x10, may be another 4 to 5 good enough for smaller prints 
>> / web pics for friends.
>>
>> BTW, do owning Leica entitles people to make biting remarks?
>>
>> At 10:46 PM 7/29/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>> Wow, you have 72 good shots to scan on 2 rolls...impressive. I 
>>> usually
>>> like them mounted so I can throw out the 60 crap shots outa the 72...
>>>
>>> JS
>>> ...
>
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