Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave: I have two Leafscans, the special fluorescent tube with the clear side is part of the Leafscan magic. I think that the LED in the Nikon scanner is its biggest problem... mysterious dust and scratches appear as well as banding in otherwise smooth areas such as skies. Jim drodgers7798@comcast.net wrote: > Tarek, > > Nikon scanners are unforgiving. Great scanners. Maybe the best available. > But I never had much luck with mine. I owned two and sold both. > > I scan most of my slides and negs on an Epson 1160. Everything from 35mm > to 4x5. I also have an 11-year old Leafscan which I know inside and out. > It's slow, but still does a remarkable job. > > I think my problems with Nikon scanners were rooted in the fact that I > never learned to use them well. I thought that they should be plug and > play and I became frustrated when they weren't. > > Even with Vuescan I found that each scanner has a different learning > curve. > > DaveR > > Tarek wrote: > > "... the Nikon Scanner gets the tiniest scratches and > the smallest dust onto the scan! A couple of negatives that gave > practically no scratches when printed in the darkroom came out horrible > with the Coolscan 5000 - so many scratches and stuff I hadn't seen in > the first place. The same negative came out fine when scanned either > with a flatbed scanner or with a drumscanner. ..." >