Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If your slides are in cardboard mounts then you're going to have issues with the Nikon slide feeder. At least I did with the slide feeder. I stopped mounting transparency film anyway and just scanned it. Slide shows were never a big part of my photographic experience. Plastic slides scan just fine. Adam On 1/5/06, Colin J <smcj35@yahoo.com> wrote: > I need some advice about choosing a slide > scanner. I need a reliable workhorse that will > help me scan quite large numbers (thousands) of > mounted 35mm slides over the next few weeks and > months. > > They include many Kodachromes from 1973 to 2005 > plus Agfachromes (CT18 and CT21) and many more > recent Fuji Provia and Velvia slides taken with > my Leicas. > > To make things more complicated, I will need to > scan a smaller number (hundreds) of black and > white and colour negatives of various brands. The > black and white films are about two thirds > chromogenic (C41 process) and the remainder are > traditional emulsions. > > This is for my work, so lowest purchase cost is > not the primary issue. I will be selling some > Leica equipment (M7, CL, CLE and three lenses) to > finance the purchase of this and other equipment > for my business. > > I have a BenQ 2720 which is a reasonably good > scanner but it is too slow and I want higher > resolution (4000dpi) and probably need a slide > feeder to save time. It seems to me that the > most obvious choice is the Nikon Super Coolscan > LS5000ED with the SF-210 Slide Feeder. > > I would welcome some guidance. > > Is the LS5000ED the only choice here? If there > is anyone with experience of using the LS5000ED > to scan some or all of the mix of films I listed > above, I would be very pleased indeed to hear > from you. > > If this is considered off-topic for the mailing > list, I apologise, but I would still welcome any > replies by email to: > > smcj35@yahoo.com > > Thank you, > > Colin > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars > online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >