Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I scanned fifty years of family photos, mostly 35mm film and slides, using an early Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II. I have an early Epson flatbed scanner for the few MF and LF negatives, along with prints, that I needed to digitize. If you are looking for professional quality, the ones you have seen recommended are probably the way to go. If it is just to preserve family memories, almost any film scanner, with appropriate software, will do the trick. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Laird" <digiratidoc at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Best Film Scanner for Black and White >I don't think glass negative carriers are available for the Minolta > (third-party maybe?). I assume they are for the Nikons? > > Jim Laird > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Chris Crawford > <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: >> Virtually everything you see on my website is a scan done with a Nikon >> LS-8000ED. I think it does fine for black and white, you just have to >> know >> how to use it, and a lot of people who have money to buy these do not >> have >> the talent. Look for an 8000ED, they're a lot cheaper used than the 9000. >> I've used the 9000 too, results not much different. Do make sure you get >> one >> of the glass neg carriers; the non-glass carriers that come with it are >> less >> than worthless and will NOT hold film flat. If the film is not 100% flat, >> the scans will not be sharp, the scanner has NO depth of field. This adds >> another $300 or so to the price, but its needed. The Minolta medium >> format >> scanners came with a glass carrier standard, Nikon made you pay extra. >> >> Are you doing 120 film or just 35? If just 35, the good 35mm scanners >> like >> the Nikon Coolscan V amd Coolscan 4000ED and 5000ED and the minolta Scan >> Elite are much cheaper and give just as good of scans >> >> >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-424-0897 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> >> >> On 4/21/10 8:38 PM, "James Laird" <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I know this is an old topic (and was just touched on in the thread >>> about the Nikon 9000) but I just retired and now have time to do some >>> scanning of my collection. I don't want to spend thousands on a Nikon >>> 9000 (somebody have an old one they want to sell cheap? ;). What would >>> be a good fairly inexpensive scanner that would do the job. I've heard >>> good things about Nikon and Minolta scanners, but also heard some had >>> problems in the 'black and white' arena. Any advice would be >>> appreciated. >>> >>> Jim Laird >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >