Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Tina for your advise and information, I agree, your scans with Silverfast HDR are superb! Saludos Lluis El 05/06/2010, a las 20:25, Tina Manley escribi?: > I think if you tried scanning with Silverfast software, you would be > amazed > at the quality you can get. My results are much better than > anything I > could get after many years of working in the darkroom. Nikon still > provides > parts for the LS5000. I order the aluminum holders for the batch > scanner at > least once a year. They're about $5 each and I always end up > bending them > beyond use eventually. > > Tina > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol < > lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Since Nikon and Minolta has stopped to produce Scanners, purchase >> one of >> these on our days could be a mistake IMHO, probably no more spare >> parts and >> not updates for the new operating systems on computers. I think if >> I decide >> to buy a new scanner today it would be an Epson V700, probably less >> perfect >> for film than the mentioned, but I never obtained a scanned slide >> with >> really comparable quality to the projected image, neither with a >> traditionnal wet print on B&W. >> >> Saludos >> Lluis >> >> >> >> El 05/06/2010, a las 3:13, Tina Manley escribi?: >> >> I really think they have stopped developing scanners. Nobody >> shoots film >>> any more. The Nikon scanners are still the latest and greatest, >>> as far as >>> film scanners go. Some people will tell you that you can use a >>> slide >>> duplicator and a DSLR to copy the slides and end up with a very >>> good scan. >>> Not true. It doesn't even begin to have the same amount of >>> information as >>> a scan from a dedicated film scanner. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> >>> -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information