Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Andrew, Ira, Oliver, Lawrence, Horacio for your opinions and advices Saludos Lluis El 06/06/2010, a las 1:28, Andrew Moore escribi?: > Thanks for all the scanner info. I did own an LS-4000 and an > LS-5000 in the > past (at least I think that's what they were... Nikon Coolscan units > with > LED element). They produced superb results. > > If anyone has one for sale (or trade for Leica glass... ), contact me > offline as the closing bell has already rung :) > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > >> Lluis, scanners don't break too often. Yes, OS could be a problem, >> but I am >> keeping my LS-8000 and if I don't have one, I would buy a LS_4000 >> in a >> heartbeat (I sold mine last year) >> >> There is no way a V700 can produce scans as good a good film >> scanner. If >> you >> spend the money on Leica glass, may as well spend money to get the >> highest >> level scan! >> >> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 10:42 AM, 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I love my nikon scanner but time passes on and its real real old >> digitally >>>> >>>> speaking. The other guys I'm sure have come up with something. >>>>> >>>>> [Rabs] >>>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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