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 Robert, this is very interesting test. In Spanish shops it is not possible do such previous tests! Cheers Lluis El 06/06/2010, a las 22:45, Robert Meier escribi?: > Lluis, > > Last year I went to West Photo in Minneapolis with a couple of 35mm > slides to try on both a V700 and the Nikon Coolscan 5000, two of the > scanners they have and let you try out with your own slides or > negatives. I scanned both slides at the highest dpi settings on > both scanners and saved the results on a CD so I could look at them > at home and print them out on my printer. I did that and made > several different prints from them and examined the results. The > results amazed and distressed me: if I could tell any difference > between them, and it was close, the difference I saw was in favor of > the V700. It distressed me because I really wanted the Nikon > scanner to give me significantly better scans than the flatbed > Epson. But it didn't. So, I sold the Epson 4870 that I had and > bought the V700. I have been very, very pleased with the results > I've gotten with the V700, in particular a series of Rollei color > negatives that I have rescanned on it. I make 25x25 prints from > Rollei negatives and the V700 versions were noticeably sharper and > more detailed than what I had gotten from the 4870. And I have > made scans from Leica and Nikon slides and negatives that I have > printed at 20x30 inches with great success. Perhaps the Nikon 9000 > scanner would give me even better results from medium format, but I > find that hard to imagine. > > Best, > Robert > > On Jun 6, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote: > >> Thank you Richard for your advice, you are right. My thoughts is >> that it no pays (for me) expend too much money in a scanner, V700 >> could be a good option to improve my actual quality and I can use >> for 35mm and medium format, I'm sure that Nikon 9000 is much >> better, but now is quite expensive and I always think that today >> is not for me a good decision purchase a discontinued scanner. >> >> Saludos >> Lluis >> >> El 05/06/2010, a las 23:49, Richard Man escribi?: >> >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information