Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Negatives are all mounted individually in slide mounts. Very easy to load into bulk loader and to file by subject and location. Tina On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > I assume, therefore, that your negatives are cut in strips of.... 4,5,6 or > so? Not full rolls? > > The "attachments" for the LS5000 are the same as those for the LS4000. > The 5000 is USB based. > The 4000 is Firewire 4000 based. > There are lots more technical differences, but this is the main reason you > want to continue with the same model you have. NO messing around with new > interface cards/protocols, glitches, etc. Remember, this is a business > decision. The faster you get the scans done, the faster you get $$$ > rolling > in. > > Filmstrip holder also on Ebay... $150. Might want to try one of those > first..... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > Thanks, Frank. That is probably the most common-sense way to go. I'm > going > to continue to try to work on my Nikon scanner or get someone else to fix > it. Unfortunately, Nikon no longer supports the scanner and does not have > parts. I've been making do with the flimsy aluminum guides in the bulk > loader but have been able to bend them enough to work until the scanner > started acting up. Now it won't scan at all. Time to take it apart, I > think, and buy a new one if it is unfix-able. > > Tina > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > > As I see it,,,, > > The Nikon Scanner (LS5000) automatically loads the new slide/negative, > > autofocuses, and scans without attendance, and does this several ( up > > to 36 or more, if you had full rolls of negatives) times while you are > > busy doing other things. > > The Beseler setup, with the M240, requires all of this to be done > manually. > > > > The Beseler results may be good, better, or superb. But it is the > > time that makes the difference.... > > > > You have scanned thousands of slides/transparencies. You (presumably) > > have thousands more to scan. > > You are satisfied with the results of the LS5000 when it worked. > > You scan your slides to produce income. It is a business. I look at > > it as a business decision. > > > > Find someone to fix or buy a new (used) LS5000 if you feel your time > > is worth the difference..... there are 8 on EBay right now. Price > > would be around $1500. > > > > My $0.02. > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > > My Nikon LS5000 is still broken and I haven't been able to get my > > Imacon to work yet. I have several thousand more negatives to scan. > > This morning I tried using the Fuji X-Pro 1 and a macro lens with my > > Beseler Slide Duplicator but I couldn't get the autofocus to work at > > all. So I got out my > > M240 and used it with the 100 Macro lens and the EVF. It's very > > difficult for me to focus manually but that seems to be the only choice > right now! > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/161174100 > > > > What do you think? Worth working with or not? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html