[Leica] M240 as Scanner

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

May be scanners don't get mentioned much here because there are only a
small number of us dinosaurs left who still shoot film or have film to scan
and do it ourselves.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> On the other kind here on the lug other than a Hasselblad scanner non Nikon
> scanners are simply ever mentioned. You'd think they didn't exist. You'd
> think  that all scanners other than $40,000 dollar Hasselblad stopped
> existing .
>
>
> On 9/1/15 5:41 PM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
>
> > I have not seen anyone say that they out-do the Nikon D8000/9000 or
> Minolta
> > Multi Scan-Pro of over a decade ago.....
> >
> > john
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.fr at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of
> > Mark Rabiner
> > Sent: Tuesday, 1 September 2015 11:37 p.m.
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] M240 as Scanner
> >
> > As other options go a quick glance at the B&H site which I'm sure
> reflects a
> > dozen other camera stores they are selling 26 different scanners from a
> > bunch of different companies. I don't know why on the LUG we seem to be
> in
> > the mindset that the only viable scanners should be Nikons made several
> > digital ages ago as if they are relic gems that no one will ever be able
> to
> > match or surpass. Is there any basis for that assumption we can spell
> out?
> > The Nikons were made in the infancy of digital technology. I'm sure the
> can
> > be beat with today's technology and know how.
> > These are not toy companies folks.
> >
> > Plustek OpticFilm 120 Film Scanner $1,849.99 (5300dpi)
> > Braun MULTIMAG SlideScan 6000   $1,795.00 (5000 dpi)
> > Pacific Image PF120 Pro Multi-Format Film Scanner (3200dpi)  Color Depth:
> > 48-bit  $1,399.99
> >
> >
> > On 9/1/15 11:51 AM, "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> PESO:
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> Tina
> >
> >
> >
> >
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