[Leica] M240 as Scanner

[Frank Filippone]

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?
>