[Leica] M240 as Scanner

[Frank Filippone]

The men tioned 120 scanners will not suit her situation... all her negatives
are mounted in slide holders.  With thousands of slides to do, loading even
6 at a time is not really a good use of her time, which was my point.....  (
Ditto the Nikon LS9000)

Now, OTOH, the Braun scanner IS interesting.... It takes Kodak carousel
trays full of slides and processes those without operator
intervention.....100 at a time

Tina... look at the Braun for a reasonable ( at first pass) solution that
might cut your workload...... and it works with Vuescan.....

Mark... good work digging this up.....

Frank Filippone
Red735i at verizon.net


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