[Leica] M240 as Scanner

[Sonny Carter]

There's no development on scanners;  even top of the line flat beds are only derivatives of several year old technology.  The thing that makes any of them better is faster computer processing and more memory.  

The reason we don't talk about them is that few people need to shop for them anymore.  If we need it, we probably already have one, and they're not nearly as sexy to talk about as lenses and sensors.



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Sonny Carter

> On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:49 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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