[Leica] M240 as Scanner

Tue Sep 1 19:38:01 PDT 2015

That hurt.  It WAS a good idea.....

Back to the idea of getting yours fixed ( and now you have a source that may
do the work) or finding a used one to replace and offer up the old ones'
parts for its Brother.

I still think you are way ahead of where you were... scanner broken and no
repair guy to do the work......

You were using the bulk loader ( aka transparency bulk loader) to do the
work, right?  Not the flat stick you must load with 5 or 6 slides at a time?

Frank Filippone
Red735i at verizon.net

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From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of Tina Manley
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 4:45 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] M240 as Scanner

Unfortunately, the Braun does not match the Nikon in reviews:

"With a very high effective resolution of 3900 dpi it beats significantly
its direct competitor Reflecta DigitDia 6000 and can even match with the
much more expensive Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED. In terms of image quality
and scanning speed, however, it is miles away from the top results of the
much more expensive Nikon 5000."

http://www.filmscanner.info/en/BraunMultimagSlideScan6000.html

Thanks,

Tina

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>
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