[Leica] M240 as Scanner

[Mark Rabiner]

Well that's one guy,  Patrick Wagner, Fa. ScanDig. And he seems to be
positioning himself as scanner king as he reviews in depth every scanner out
there. Does he say if you want a good scan without buying  a Hasselblad
scanner you need to re condition an old Nikon?
When I try to get a review of the reviewer I get that he's reviewing
scanners from his online shop. Reviewing the scanners he's selling. You'd
think a guy with that angle would want to be saying good things about
existing scanners being made and sold today?
By the way just how many thousands of slides are you planning on scanning
here enquiring Rabs' wants to know!?!

I see he's mentioned in an eBook I'd want if I were in  your shoes.
Scanning Negatives and Slides: Digitizing Your Photographic Archives
Sascha Steinhoff

On the internet I find:
" it strikes me how different are the conclusions of Mark Segal's test
compared to the biggest scanner test collection on the web by Patrick
Wagner:"





On 9/1/15 7:44 PM, "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Mark William Rabiner
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